Dictionary: Face
Synonyms: countenance, physiognomy, profile, features, expression, facial expression, look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, guise, cast, aspect, impression, grimace, scowl, wry face, wince, frown, glower, smirk, pout, moue, side, flank, vertical, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation, dial, display, (outward) appearance, nature, image, front, show, act, false front, facade, exterior, mask, masquerade, pretence, charade, pose, illusion, smokescreen, veneer, camouflage, respect, honour, esteem, regard, admiration, approbation, acclaim, approval, favour, appreciation, popularity, estimation, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, recognition, prestige, standing, status, dignity, glory, kudos, cachet, effrontery, audacity, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite (to), accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to, be confronted by, be faced with, encounter, experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, meet, come up against, be forced to contend with, beset, worry, distress, cause trouble to, trouble, bother, confront, burden, brave, face up to, meet head-on, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand, cover, clad, skin, overlay, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line
Antonyms: dodge, fear, back, give way, back down, dodge, avoid, throw in the towel, withdraw, cave in, retreat, succumb to, lay down one's arms, throw in the sponge, defer, submit, escape, bashfulness, shun, evade, elude
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2626. Finishing Strong
Philippians 3:12-14
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Bill Bouknight
... to say? Will you be able to say that you dug the coal that provided the power for the factories that produced the tools for our victorious army, navy, and air force? What will you be able to say?” There was one old grimy coal miner sitting down front listening hard. Tears began to make clear little paths down his dirty face. Suddenly he jumped up and shouted, “Let me out of here. My country needs coal.” He almost set off a stampede as men literally ran to their duty stations to produce coal for an ...
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Bill Bouknight
... of citizens want to redefine the institution of marriage. That is a sad commentary on the nation. Tragically, the biblical standard for sexuality (fidelity in marriage and celibacy in singleness) is ignored or ridiculed by the majority in America. There are numerous other fronts on which America is under moral indictment. Greed is widely regarded as a virtue in America rather than the sin that it really is. Much of our entertainment is obscene or profane or both. One of the greatest golfers ever produced by ...
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Bill Bouknight
... . Often they find notes written on bulletins. Surely these were not written during sermon times. A typical message will say something like, “Don’t you think Beth is cute?” or “Go Vols!” Occasionally we find a bulletin with a beautifully drawn tiger paw across the front. I liked this note written by a worshipper: “That sermon sure did grip me.” He did misspell “grip.” He spelled it “g-r-i-p-e,” but it was a nice thought just the same. Umbrellas are left quite often. If folks must leave ...
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Bill Bouknight
... heart. It comes from the book by Marlo Thomas entitled, “The Right Words at the Right Time.” The author Amy Tan recalls the awful power struggles she had with her mother when she was a teenager. Her mother criticized her excessively, often humiliating her in front of others, refusing to listen to her side of things. Amy recalls shouting at her mother, “I hate you. I wish you were dead.” Fast-forward 30 years. Amy was now 46. For the past three years her mother had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease ...
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Bill Bouknight
... more positive message delivered in a similar situation. She had an accident and it was her fault. No one was hurt, but she was horrified because the car was new. She reached into the glove compartment to retrieve the necessary insurance documents. On the front of the insurance documents was a note, written in a heavy masculine scrawl. It said, “In case of accident, remember, honey, it’s you that I love, not the car.” Wow! That’s good communication. I always thought that the war-time Prime Minister ...
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Bill Bouknight
... great Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dag Hammerskjold. It reads, “Life only demands the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible—not to have run away.” St. Paul could honestly say, “I have not been a quitter. Whatever challenge God has put in front of me, I have seen it through.” Here is the third part of St. Paul’s epitaph: “I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH.” The word for “faith” is “pistis” in the Greek. It refers to an accurate account of the Gospel and an honorable sharing ...
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Bill Bouknight
... particular hotel was run by some haughty Protestants from Boston, and it excluded Jews. So, when Mrs. Rosenberg gave her name to the desk clerk, he said, “Sorry, we’re all booked up.” “But,” she said, “You have a vacancy sign out front.” The clerk stammered a bit and finally confessed, “Sorry, but we don’t cater to Jewish persons.” Mrs. Rosenberg stiffened noticeably and then said, “It may surprise you to know that I have converted to Christianity.” “Is that so?” responded the ...
