In Grace McCleen's harrowing, powerful debut, she introduces an unforgettable heroine in ten - year - old Judith McPherson, a young believer who sees the world with
the clear Eyes of Faith.
Not exact matches
Under the influence
of the latter, you stay
clear -
eyed about possible threats — and stay invested, in the
faith that a long - term, calm approach to your portfolio will eventually pay off.
Which things being without number in our mind itself, (the nature
of which mind is incapable
of being seen,) not to mention others, the very
faith whereby we believe, or the thought whereby we know that we either believe any thing, or believe not, being as it is altogether alien from the sight
of those
eyes; what so naked, so
clear, what so certain is there to the inner
eyes of our minds?
Gentlemen, look at this
clear triangular figure with the
eyes of faith, and study its deep mathematics.
The implicit lesson for the modern world remains the same: religious
faith should not shield the
eyes of the faithful from solving problems whose solutions are made
clear by the use
of observation, the basis
of scientific analysis.
Weaving the story
of the Lafferty brothers and their fanatical brethren with a
clear -
eyed look at Mormonism's violent past, Krakauer examines the underbelly
of the most successful homegrown
faith in the United States, and finds a distinctly American brand
of religious extremism.