Sentences with phrase «surprised by this story»

When I left the traditions of my family and when more mainstream, I have been pleasantly surprised by the stories of women in the Bible.

Those of you who followed «vaginagate» — in which I was asked to remove the word «vagina» from my upcoming book in deference to Christian bookstore standards — will know that I'm not at all surprised by this story.

But there's absolutely nothing here so strange that it impedes the viewer's enjoyment; Shyamalan does a superb job of establishing this world and its inhabitants, as well as the rules that clearly govern their actions (eg nobody is terribly surprised by Story's presence, which does make sense within the context of the film).

If you have already read the book, or seen the original 1974 movie then you might not be surprised by the story, but if you are a newcomer, prepare for twists and turns and A-HA!

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But that story is about what to do after a nuclear weapon blows up by surprise, such as in a terrorist attack — the goal is to limit exposure to radioactive fallout that arrives minutes after a detonation.

We not only rallied going into the close of the year, the rally at the start of the year has taken everyone by surprise, far surpassing the typical first - day putting - money - to - work story.

In 2017, Whande was voted as Valedictorian by her Leadership WA Signature Program Cohort, which comes as no surprise upon hearing her story and knowing the principles that drive her as a Western Australian leader.

There is an endless supply of business statistics (proving most any point you want to make), research and studies (many with surprising results), and interesting real - life stories (of business success and failure), all available within seconds by doing a simple Google search.

«It's no surprise that they're desperately trying to latch onto another angle of the story to deflect attention from the core of the matter which is that this (Khadr payment) was a personal decision by Justin Trudeau to go above and beyond what any court order ever indicated was the responsibility of the government,» Scheer told a news conference.

Because mining provides the means by which bitcoins are created, it comes as no surprise that the story that garnered the most interest in October was one that addressed the question, «Is bitcoin mining still profitable?»

«Some people following the Thiel story appear to be surprised that these weapons can be used by rich and powerful people in order to get their way,» Olson tells me.

In the meantime, don't be surprised to see stories about Kim Jong Un's rockets being powered by Bitcoin.

Given the limitations on communication during the late Roman era, and the widespread illiteracy, it's not surprising that stories were exaggerated, embellished, or made up of the whole cloth by Christian enthusiasts.

satans aim was to stop the fulfillment of the seed that would crush satan underfoot.This hybrid between the angels and man created giants abominations in Gods eyes.They also were a threat to Gods people as can be seen by the giants in the land of caanan after the flood.If we agree on that then there is no way that Eve would have had intercourse with satan [false doctrine of the seed of satan -RCB- because the blood lines were still untainted by angelic beings or satan at the time of Noah maybe that is also why the genealogy of Christ is well presented with no surprises apart from Hagar and Ruth these two were gentiles that shows Gods mercy grace was always there to all nations he accepts people by faith not by race.Prior to the flood the mixing of the angels and man must have been widespread after the flood these beings were present but in limited numbers and God told his people to destroy them as they were abominations but they were a threat to Gods people.It would be interesting to hear what the rabbis had to say on this matter as i would think the stories would have been past down from generation to the next.Especially regarding the flood.God promised he would never flood the earth again but a time is coming when the earth will be judged not by flood but by fire Jesus is our ark and we are safe in him.brentnz

Yet even she was taken by surprise at the arrival of the shepherds and their story of angels — angels who had been notably absent when she and Joseph were looking for somewhere to stay.

Are you surprised by Chad's story?

[This spirit of sisterhood can be summed up in one of the highlights of the conference: On Friday afternoon, Emily Scott told a story about how her high school band director, surprised that she had chosen as «unfeminine» an instrument as the trombone, tried to keep her from closing her eyes and swaying to the music by literally pulling her shoulders back and standing on her feet as she played.

In Surprised by Joy Lewis tells his own life story as one whose underlying theme is Sehnsucht — the longing for joy.

The most striking instance of the concrete new taken into an apocalyptic story so that it becomes the peripety or surprise in the plot would be the adaptation of the apocalyptic story by the early Christians to the new which they saw in Christ.

We are not surprised that this growth proceeded so swiftly that by the end of the second century whole Gospels are devoted to stories of Jesus» birth and boyhood, all of them palpably without the slightest foundation.

Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber: Most conversion memoirs I read have an inspiring story but this one rises above the others because it's always well - written, intellectual and interesting; I couldn't put it down until it was done.

I kept reading and was surprised by how the story continued.

