Behind them rolled up the ascent of heaven the wheels of quiet Night: holy Night, mother of the Gods, mother of sleep, tender nurse of all little birds and beasts that dwell in the field and all tired hearts and weary: mother besides
of strange children, affrights, and rapes, and midnight murders bold.
Like Bono of U2 says, «God has a lot
of strange children that I have a hard time getting along with» (or something to that effect).
Witches (1990), based on a Roald Dahl novel (Anjelica Huston's witch has done as much damage to impressionable young minds as Jenny Agutter's skinny dipping in Walkabout), is one
of the strangest children's films ever made, but it managed to connect with both its intended audience and armchair auteurists.
Not exact matches
So if the majority
of strangers don't want to hurt our
children why are we so adament that our
children not so much as TALK to a
stranger?
For my part I am sixth
of seven
children and, reasoning that anything more than five
children are spares, my mother would always tell me «if a
stranger offers you a ride; you take it; you never know how long it will be before another
stranger comes along.»
Most
strangers aren't out to harm our
children with the possible exception
of those times when we have our small
children running amuck on a long and crowded flight.
One
of the
strangest rules, and perhaps the funniest rules royal
children have to follow, is that they're not allowed to play monopoly!
It's indeed one
of the
strange facts about the brain because we usually teach our
children to read and talk politely.
FEBRUARY 17, 2005: Tyee's first Vancouver - based staff reporter Scott Deveau creates a stir with his expose
of Lululemon founder Chip Wilson's
strange views on
child labour.
In the legislature, MLA Laurie Throness spoke against the universal
child care plan, saying, «I find it
strange that the government... ignores the cries
of an infant leaving its parent, who has to go to work, and the sadness
of a parent who would rather stay home with their new baby for a while.»
Exceptions can exist in
strange places, but in terms
of «musical concepts» there are quite a lot
of different ways a teacher could use such words to justify forcing non-Christian
children to sing a Jesus song, grinning evilly on the inside at making a Jewish
child sing it, for example, and get away with it.
And until that day, there is no better way to mourn the victims
of a confusing, evil world and to celebrate the birth
of a
strange, wonderful
child than to enter into the darkness ourselves and shine a light.
In between, we are given snapshots
of a vanished America where religion and culture still played a vital role in public life, as well as odd and unexpected little tidbits: a craze for church bell towers in the 1920s; Cram's home life with his beloved wife, Bess, and their
children; the messy business breakup with Goodhue; Cram's mildly embarrassing foray into the horror genre, Black Spirits and White; his
strange proposal for an island to be raised ex nihilo in Boston's Charles River; the problems inherent when working with rich Swedenborgians; and a Japanese Christian university he designed on a mix
of Oriental and Dutch Modernist themes.
I'm a Christian and I'm the one that will pull over on the side
of the road to give a
stranger a ride in the rain or volunteer to help the mentally ill or
children.
I think it is even possible that I might naturally feel compassion for other people (such as suffering people in China), but I would probably figure that this is some
strange extension
of a natural feeling
of compassion which is a beneficial trait towards my
children and my friends.
As I said many times to several MacGroupies after the
Strange Fire conference, in which John MacArthur trashed anyone who's ever had a dream
of Jesus without even examining it as Scripture commands us to do, «Did Satan stop traumatizing
children past the Apostolic Age as well?»
And, in a very
strange reinterpretation
of American history, Huckabee declared, «I believe America is an exceptional country created out
of the providence
of God because
of the prayers
of people who, on their knees, begged for a place where they could be free and raise their
children in the freedom to worship and to speak out and to protest, and where every person was equal to every other person in intrinsic value and worth and no person was worth more or worth less because
of how much land they owned, what their last name was, what their occupation was and what their bloodline was.»
If someone harms my
child, it's not the right
of some
stranger to offer a way
of forgiveness.
Moreover you may buy the
children of the
strangers who dwell among you, and their families who are with you, which they beget in your land; and they shall become your property.
I'm asking you to explain the perfect morality
of selling your
child to
strangers or forcing your daughter to marry her rapits.
Of these, roughly 5,000 were committed by a stranger during the commission of a random crime; the others — over 70 per cent — resulted from spouses killing spouses, parents killing children or vice versa, lovers killing lovers, etc
Of these, roughly 5,000 were committed by a
stranger during the commission
of a random crime; the others — over 70 per cent — resulted from spouses killing spouses, parents killing children or vice versa, lovers killing lovers, etc
of a random crime; the others — over 70 per cent — resulted from spouses killing spouses, parents killing
children or vice versa, lovers killing lovers, etc..
That's
strange, I've seen a few believers on here prattle on about how we are all supposedly
children of this deity.
1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women,
children as spoils
of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women /
children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (
Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws
of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins
of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against
children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)
Maybe this is not so
strange: to rally a group
of followers together, tell them «You are under attack but we will protect you» — as in Gays (or whatever enemy you choose) will wreck society and abuse the
children.
