Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful
Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice
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Erskine White
... going to do it! It won't work, so why get your hopes up?" When people discourage us like this, they can really make us feel deflated and defeated. We can feel our confidence just flow out of us, like air out of a leaky tire. You know, it might take us half an hour to pump a big tire full of air; it takes just a second to puncture it with a knife. We need people like Barnabas in our lives! We need people who will build us up with words of encouragement, not tear us down with words of despair ...
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William J. Carl
... way it’s told, it’s not a very ecumenical joke. Or there’s the one about the boy who came home from church and his mother asked him what he learned in Sunday school and he told her about Moses leading Israeli troops using the latest surface-to-air missiles against the Egyptians. And she says, “Are you telling the truth?” And he says, “No, but if I told you what the teacher said happened, you’d never believe me.” We don’t know what to do with the miracles in the Bible, so we tell these same ...
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John M. Braaten
... Fat Lady was, but I shined my shoes for the Fat Lady every time I went on the air again.... This terribly clear, clear picture of the Fat Lady formed in my mind ... and she probably had cancer. Anyway, it seemed clear why Seymour wanted me to shine my shoes ... when I went on the air. It made sense." The memory stirs something in Franny; she remembers how her Fat Lady had cancer, too. "But," says Zooey, "I'll tell ...
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Robert Allen
... of excitement as the sisters welcomed her back to the convent. Then she saw it! A spiral staircase rising up like a curl of smoke. Its base was on the chapel floor. Its top rested against the choir loft. Nothing else supported it. It seemed to float on air as it made two complete spirals. One of the sisters said, “There are 33 steps. One for each year of our Lord’s life.” “But, who did it?” the Mother Superior asked. “We don’t know his name,” the sister said. “But, he said that he spoke ...
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George Bass
... The flyers’ names were inscribed on a plaque so that they would never be forgotten in these two villages in England. The other evening I met a man who lives only three blocks from my home and who was stationed at Basingbourne and flew B-17 bombers out of that air base. He had been to that cemetery, and he had seen that plaque. He also knew about being shot out of the sky by anti-aircraft guns; it happened to him over Germany. He and his crew crash-landed in Belgium. Two of the crew had been killed by anti ...
231. Playing By A Different Set Of Rules
Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43
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Larry Goodpaster
... for us. Listen carefully: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seed, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches… “… The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened (Matthew 13:31-33, NRSV).” The point is that we are not to spend all of our time ...
232. The Interview
Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42
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Larry Goodpaster
... : left on time, smooth flight, and arrived on time. It was that van and its overweight, non-stop-talking driver! Even though it would cost her more, she had already made her mind up that a cab would ferry her back to the airport. Not only was the air conditioner of the van not working, but the traffic jam had forced them to a standstill for nearly an hour. And then, of all things, the van tried to change lanes right into the path of an oncoming small car. Not even this seemed to phase the driver, although ...
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Harold Warlick
... came on the tamarisk bushes. But there was a spiritual lesson in the manna. The manna comes from insects who eat the sap of the plant and pass the excess sap in honeydew excretions. The dry desert air changes those into drops that turn solid. But if you pick it and let it stay too long in the evening air, it spoils by the next morning. As the people gathered this manna, they were warned by Moses not to gather more than enough for their family for one day. But some wanted security and collected enough for ...
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... kind of a friend who thinks he knows everything. Whenever I want to know something and I begin to ask a question, Gordon pops up on the hand of Henry and waves around in the air. Gordon does not even wait for me to ask the whole question. He just hears me ask, "Where do you think?" and there is Gordon Glove waving around in the air like a big flag. If you say the word "what" then Gordon is waving. If you ask, "Why," Gordon is waving. Gordon likes to think that he knows all of the answers, and he just ...
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Robert Beringer
... entered Pete Richards' store. "Mister," she began, "could I have that string of blue beads in the window?" Pete brought them out. She looked at them and said, "They're perfect! Will you wrap them up pretty for me, please?" Pete studied her with a somewhat stony air. "Are you buying these for someone?" "They're for my big sister. She takes care of me. This will be the first Christmas since my mom died and I want to do something special for my sister." "How much money do you have?" asked Pete warily. Little ...
236. Mary Christmas
Matthew 1:18-25
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John Jamison
... t need to worry about here, the two of them found themselves on the way from Nazareth to Bethlehem. That's about 80 miles by air, and twice that by road. You begin in the beautiful Jezreel Valley with its fields of grain and springs of water, go through the ... the hills. The front, manmade part of the house served as the living chambers for the owners, while the cave served as furnace, air conditioner, and a safe place to keep the animals during poor weather. The two sections of the house were separated by a ...
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Sims Robert
... . People were hiding behind cars or wherever they could. The policemen took cover and shouted to the young man, “Put down the gun, put it down.” The young man continued to wave the gun in the air. They tried again, “Put down the gun.” The young man ignored their command and pointed the gun straight at one of the policemen. In a reflex action the policeman shot and killed him. They later discovered that the gun was a toy and that the young man was retarded and ...
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Theodore F. Schneider
... there could have been as many as 2,700,000. In one such Passover season, it was reported that 256,500 lambs were sacrificed, about one for each 10 pilgrims.1 The mood was one of religious fervor and of celebration. On this particular day, the air around Jerusalem bristled with a new excitement. Never before had anyone dead for four days been called from the grave. In an instant, Lazarus had become a celebrity among the pilgrims. Jesus' name was on everyone's lips. Spontaneously the crowds began to gather at ...