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Bill Bouknight
I received an interesting Christmas card from a dear friend, a retired Air Force General. On the front was a white dove with an olive branch in its beak, hovering above the world. Inside the card were these words: “Peace on earth.” Beside those words my friend had added a big question mark. Then he wrote, “Is peace possible in a world like this?” This General was asking ...
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... . But there was a day when, as an Albion College sophomore….a dateless Albion College sophomore….I offered to usher at a public reading by the late Carl Sandburg. And because the sold-out chapel reserved no seats for ushers, when I finished my duties, I came down front and sat on the floor, resting my back against the pew. Which means I was almost on top of Sandburg, actually looking up at him where he sat perched on a stool. He was white of hair….lined of face….hollow of voice….and eighty of age ...
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John E. Harnish
... , we followed the narrow trail into a large cavern, and with appropriate warning, the guide turned off the lights. Utter blackness. I could feel my eyes straining unsuccessfully to pick up the slightest glimmer of light. I literally could not see my hand in front of my nose. The darkness seemed to penetrate my skin and sink deep into my soul. In the words of James Weldon Johnson, "It was darker than a hundred midnights down in the cypress swamp." Writing in a day before electricity and ever-present ambient ...
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John E. Harnish
... and persecution. To understand St. John's imagery, I like to use a concept from the stagecraft, the use of a "skrim." When you want two sets of action to take place at one time, divide the stage with a thin sheet of cheesecloth. When the lights come up in front of the skrim, all you can see is what's happening downstage. But if the lights shift, you can see action on the other side. It's been there all the time, you just couldn't see it. The action goes on downstage, but in that moment you can see ...
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John E. Harnish
... discover the miracle of generosity, the gift of breaking bread with others, we too discover manna in abundance, more than enough. I will never forget visiting Cardenas, Cuba, the town made famous by a poster child named Elian. In fact, while he was on the front page, we were in his town representing the Board of Higher Education and Ministry. We went to Cuba to meet with the leaders of the Methodist Church in Cuba and to support the seminary in the work of preparing pastors for the rapidly-growing Methodist ...
2638. Joseph: Don't Bury Me Here
Genesis 50:22-26; Exodus 13:19-22; Joshua 24:32
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John E. Harnish
... be a spiritual frontier. So we set up camp on the mountaintop of our own spiritual experience. We give it a foundation of our own fundamentals. We insulate it with the fiberglass of our favorite opinions and add on a nice little front porch of theological propositions. We surround it with liturgical latticework of acceptable songs and appropriate ritual. We plant our perennial petunias of pious platitudes on the trusted trellis of tradition. Maybe we even install a hot and cold running water baptistery and ...
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John E. Harnish
... paths of righteousness, even through the valley of the shadow of death, I have a faith that sings. 5. MY CUP OVERFLOWS WITH GOODNESS AND MERCY, AND I WILL DWELL WITH HIM FOREVER Again, from the Eugene Peterson translation: You serve me a six-course dinner right in front of my enemies; you revive my drooping head; my cup brims with blessing. Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life until I'm back home in the house of God forever. I have been blessed by the lives of wonderful saints in every ...
2640. A Circle for Dorothy
Ephesians 2:11-22, Ephesians 2:1-10
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John E. Harnish
... '. He walked by their house, just to see where it was. It was a little cottage down by the lake, with petunias and day lilies on the bank down to the lake, rocks painted white with two metal chairs and a cast iron deer grazing in the front yard. He says the Krugers became very big in his imagination that year. He figured the homes were randomly assigned, but he always liked to think the Krugers came down to school, looked over all the children, and finally pointed to him and said, "That one, the skinny ...
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John E. Harnish
... them side by side and the point is obvious: Barnabas is the one who found the way. 1. Barnabas discovered the true value of things. He discovered what mattered most, and as a result, he put everything in its proper perspective. Let's be clear up front. The Bible does not say "things," "wealth" and "money" don't matter or are not important. In fact, it's just the opposite. One-third of all of Jesus' parables have to do with our relationship to material things. The Bible tells us they are vitally important ...
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John E. