Richard Rohr

I cannot illustrate huge differences between male and female spiritualities except in their starting points, style and fascinations along the way. This is significant, however, and has huge pastoral implications: men must be challenged in the world of doing; women must be challenged in the world of relating.

American Clergyman

Anohni

We're being challenged to do something so profound, it's unprecedented in the history of our species, and there couldn't be more at stake. It's not even our species at stake; it's the whole dream of life on earth that's taken 4.5 billion years to realize - all this beautiful pastoral life on earth.

English Musician

Andrew Sean Greer

I love going to writers' colonies in pastoral settings where there's nothing to do but either walk around or read a book or work on your book, and they all seem helpful.

American Novelist

C. J. Mahaney

Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.

Biju Menon

Malayalis tend to be nostalgic about rustic storylines, pastoral themes and ordinary folk who lead a simple way of life.

Indian Actor

Paul Kalanithi

Had I been more religious in my youth, I might have become a pastor, for it was the pastoral role I'd sought.

American Writer

Ian Hamilton Finlay

I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.

Scottish Poet

Kevin DeYoung

My life often feels like a whirling dervish of kids, writing, speaking, and pastoral ministry.

American Theologian

Paul Keating

As prime minister, the pastoral lease question was a very vexing and torrid one for me.

Australian Politician

John Ortberg

Opposition is an inevitable reality of pastoral life.

Often suggests tranquility and simplicity associated with countryside.

Peaceful Imagery

Remember, it contrasts with city or industrial settings.

Not Urban

Can imply an idyllic, sometimes overly positive view of rural life.

Romanticized Nature

Highlights the supportive and guiding role of a religious leader.

Caring Role

Indicates the priest's role extends outside of traditional church services.

Beyond Worship

Conveys the author's or artist's perspective on country life.

Cultural Reflection

May evoke feelings of nostalgia for a simpler, rural past.

Nostalgia Trigger

Associated with the care and management of farm animals.

Livestock Care

Refers to farming practices as an economic livelihood.

Rural Economy

 of which six are highly threatened with extinction. The reason is that they're getting poisoned, and the reason that they're getting poisoned is because there's human-wildlife conflicts. The pastoral communities are using this poison to target predators, and in return, the vultures are falling victim to this.

Munir Virani: Why I love...

 Mongolia a sort of very pastoral society people living in years I was out on a horse and fat this man told me that I was the first tourist he'd seen in two years and I photographed him and he was embarrassed because of his clothing you know so old but it's this this feeling

Wild Tales with...

 out in a Gurkha tral pastoral economy and then all of a sudden climbing came in there and with it the twentieth century and now the 21st century and all the trappings and downfalls but also the benefits and all the things that really make life special for that and probably

The Call of Everest PIPE...

 and Turkic pastoral nomads led by Khans. The people herded sheep, cattle, yaks and camels. They lived in felt tents and moved between summer and winter campsites. Nomadic women held significant authority, managing these migrations, many of the flocks and trade.

The rise and fall of the...

 all you have to do is look to the east and realize oh wait you know I'm standing a few thousand meters above this huge pastoral expanse with cliffs right next to me near a herd of you know hundreds of monkeys life isn't so bad in fact it's really interesting

Surrounded By Monkeys:...

 pastoral culture so they have to go into cities to find work so many of them are living in these sort of old hotels or you know they can't they don't have a way that they can get back and forth from the reservation one of the Hogan's

Poverty on the Homefront...

 However, when it was first defined, the second was more of a mathematical idea than a useful unit of time. Measuring days and hours was sufficient for most tasks in pastoral communities. It wasn’t until society became interconnected

Who decides how long a...

 year we realized that about a hundred thousand pastoral people will lose their ancestral homes and be forced to resettle this Omo River region is not only a world heritage site the birthplace of modern man but also the

Carol Beckwith & Angela...

 What is the prognosis? My training in pastoral counseling did not prepare me for this. Dr. Bercovitch tells us everything he knows about PXE. It's a rare genetic disorder, it's systemic,

Science didn't...

 of three to four generations they've gone from a very much agrarian pastoral society with with few things that we