Sentences with phrase «as grace notes»

In five reflective chapters he offers the fruits of his reading of the New Testament, Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine, John Donne, and Jeremy Taylor, with poems by George Herbert, Thomas Traherne, and T. S. Eliot added as grace notes.

Halldórsdóttir, a consummate guide, conducted the tour with humor and charm, even bringing along a bag of kleiner, Icelandic pastries, as a grace note.

It's not without its flaws by any means, the plotting often does get in the way of what should be clean, bold throughlines, but as a grace note love letter to a character who made Nolan's career, and to a vision for a comic book film which simply redefined what the genre could do, it's a fitting farewell.

Not exact matches

As I have noted before «the history of the acceptance of 2 Peter into the New Testament canon has all the grace of a college hazing event» (Bible.org).

You noted a difference in the application of the word grace, but I believe you'll find that even the word grace is different because God's grace isn't shed abroad as the Angel proclaimed saying God's goodwill is now toward man.

As seen in the chiastic structure noted above, the parallel statements «not of yourselves... the gift of God» are not explaining «faith» but are explaining «by grace you have been saved» (See the excellent article by Rene Lopez called «Is Faith a Gift from God?

All of this is to say that to see the story as conveying an experience of believing or «belief in action» is to see it as very close indeed to the parable form, for, as we noted in our comments on the parable of the Wedding Feast, the implied question was, On what logic — that of merit or of grace — do you actually live your life?

On Christmas, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad released a statement praising Jesus as «the messenger of humanism and grace» and noted, «I believe that the sole way to save the man from severe moral, social and cultural crises is returning to the exalted teachings of the great messengers of God.»

You don't want to claim that you are atheist, and at the same time admit that you claim it because of the grace of God, that allows you to claim it, as is noted by the dates of your birth and death.

This has even been held by some great theologians, of whom John Calvin is the most noted exponent, as the doctrine of «irresistible grace.»

An Emergent definition of relevance, modulated by resistance, might run something like this; relevance means listening before speaking; relevance means interpreting the culture to itself by noting the ways in which certain cultural productions gesture toward a transcendent grace and beauty; relevance means being ready to give an account for the hope that we have and being in places where someone might actually ask; relevance means believing that we might learn something from those who are most unlike us; relevance means not so much translating the churches language to the culture as translating the culture's language back to the church; relevance means making theological sense of the depth that people discover in the oddest places of ordinary living and then using that experience to draw them to the source of that depth (Augustine seems to imply such a move in his reflections on beauty and transience in his Confessions).

J. M. Garrigues correctly notes that Maximus does assume Dionysius» understanding of a cosmic order as a «vision of the communication of grace», while at the same time avoiding the Areopagite's «rigid, well - constructed hierarchy» as an ontological plan.

Note distinction between Christian concept of grace, and all the rest requiring that we earn some or all of our salvation, as in temple duties and missionary work.

The Old Rail Splitter was, in many ways, a man of natural grace whose words and actions show ¯ as Lord Charnwood noted in his excellent 1916 biography ¯ a «most unusual sense of the possible dignity of common men and common things.»

Those prophets and theologians of today who, like the Old Testament prophets and Paul, from whom they draw much of their message, have a clear and powerful sense of sin would do well to accent as much the prophetic note of hope through the grace of God.

As both Rogers and Williams note, marriage doesn't make any sense, theologically, without the pre-existent language of grace.

Philosophically speaking, the virtuous life is regarded as the life worth living (the life lived well, or rightly); and so it seems fitting to conclude this summary of Lumen Fidei on the note struck at the outset; namely, that in this encyclical one finds the sort of word on which one can rely — a word one might expect, in fact, from a conscientious father such as we have had in both popes with which the Lord has graced our times.

Note also in the reading that this is the word, it is what God said to Moses; that the quality of divine compassion and mercy and grace here comes through as it has not previously in Exodus; that this is a recital of faith in the nature and purpose of God (see the emphasis upon the divine «I,» even more pronounced in Hebrew, and compare the same feature in Joshua 24); and that all of this is an expansion of the single, simple, eloquent theme which opens and closes the recital: «I am the LORD,» conveying in the very name all the essential meaning of the divine Life.

Though the combo of mint and chocolate has a place in my heart all year long, I'm happy to note that the bright combination is especially welcome as wreathes and trees grace our living rooms and twinkly strands light the dark - at - 5 pm streets around here.

Send a «kissing hand» craft or even a note from Everyday Grace as an extra special surprise.

This was contained in a note dated October 13, 2015, and signed by Grace Adzroe, Controller and Accountant General and circulated among all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).

Despite being trumpeted in certain circles as meaning that there's really nothing to worry about regarding the Greenland ice sheet, the authors made a point of noting (although not in this press release) that an additional source of mass loss needs to be identified in order to reconcile their results with the GRACE data (which do not show a reduction in mass loss for the same period).

Editor's Note: Jennifer Grace, a Hay House author and regular mindbodygreen contributor, attended this year's revitalize event and gave us a few doses of real talk, as part of her ongoing series, «A Shot of Truth.»

Grab a cup of coffee, let's laugh until we cry, and dare to DIY as I show you how fun and easy it can be to Dress you Nest for Less while Noting the Grace in all Life's messes!

Now it's time to hop on over and check out the beautiful vignette from Jen at Noting Grace, as well as the rest of the awesome posts this week.

