Sentences with phrase «book as a conversation»

I view reading a book as a conversation with the author.

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Bring it up in conversation with a Brit and you'll probably be met with an eye - roll — as noted in Fraser McAlpine's new book, «Stuff Brits Like.»

As I meander through the pages of Drawdown - which is nicely illustrated and makes a great coffee table book and conversation piece - I am struck by how interconnected everything is.

Planning some conversation topics such as a good book you recently read or a new movie that you would like to see can help you feel more relaxed and prepared to network.

It could be as easy as connecting them with a colleague or sending a book or digital article relevant to a conversation.

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So, what happens as people read these stories over and over, the conversation simply never comes up... and if someone challenges their faith... and they go to the Bible to look for answers, they are simply never going to find a trace of what I'm trying to say here in the sacred books.

i can referrence any «bible» when talking about any holy book and still use it properly but not change the topic of discussion... this is the times when i wish i was still in talking terms with my old professor, such mistakes would not have happened and a grand conversation may have ensued... whatever... as i said

In his book, The Bible Tells Me So, Peter Enns invites Christians to read the Bible as a conversation or dialogue, rather than an infallible text or guide.

Bruce spoke about his new book, But I Don't See You as Asian, and opened up a really helpful, practical conversation about race from which I learned a ton.

I wrote this book with humor and with love because I think both are needed in the conversation, particularly as it pertains to something as complex and beautiful as womanhood.

This is one reason that political theology is taken as the conversation partner in this book.

As he wrote earlier in this chapter, any use of the test as «a substitute for searching conversation» about world view / setting and the other dimensions of narrative explored later in the book was in his view more likely to yield a mechanist reduction than a deepened symbolic understandinAs he wrote earlier in this chapter, any use of the test as «a substitute for searching conversation» about world view / setting and the other dimensions of narrative explored later in the book was in his view more likely to yield a mechanist reduction than a deepened symbolic understandinas «a substitute for searching conversation» about world view / setting and the other dimensions of narrative explored later in the book was in his view more likely to yield a mechanist reduction than a deepened symbolic understanding.

As expected, this book has been a fantastic conversation - starter and a great launching point for our yearlong series on learning to love the Bible for what it is, not what we want it to be.

As for books having answers, I don't look to books for answers, but as ways of having conversations with people who I may never be able to meet in persoAs for books having answers, I don't look to books for answers, but as ways of having conversations with people who I may never be able to meet in persoas ways of having conversations with people who I may never be able to meet in person.

But each time you finished the book, and each time the conversation was over, and each time the «Amen» was pronounced: then was your spirit broken because your heart grew troubled as you sighed: «Oh, that such a thing was all that I suffered from!»

This book of conversations with Michka Assayas may be as close as we'll get to a Bono autobiography.

In my conversations about this, people usually then turn to the book of Revelation and point out how when Jesus returns a second time, He is going to kill so many people that there will be a lake of blood 200 miles wide and as deep as a horse's bridle (Rev 14:20).

The Bible as a conversation starter, a question starter, a guide that touches on fundamental themes and questions of human life works, not as the RULE BOOK that SHA N'T BE QUESTIONED!

Later when I was in Selly Oaks, I had a conversation with Prof. John Hicks of the University of Birmingham whose approach was that inter-religious relation should have God as the point of entry, as indicated in his book, God and the Universe of Faiths.

I ended my book, Philosophers as Educators, with a call for philosophers to join in a conversation.

But what is important is not that certain books be read as an end in themselves, but that they be read because of their relationship to other books in a tradition and community that make such a conversation significant.

In this method, take notes on everything surrounding your decision, such as lists of pros and cons, notes on books you're reading, God's messages to you through the Bible, conversations with others, recounts of key events, copies of important e - mails / letters or transcripts of texts / chats / voicemails, questions you have, and so on.

Eugene's small number of Christians (it has the fewest churches for a city its size in America) know the church, as do the colorful assortment of folks who stop by for pizza, coffee, books or conversation.

As soon as I'm out from under all this book release / travel craziness, we will continue this conversatioAs soon as I'm out from under all this book release / travel craziness, we will continue this conversatioas I'm out from under all this book release / travel craziness, we will continue this conversation.

