Sentences with phrase «of ordinary gift»

Are you tired of getting your mom the same type of ordinary gift every year?

Not exact matches

And sitting on the mantle there was one last gift from my mother for my little middle daughter: an ordinary pot of purple pansies.

Hatch shows how these ordinary folks, armed with the gifts of persuasion and a «common touch,» came to «distrust leaders of genius and talent» and instead learned to «shape their own faith and submit to leaders of their own choosing.»

He reserved his deepest faith not for America but for the world as he saw it, on the theological assumption that the ordinary and everyday — the most mundane elements of human existence — are a gift from God.

If we were to read even that biased evidence more critically, we would notice the professionals upbraiding the mass of ordinary people for lack of faith, as if the gift of which, we are told, modernity has deprived us was always rather the exception.

But the diptych of juxtaposition does not wish to emphasize growth but miracle, not organic and biological development but the gift - like nature, the graciousness and the surprise of the ordinary, the advent of bountiful harvest despite the losses of sowing, the large shade despite the small seed.

If we had tried to run away from the discomfort of not - being - radical, we would have missed the gift of ordinary, the gift of our own lives and the people around us.

And when your standing before God is stripped of being interesting or powerful or obvious or better - than, when your place in the Kingdom of God becomes ordinary and pedestrian, that's when you begin to finally receive the love of Christ as the free and wild and generous gift of abundance that it has been all along and then you begin to see that Love showing up in the craziest and most ordinary of places.

For the ordinary Catholic, grand artistic, literary, scientific or political achievements may be beyond their realm, that is, the graced imagination and its effects may not have the same degree of influence as with someone who has great natural gifts in sculpture or musical composition.

To those who insisted that knowledge of Greek and Hebrew were indispensable for the interpretation of Scripture, John Goodwin and Samuel Richardson could reply that this might be granted if the original copies of Scripture were extant, but since they were not and since the existing texts could not be certified as free from the errors of the copyists, the scholars were as dependent as the ordinary man upon the gift of the Spirit for the proper interpretation of the Biblical text.

This holiday season, why not gift something out of the ordinary?

Here you will... MORE find creative and clever gifts that are truly out of the ordinary.

Why not choose one of these super cute walkers to make an ordinary gift just a bit more special.

If you are looking for a baby gift, most probably you are interested in out of the ordinary, unusual baby gift ideas.

Albany, NY — The state ethics commission is cracking down on receptions held by lobby groups at the state Capitol, and has charged three groups, including the trial lawyers and a police association with violating a new law that bans gifts worth more than an ordinary cup of coffee.

The gift of putting things together that are out of the ordinary, or that not very many people would think they would go together.

Ordinary people have a desire to date wealthy men and want them to treat a special person, they need a bunch of gifts and lots of love and attention will be expected from the wealthy men.

It's a film that justifies repeated viewing, each time a new detail underlining its resonant depiction of love as an adventure, whether it be the pleasure of selecting a gift that will remind the other of an early encounter, or the frisson of difference represented by three white, perfectly scaled - down suitcases alongside a solitary, ordinary yellow one.

The Gifted tells the story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers.

Instead of wielding innately destructive powers, Ruth's gifts — manifested in stunning bursts of mesmerizing visuals in the purposefully ordinary world of «Fast Color» — are forceful and yet uniquely feminine in nature.

Their lawyer, former Louisiana schools Superintendent Paul Pastorek, praised Tuesday's decision, saying it «will make all schools in New Orleans stronger and better equipped to fairly address the needs of all children — gifted, special needs and ordinary children.»

What we found was that there were tens of thousands of Kindle e-ink owners, the vast majority who hadn't even seen the promotion details (as customers had to click on the ad to see the details), were qualifying for the $ 10 Gift card because every day, there are thousands of customers who own a Kindle and already have Discover set as their 1 - click default card, that buy a digital good on Amazon in the ordinary course of their activity.

Suffused with Munro's clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, these tales about departures and beginnings, accidents and dangers, and outgoings and homecomings both imagined and real, paint a radiant, indelible portrait of how strange, perilous, and extraordinary ordinary life can be.

Looking back through his novels and stories, it's clear that Price not only inherited Welty's gift for delivering precious gems of understanding about the manners of ordinary folk in charming language but also her deep and vast endowment for friendship and generosity.

I'd just returned from a short trip, four days away on business, and I swear that Agustina was fine when I left, I swear nothing odd was going on, or at least nothing out of the ordinary, certainly nothing to suggest what would happen to her while I was gone, except for her own premonitions, of course, but how was I to believe her when Agustina is always predicting some catastrophe; I've tried everything to make her see reason, but she won't be swayed, insisting that ever since she was little she's had what she calls the gift of sight, or the ability to see the future, and God only knows the trouble that's caused us.

Currently Looking For: Fiction that hits the sweet spot between commercial and literary with interesting settings and a strong narrative voice; mystery (particularly cozies and crossover literary — think Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger), literary thriller, and psychological suspense; and memoir by writers who connect the events of their lives to readers through incredible storytelling, as well as a wide variety of prescriptive and narrative nonfiction and gift books.

As affecting as the letters are, the heart of A Secret Gift is Gup's loving and painstakingly reported account of his grandfather — an ordinary man who gave an extraordinary gift when it was needed mGift is Gup's loving and painstakingly reported account of his grandfather — an ordinary man who gave an extraordinary gift when it was needed mgift when it was needed most.

Emil knows this all too well.Ever since he was a child, he's been on the run, trying his best to hide who he is — an Abnormal; an ordinary person gifted with superhuman abilities.Abnormals are considered the scourge of the earth.

«This can mean gift cards to a luxury store, a stay at a hotel or resort, or some other form of out - of - the - ordinary, excess indulgence,» Masterson says.

For lack of better phrasing, it is a true escape form the ordinary and a gift to be able to operate at the epicentre of where research and whale watching began.

Of course we know why we were unable to do ordinary shopping for little gifts for family and friends and that is because the Palace on Wheels do not get a HUGE cut from ordinary little shops as they do in these overpriced emporiums.

We're sure dad will get a kick out of showing off his not - so - ordinary gift and will just maybe pick up the next tab a little more eagerly.

Given the important purpose of preserving integrity, it would appear to me that the section is not interested in regulating the ordinary dealings which go on between Canadians and the government, but is truly concerned with persons who at the time of the commission of the offence had specific or ongoing business dealings with the government and that the gift was such that it could have an effect on those dealings.

That's why you need additional insurance to cover your gift for circumstances or situations that are considered out of the ordinary, which the insurance industry has appropriately dubbed as «mysterious disappearance».

You have such a gift at putting things together that are out of the ordinary!

Sometimes I like the simplicity of a beautifully wrapped gift with a hand - made bow, but I often look for something out of the ordinary to add.