The movie ends on a grace note that doesn't quite answer the question, but gives us plenty to think about as we mosey home afterward.

Ramin Bahrani's talent for orchestrating sequences of tightly wound tension is in full bloom here, as is his complementary knack for quieter grace notes.

Popping up throughout is a piquant group of slugs who act as surreal grace notes by way of impromptu doo - wop, sound effects, or oddly evocative emotional outbursts that are as much commentary on the action as a glimpse into what seems to be their complex inner lives.

«Landline» might not bring back Dustbusters or revive Lorena Bobbitt as a go - to reference for stand - ups, but it leaves behind a lingering grace note about family matters that befits any era.

A word for the grace notes, too: Bruno's manicure from his mother; his hound at the top of the stairs, his nail - biting grope for the lighter dropped down a drain, spliced with Guy's epic, against - the - clock tennis match, which must be completed before Bruno plants it as incriminating evidence.

Sayombhu Mukdeeprom's striking cinematography adds a grace note to the proceedings, as well as showing off this Italian paradise that surely will have tourists overrunning it as soon as they see the movie and can book a flight.

And there are sequences early on in the movie, such as her tentative confab with a fellow bewigged student, a shy widower (Kôji Yakusho), that bring out the grace notes in their shared loneliness.

There are some grace notes as well.

Beginning with the same sweeping grace not unlike Schubert's «Serenade», The American opens with a note of prolonged silence as the camera slowly tracks toward a lone cabin set against a bank of snow.

Finalist: Orly Silbersatz Banai gives good layered subtext as a self - deluding mom in Yossi, Angela McEwan is one of Nebraska's loveliest humanizing notes as a newspaper woman, Joanna Lumlay has a rich funny cameo in Wolf of Wall Street Semi-Finalists: Portia Doubleday & Olivia Wilde add complicating romantic colors to Her's palette saving it from insularity, Rosie Perez could give Malika a run for her mercilessness in The Counsellor, and Grace Gummer is a great counterpart to Frances Ha's clumsy warmth with her Ivy league prickliness

The most one can say in defense of this mirthlessness is that the film settles into a mildly pleasant melancholy in the last act, as Alan, always the purest character and lone source of grace notes, finally gets to come of age.

Pan's Labyrinth's protracted fascist metaphors and its ghoulish grace notes are nearly as blunt and horrifying as anything in Crash, and the film may even register as realism to the same group of voters who actually bought Sandra Bullock embracing her Hispanic maid.

He's among the finest explanations we've had thus far of why the Left can't seem to muster a compelling resistance: in the face of all this outrage and insult, under the weight of almost four decades of poisoned passion, the voices of our best intentions find themselves tongue - tied and thunderstruck, sick on smack with their heads against a toilet — as slow in coming to our defense as the punchline that serves as this picture's surprisingly understated grace note.

Among the restored sequences is a legendary scene with Louise Fletcher as a cemetery director, previously only glimpsed in publicity stills, as well as numerous moments that add lovely grace notes to the characters and add dimension to certain relationships.

Stanley proudly introduced his bride - to - be to stars such as Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor and Grace Gummer, with one observer noting, «They looked completely content together».

That Nolan wrenches grace notes out of such fleeting bits of horror is a testament to his intermittent skills as an image - maker.

Chaplin proves to be a strong actor with the material, and hits some lovely grace notes, but the whole package comes off as a deep tissue massage for the genius.

Bresson, as many writers have noted, looked for spiritual grace in the most misbegotten places and creatures, but, for all its pleasant side trips, War Horse begins as an archetypal Spielberg film, and ends like one, too: the affirmation of a preordained connection between two kindred souls, and the cathartic relief produced by a last - moment rescue.

He positively shines with determination — you hear next to nothing of his estate - agent spiel but feel as if you've heard it all — and his terrific performance is filled with witty grace - notes like his quick, formal handshake after being forced to dance.

In fact, in lesser director's and editor's hands it's easy to imagine them left on the cutting room floor altogether as they're more visual grace notes than story beats.

Most of the death scenes have been trimmed to get a rating, and violent grace notes, such as a woman's head getting shredded in the blades of a lawnmower and a boy's arms getting torn from his torso by a pickup truck, are missing entirely.

But there's so much more wrong with Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius than just the music, the winking title, and the truism that for as boring as golf is to watch on television, it's that much more boring to watch in reverent celluloid slow motion — no, the picture is also fatally tagged by a terrible screenplay and terrible direction (that includes a half dozen ball's - eye view shots: not as interesting as you might misunderstand), as well as the dreadfully persistent belief that the measure of a man's life are the crescendos and valleys rather than the caesuras and grace notes.

As you'd expect, the track is heavy on anecdata from the set and light on much insight into the film's making, but the participants mount a reasonably good case for Final Exam, pointing out its grace notes.

by Walter Chaw Genre poetry from B - movies» poet laureate, Quentin Tarantino's conclusion to Kill Bill is marked by the filmmaker's carefully - calibrated celluloid insanity, as well as a deceptive maturity that allows a few powerfully - struck grace notes for the cult of femininity and the sanctity of motherhood.

Feig is at his best handling those kind of grace notes, just as in «Bridesmaids» he would sometimes pause the action for a relaxed, conversational scene between Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph or allow nuance for Byrne's perfectionist second wife.