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Theodore F. Schneider
... hope rests, as do all of life's possibilities and probabilities. Only in this way can we talk of a hope that does not disappoint us, even if that hope's fulfillment is delayed. The air terminal was a sea of people, hurrying and pushing. It's always that way. But on this night it was especially so. A snow storm snarled schedules in the air and on the ground. In the midst of the terminal, by herself, there sat a little girl who could not have been more than a first grader in school, six years old, maybe seven ...
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Donald Zelle
... windmill. The wind wheel, loose from the shaft, can be seen twirling away. Windmills were built at proper places. If we have not felt the presence of God lately, if we have not had a breath of fresh air, we need to ask ourselves where we have been. We need to ask whether we have been where the Spirit blows. If we want fresh air, we don't go down into the coal mines or the cisterns of life. We go to the hilltops where we know God will do his work. We go into the company of God's people. We ...
241. Giving
Mark 12:41-44
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Brett Blair
... ushers had taken up the offering and brought the plates down to the alter rail, he took the plates and held them up in the air and he gave a prayer: "Lord, regardless of what we say about you, this is really what we say about you, this is really what ... 's blessings I give out of a sense of gratitude. There is much more fulfillment from that than simply giving money because an air condition valve has broken, and needs to be replaced. I give because I am overwhelmed with gratitude for what Christ did for me at ...
242. Step Four - Courage
Mt 26:69-75 · Acts 9:1-9 · Ps 139:1-6
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John A. Terry
... a Pharisee, he could have nothing to do with them. So he walked alone, alone with his thoughts. Just before Damascus the road climbs Mount Hermon, and down below lay Damascus. That region has one characteristical meteorological phenomenon. When the hot air of the plain meets the cold air of the mountain range, violent electrical storms result. Just at that moment there came a blinding light and out of the storm and in it Christ spoke to Paul. There are various and sundry speculations as to what happened to ...
243. Reality Check
Matthew 17:1-13
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Johnny Dean
... to the reality of life in the valley. And that leads us to ask another question: "Just what is reality anyway, and who defines it?" Is reality just a concept, as comedian Robin Williams suggests? Is the mountaintop moment itself the ultimate reality, with its air of celebration and glimpses of glory? Or is reality the messy muddling of everyday life? Is it the promise and hope of salvation, where every tear is wiped away? Or is it the fears and tears we encounter every single day we live? What is reality ...
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Wallace H. Kirby
... way. He was completely under the spell of his atheistic hero. The people of the church remarked, "He is more like the doctor's son than the son of his own father." One midnight the minister, with a heavy heart, quietly opened the door to his son's bedroom. The air was filled with fumes of alcohol. He saw the boy's mother kneeling by the bed, stroking her son's hair and kissing his forehead. Looking up toward her husband, she said through her tears, "You know, John, he never lets me love him when he's awake ...
Children's Sermon
Brett Blair
... . These are things we can see and touch. Can you name some invisible things that we need to live? (response) They may need help: There's something that is all around us; you can't see it but we need it in order to live. (the air) That's right. We need the air to breath. What are some other things? (possible answers: light, sun, God) Application: Jesus said, "We can not live by bread alone; we must also live by God's Word." What do you think Jesus meant? (response) This is a hard question to answer but let ...
246. T.G.I.F
John 1:43-51
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William Luoma
... it crash in a residential area. He died because he ejected too late for his parachute to open. The people of Cambridge knew that this was something they had to remember, and something they wanted to remember. It was only right to honor the memory of this brave Air Force Captain, who died, in a sense, that others could live. This particular Friday is a symbol for the world of the amazing and inexpressible love of God. Today we can see how deep, how wide, and how great is God's love. Today we can thank God ...
247. Being Cool!
Mark 6:14-29
Children's Sermon
Brett Blair
... props. Alternative: If space allows have someone ride a skateboard down the isle and flip the skateboard up in the air before the children and then ride out of the sanctuary. Lesson: Good morning! (response) Can anyone tell me what you ... cigarettes I had to smoke tap one out of the package and hold the but end with the tip of your fingers pointing the cigarette into the air one of these. Pause here and wait for a response. Should I listen to my friends? (no) Why not? (response) They’re telling me to do ...
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Carl Jech
... able to pass through solid, locked doors. ("The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them ...") Again, in Luke's Gospel, the risen Jesus eats a fish to demonstrate that he has flesh and blood, but he also vanishes as into thin air following his encounter with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. Clearly, the physical, historical Jesus is not the primary reality! The risen Jesus is not understood to be simply a resuscitated corpse. The black-and-white, historical Jesus has been colorized. The ...
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Carl Jech
... , seriously. Yet, on the other hand, at the very end of his Gospel and our text (and in his continuation of the story in the book of Acts), Luke pictures Jesus as more or less vanishing into thin air as he ascends into heaven. It does make some sense that if Jesus is able to vanish into thin air at the conclusion of his ministry, he could also have used astral projection or some form of "soul travel" during the early years of his life not recorded by the evangelists, in order to make contact with other ...
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Carl Hoefler
... us or what they will say about us if we become too enthusiastic about our faith. Nobody wants to be labeled a "do-gooder," or a "fanatic," or a "religious nut." We do not want to be labeled or laughed at. So, we play it cool. We adopt an air of sophistication. We become blase; this causes us never to get excited about anything. Far too often, we go through life anxiously looking in the rear-view mirror to see what others are thinking about us; thus, all the while, we stay in second gear and never shift into ...
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