The contradiction is summed up by the presence
of more than 100,000 Filipinas in Hong Kong, many
of them women with university degrees, working as maids to
strangers»
children as a means
of providing for their own back at home.
The abandoned baby on the street, the
stranger at the door, even our own husband or wife or
child, is a diamond, and in receiving and treasuring these diamonds we are receiving the «pearl
of great price» that was once hidden on earth as a destitute
child of uncertain parentage.
Survey respondents pointed to the hardships
of pumping breast milk during on - campus interviews and the altogether
strange excuse
of everyday hassles, including limited faculty parking, which makes it difficult for a woman to find a parking space if she leaves during the day to take a
child to a doctor's appointment.
Back in 2012, a short film called Montauk from filmmaker Charlie Kessler garnered some attention at The Hamptons Film Festival for its intriguing sci - fi story about a government research lab conducting
strange experiments outside
of a small American town (which leads to a bunch
of weird stuff happening, including a
child going missing and a monster from another dimension being released).
Furthermore, the Bible says all
children go straight to Heaven and live on clouds with Jesus... so why are you weirdos so worried about these fetuses
of absolute
strangers?
I have a
child with schizophrenia and sometimes have to be quite umm accepting
of some
strange things.
As a
child I used to suffer tortures
of shyness, and if my shoe - lace was untied would feel shamefacedly that every eye was fixed on the unlucky string; as a girl I would shrink away from
strangers and think myself unwanted and unliked, so that I was full
of eager gratitude to any one who noticed me kindly; as the young mistress
of a house I was afraid
of my servants, and would let careless work pass rather than bear the pain
of reproving the ill - doer; when I have been lecturing and debating with no lack
of spirit on the platform, I have preferred to go without what I wanted at the hotel rather than to ring and make the waiter fetch it.
After a lifetime teaching — I recognize the effects
of inadequate potty training in
children that leads to
strange thinking in adult life.
After 7 months
of hospitalization
of our youngest
child we have been discharged today into a
strange city with few acquaintances and fewer friends.
Tate, a mother -
of - one, said: «As a parent you teach your
child how to cross the road and warn them about «
stranger danger» but it can be harder to know how to keep them safe online - especially when the speed with which new apps and games appear outwits even the best
of us.
The American bishops wanted Vatican II to affirm the American constitutional separation
of the institutions
of Church and state as something more than a
strange experiment to be tolerated, much as one tolerates the ways
of energetic but unruly
children.
I am afraid to hold you too tightly, to hold you too loosely, Afraid
of when you look too much like me, Afraid
of when you look like a
stranger, like someone else's
child.
But it is a
strange notion
of orthodoxy which defends a bishop who — however strong he may be upholding Catholic doctrine — shamefully covers up
child abuse.
To most normal human beings, the idea
of strangers probing into a
child's sex life in this way is repulsive.
The
stranger is not to be wronged or oppressed, and the widow and orphan are not to be afflicted, on pain
of God's appropriately avenging wrath («your wives shall become widows and your
children fatherless»).
You and your ilk are wolves in sheep's clothing trying to enter into the flock and lead the
children of God astray in
strange paths.
A spokesman said «It was a kind
of sex education lesson but by untrained inspectors without the consent
of parents or the school,» In a sane world this would be an entirely reasonably response: in what other situation could a complete
stranger approach a group
of young
children and ask them about same sex attraction?
Thus,
children are exposed to the risk
of coming into the world as
strangers, in which the biological ties that form the natural family are arbitrarily broken.
He also cited a few
of the
children's
strange stories including Mary's alleged predictions
of the world's end.
Instead
of portraying an attempt to understand each other better and grow into a more mature love, Ibsen's play ends with Nora abruptly leaving her husband, her
children and her home, considering her marriage ended and her husband a
stranger and handing back her ring, despite the fact that Torvald apologises for his anger and promises to change.
The new healthy snack company, is the brain -
child of two executives who are no
strangers to big CPG.
I was a
strange child — in so many, many ways — but in part because vegetables were one
of my favorite things to eat.
I too have always hated mayo but upon giving birth to my second
child I developed a love
of egg salad,
strange isn't it?
Oh, I forgot to comment on this
strange habit
of Danes;) when I was a
child I often had (semi-dark) bread with chocolate as an afternoon snack, and nothing could make us happier.
No
stranger to her lovely recipes (Black Bean and Sweet Potato Stew, Lemon Mediterranean Lentil Salad, Moroccan Vegetable Phyllo Rolls, and Orange Red Lentil Soup with Coriander and Star Anise), her latest cookbook is focused on family - friendly recipes, catering to the (oftentimes) picky requests
of children.
The Eerie poetry that small girls chant (or compose) as they skip rope and the
strange rhythmical games involving hand clapping or bouncing balls that
children improvise on city streets have been recorded by an imaginative sound engineer named Tony Schwartz, in what the New York Times the other day called the most original piece
of work ever put on records.