Sentences with phrase «sense of awe as»

But I couldn't help a sense of awe as I gripped the wheel and felt how this 5,000 - pound SUV dealt with wildly different driving conditions.

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Therefore, although Jesus would be the last person to use fear as a moral weapon (except in the case of the desperately self - complacent), he did teach that life should be lived with a due sense of awe and responsibility.

But when so little wilderness remains in a nation, the contemplative gifts it offers — such as silence, solitude and a sense of awe — become worth as much as the marketable commodities that can be extracted.

I mention, only because my... paradigm (I'm not much on beliefs, in the usual organized religion sense)... includes a «Divine» of my own definition, that equates to something like «awe of life, love, and knowing that there is much we don't know» (< — sorry, not the easiest thing for me to get into words, hopefully that gets the gist of it) that I don't see as a «personal other», but, in my paradigm, I see that Divine as being systemic to everything, hence insights from what I learn / experience can be termed as the Divine acting.

The tremendum implies a sense of fear and awe and of awareness of our creatureliness as we are overpowered by Majesty.

As for the message being «fear God, do NOT lean to your own understanding, do NOT question God, sins, repentence, heaven, hell, awful things are coming and it's your fault,» I think the «fear» God, in the right sense of «fearing» in the sense of awe is in there.

While it would be foolish to give up the meteorological explanation for the theological one, it should be said that there may be important aspects of the storm, such as its relation to the powers of nature on which life is dependent and the sense of awe inspired by it, which are present in the latter interpretation but wholly lacking in the former.

In contrast, other scientists experience a sense of awe and mystery in relation to the known as much as to the unknown.

Atheists feel the same sense of awe and wonderment of the world around us and the universe as believers.

When Rudolf Otto describes the sense of the «numinous» or holy as an irrational experience both fascinating and awe inspiring, in which the content can only be felt and not spoken about, he is making a similar point.

(Reden, Rede 10) This sense of awe, however, is related not only to the fullness of religious forms, ideas, and experiences, which Schleiermacher described as «having developed out of the eternally provident bosom of the universe.»

We develop young leaders who are committed to social and environmental justice and are equipped with a sense of awe for natural and human beauty, tools for non-violent multicultural community building, as well as the confidence to make positive change in our families, communities and world.

«I look with some sense of awe to see how smoothly it did go,» said John McEneny, a Democrat who served in the Assembly for 19 of Silver's 21 years as speaker.

Rediscover a sense of awe and wonder as you connect with nature.

Sure, it may seem as though bisexuality offers more potential lovers because one would be open to both genders, however given the complexities of the gender binary, the stigma of homophobia and biphobia and the many myths and stereotypes that shroud bisexuality into a crowd of mystery and awe, it can be difficult for bisexual people to make sense of it all AND also find the perfect mate among all the smoke and mirrors.

It's not a return to the high level of The Sixth Sense or Signs, but has moments of awe and tension as well as a mixture of intriguing special effects and old - fashioned futurism built from the materials of the present.

It's a film set at the edge of everything, where reason becomes awe and where the inexplicable somehow makes a resonant kind of sense, and it's as beautiful and infinitely detailed as a fractal image.

As if the special effects alone will fill children's minds with a sense of awe.

But those high tech toys were like big kid fantasies come alive, magnificently designed vehicles rolled out as lovingly detailed miniatures with a sense of awe and wonder, and the success of the spawned two feature films that upped the ante on the spectacle.

As with all of acclaimed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's work, there's a sense of wonder and awe in The Wind Rises that gets right into your soul.

researchers describe awe as «that sense of wonder we feel in the presence of something vast that transcends our

The incomprehensible immensity of our universe inspires a deep sense of awe — and inspires as well many questions.

From the outset, we wanted to be sure that our books were as scientifically accurate, dramatic, and concise as possible, and we wanted the reader to feel the same sense of awe about the subject — how earth works — that we do.

In this coming of age story filled with genuine imagination and a passionate sense of awe, follow Yume as she learns that the true magic in life can take place right inside her own heart.

I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

But by dinner time that evening — as all 76 guests on our little Wilderness Discoverer ship help themselves to steaming chicken Marbella with apricots, couscous and spinach - and - hazelnut salad — it's only exhilaration and a sense of awe we feel (okay, a few sore muscles too).

As we head toward the launch of VR on PS4 next year, we remain in awe of the creativity we're seeing from developers, who are wielding the technology inside Morpheus to transport you into new worlds that wrap your senses in you - have - to - see - it - to - believe - it 360 - degree environments.

It doesn't create that sense of awe or wonder that transitions between areas in the Souls games are able to effortlessly create as most areas tend to look similar in some way or the other.

As previously mentioned, the creature designs are spectacular, and the sense of scale that the larger creatures give off is intimidating and awe - inspiring.

This makes the tensions and sense of awe that much more tangible as you progress through the game, because you truly never know what could be lurking around the corner.

But if Journey was primarily concerned about transcendence and instilling a sense of awe, then Rime is, as we alluded to earlier, all about tapping into the wondrous feeling of childhood.

Ideally my dances create a sense of awe, transporting audiences to a realm where, as in nature, the world feels enormous and the self is small.

Starting from the Roman expression, that serves and as the title of the exhibition, the artist through his canvas unfolds the contemporary history of the Mediterranean Sea that causes terror and awe, as it has been mutated to a huge wet cemetery that shallows souls, moral senses and especially the dream and the desire for a better future.

David Elliott, the former director of Mori Art Museum, saw colors of Shintoism or Esoteric Buddhism in Ohno's awe of the nature, as well as senses akin to the artists of the Neo-Expressionism such as Georg Baselitz and Anselm Kiefer.

The luminous presence that lurks behind the trees in «Mysterious Light in the Woods» (above) brings awe, terror and a sense of pleasure reminiscent of the works of early Romantic painters such as Caspar David Friedrich.

In Mr. Salerno's words, «The sense of awe we experience as we view the sublime and the beautiful rouses a dormant patriotism.

In vivid detail, Hofer captures the gilded columns, glittering chandeliers, and searing red carpeting as they collude to create a sense of awe, which Hofer eschews with the cold, detached eye of the photographer.

What troubled me about this quick and «dirty» interpretation of Ofili's work, even as a teenager, was that it erased any nuanced reading or sense of awe a viewer might experience when viewing the work.

Ultimately, these works function as uninhibited celebrations of the power of painting: by removing his own hand directly from the process, Hirst reawakens a primal sense of awe in its unpredictable possibilities.

My inspiration always comes from the natural world as I really do have a childlike sense of wonder and awe for everything that nature creates.

Many couples share their sense of joy, awe, and thankfulness as they speak about their special child.

This space is designed to create a sense of shock and awe as soon as you walk in — and we're suitably impressed.