As I told my story that day, I was surprised by the nods of people around the room.

Anyone familiar with the the story of Sonny Vaccaro, a former sports marketing executive and camp guru for Nike, won't be too surprised by this news.

As he looks forward to the second chapter of his story with Chelsea, Essien has seemingly given his seal of approval on the move, although there are many who have questioned the sense in the transfer and are surprised by Antonio Conte's decision.

It is a story so familiar to Arsenal fans that we have stopped being surprised by it, but for some reason it always seems to take Arsene Wenger completely unaware.

By reading your story I was surprised that you aren't more popular since you most positively have a great gift for your site visitors.

As someone who has been educating sports parents about head trauma in sports for the past seventeen years, and about the very real risk posed by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) for the last decade, it is not surprising that I receive emails from parents all the time expressing deep concern about stories in the media that have led them - wrongly - to fear that playing contact or collision sports, or suffering a sports - related concussion, especially one slow to heal, makes it inevitable that their child will develop CTE and is at greatly increased risk of committing suicide.

Today's story comes from Jennifer Gillette, who was caught by surprise at 34 weeks by the birth of her son.

Find a new parents» group where you can swap stories with others — you might be surprised by how many others feel the same way you do.

Loved the book, lukewarm about the movie, naively surprised by the commercialization of what was such a personal story.

With society's propensity for blaming social issues on «kids these days,» and with struggling, frustrated parents seeking support by sharing stories of their teens» attitudes and ingratitudes, it's not surprising that adolescence gets a bad rap.

Last summer, while relating her birth stories, Chantal Shelstad surprised us all by sharing she was pregnant again.

Interesting Nielsen results for newspaper sites in a Huffington Post piece by Blake Fleetwood: The NY Times is well ahead of the Washington Post, something that surprises me, considering that the Times has blocked access to many stories for non-subscribers and the Post has been very aggressive in adopting social media techniques to build an audience.

«This exhibition is just the beginning of our work in telling the story of New York's colonial history and how our settlement by the Dutch has shaped not only our local character but aspects of state and even national character that we think will surprise and delight our visitors,» said Deputy Commissioner of Cultural Education and State Museum Director Mark Schaming.

However, speaking on Top Story, Mr Akumey said he was surprised by the BNI revelations because Mr Gunn never admitted making the threatening comments on the life of Judges.

«While we are not surprised by this type of unprofessional Journalism because so many self - styled journalists have taken over the entire media space, what we are particularly miffed about is that some reputable media outfits could publish a story of this nature without getting their facts right».

It's no surprise that he has just been named the successor to Iain Duncan Smith: his back story is perfect, and is driven by the same social justice agenda.

«People respond to false news more with surprise and disgust,» he notes, whereas true stories produced replies more generally characterized by sadness, anticipation, and trust.

In another 2017 study published in Advances in Political Psychology, «Science Curiosity and Political Information Processing,» Landrum and her colleagues found that liberal Democrats were far less likely than strong Republicans to voluntarily read a «surprising climate - skeptical story,» whereas a «surprising climate - concerned story» was far more likely to be read by those on the left than on the right.

The news appears to have caught the Malaysian media and public by surprise; many recent news stories reported that the study had been postponed after intense protests.

To my surprise, by Friday morning, I had over 250 comments from people I hadn't heard from in years sharing their stories and sending their prayers.

They usually don't know my story, so I am taken by surprise when I hear comments like «yeah like you need to watch what you eat» or when they try to convince me that I «don't need to be careful about what you eat» or «don't need to count calories».

I read all kinds of stories, that they are great or not so great, what I can say is that I found myself pleasantly surprised by these products.

A Reaper of Stone by Mark Gelineau: This story surprised me.

If you watched my Insta Stories a few days ago, I shared how they were surprised and thrilled by these fun costumes from Little Adventures.

A Berlin man who tried to surprise his girlfriend with a bottle of wine and flowers was being creative by climbing to her second story balcony.

Based on a story by Frederick Nebel (or «Torchy Blaine» fame), Sleepers West is full of chock - full of fascinating characterizations and startling little surprises, and is considered by many to be the best of Fox's «Michael Shayne» installments.

Despite knowing some of the story's more jaw - dropping developments beforehand, I was still riveted and surprised by the movie.

Expectations are fully met in Park Chan - wook's exquisitely filmed The Handmaiden (Agassi), an amusingly kinky erotic thriller and love story that brims with delicious surprises, making its two - and - a-half hours fly by.