As I mentioned in my review of Love Wins, I'm concerned that the controversy surrounding this book has reduced an important and complex theological conversation to two «sides,» as though it were some kind of football rivalry — complete with bumper stickers, t - shirts, pep rallies, and celebritieAs I mentioned in my review of Love Wins, I'm concerned that the controversy surrounding this book has reduced an important and complex theological conversation to two «sides,» as though it were some kind of football rivalry — complete with bumper stickers, t - shirts, pep rallies, and celebritieas though it were some kind of football rivalry — complete with bumper stickers, t - shirts, pep rallies, and celebrities.

I had a fascinating conversation with Max Stackhouse of Andover - Newton Seminary who felt that one of our greatest needs in the subject area of this book was for an examination of the history of preaching on certain texts as the «Rich Young Ruler» to see how sermons related to different contexts.

It almost seemed as if the book was a record of a conversation, but with only one part of the conversation recorded.

This makes me happy as I'd always hoped the book would be used as a conversation - starter and read in the context of community.

I was familiar with neither, and spent half the book feeling like I was listening in on a conversation between friends as they discussed some event which only they had experienced.

We stated our position on this in a little book published in 1970, Movement and Revolution, billed as a conversation between a conservative and a radical.

This little book is written as a reply to my many friends who have asked me, in the midst of conversations going in various directions.

(ENTIRE BOOK) The author intends to present the portrait of a man of extraordinary accomplishment in the fields of religion, politics, linguistics and ecclesiology, but also as an ordinary man whose letters and reported conversations reveal his struggle with the ordinary issues of a person of his time.

Those familiar with Updike's books think immediately of the conversation between Rabbit (Harry) and Eccles as the humanitarian minister cynically probes after what Rabbit seeks in life: «What is it?

As part of this conversation, I'd like to invite you to participate in a special discussion group here on the blog around Matthew Vines» book, God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same - Sex Relationships.

This book was like a missing piece of a puzzle, as I had already read part of the conversation in Mark Amory's collection The Letters of Evelyn Waugh, which unfortunately contains only one of Waugh's seven extant letters to Merton.

The discussion in the first book of Utopia probably reflected More's conversations with Erasmus who was strongly opposed to More concerning himself with the busy trifles of princes as this would interfere with his contributing to human knowledge as philosopher.

Parenting coach and author Vicki Hoefle's new book, Parenting as Partners: How to Launch Your Kids Without Ejecting Your Spouse, brings that conversation into the forefront.

Now, there's a new book that brings that conversation into the forefront, Parenting as Partners: How to Launch Your Kids Without Ejecting Your Spouse by Vicki Hoefle, a parenting coach and author.

If you don't want to end up like Jancee Dunn, who was almost at the point of divorce, as she writes in her new book, How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids, because she and her husband had «dreamy conversations» about their baby when they were pregnant, but never discussed the day - to - day practicalities, then you might want to read Hoefle's book.

There was lots of interest in my workshop leaflets too and a day later I already had new bookings as a result of conversations at my stall.

As Geoffrey Canada put it in one conversation I quote in my book, «The question is, can you build a system where kids in middle school won't need these kinds of interventions in order to be successful?

You can check out all the highlights of the Twitter party and conversation, as well as check out 100s of diverse book recommendations here.

As a new, inexperienced parent, I searched for solutions in books, articles, and conversations with other parents.

book and I figure I'll get him a toddler - sized baby doll and we'll work on bottles and diapers and no, we don't pick up babies by their eyeballs, honey, but beyond that, I'm still sensing he'll be in for a HUGE WORLD - ROCKING SURPRISE in a few months, and I might as well be spending my time having deep telepathic conversations about babies with my dog.

The idea for the DADLY Dads: Parents of the 21st Century book came as a result of a conversation I had with fellow dad Austin Dowd about the lack of attention given to the responsible, active dads who we felt far outnumbered the irresponsible, absent dads the media continues to highlight.

While reading Rachel's book I felt as though I was sitting across from her in a coffee shop having a conversation.

Reading this book is as enjoyable as engaging in an enlightening conversation with a trusted friend.

Parenting books recommend one - on - one conversation as most effective in the development of communication skills.

And in tonight's conversation, «my book» is exactly what I'll have in mind, at least the e-book variety — I've seen a steady uptick in traffic to both the Obama campaign book and «Winning in 2010» over the last couple of months, which makes sense as 2012 gets closer.