Use "state of mind" in a sentence

1. With their duties called in question, with the end of a certain state of mind and with the very great difficulties encountered in trying to create new types of ministries within the present pastoral framework, we are better able to understand why young priests are abandoning the priesthood; it is simply because they feel they are on a dead-end street.”

Wir verstehen besser, warum die jungen Priester ihr Amt niederlegen, wenn wir sehen, daß der Sinn ihrer Amtsaufgaben in Frage gestellt ist, daß es eine bestimmte Geisteshaltung nicht mehr gibt und daß es sehr große Schwierigkeiten bereitet zu versuchen, innerhalb des Rahmens, der der Seelsorge zur Zeit gesteckt ist, neue Arten, den priesterlichen Dienst auszuüben, zu schaffen. Sie tun es einfach, weil sie meinen, in einer Sackgasse gelandet zu sein.“

2. He continued to give support to the local church and help with parish work, but on Sundays would go for a walk while his family attended church. In later life, when asked about his religious views, he wrote that he had never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God, and that generally "an Agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind.

Veränderlichkeit: Die Welt ist nicht unveränderlich, sondern unterliegt einem kontinuierlichen Veränderungsprozess.