 On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it? The churches are children...  Growing a Healing Ministry - Page 108by Kathy Edmison - 2004 - 212 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Annie Dillard - Literary Collections - 2009 - 180 pages
...jokes, just like regular people. The crew members have funny accents. The wind seems to be picking up. On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of...of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it? The churches... | |
 | Mary Collins - Religion - 1990 - 92 pages
...people in churches seem like cheerful, brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute? . . . On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of...of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it? The churches... | |
 | Eugene H. Peterson - Religion - 1993 - 188 pages
...brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute? ... On the whole, 1 do not find Christians, outside the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what son of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does not one believe a word of it? The churches... | |
 | John Broomfield - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1997 - 278 pages
...Dillard could have included classical scientists (or, for that matter, historians) with equal justice: i On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of...of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it? The churches... | |
 | Nick Harrison - Religion - 2009 - 244 pages
...people in churches seem like cheerful, brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute? . . . On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of...of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it? The churches... | |
 | B. Jill Carroll - Philosophy - 2001 - 602 pages
...even further the comparison between the spiritual quest and the polar expeditions, God and the Pole: On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of...of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it? The churches... | |
 | Barbara Hughes - Religion - 2001 - 284 pages
...ought to heighten our expectations and instill healthy fear and reverence. As Annie Dillard wrote: On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of...of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it? ... It... | |
 | Cornelius Plantinga, Sue A. Rozeboom - Music - 2003 - 190 pages
...or reverent exuberance — some mix of boundless enthusiasm for God's grace and humble awareness of "On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of...of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely inooke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it? The churches... | |
 | Chris Seay, Chad Karger - Family & Relationships - 2004 - 210 pages
...cheerful, brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute?" She goes on to ask a pointed question, "Does anyone have the foggiest idea of what sort of...invoke? Or- as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it?"2 For any number of reasons, couples blindly follow traditions or popular wisdom when planning... | |
 | Lawrence E. Mick - Religion - 2004 - 130 pages
...Dillard, a contemporary mystical writer, puts the issue well in her book Teaching a Stone to Talk: On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of...of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it? The churches... | |
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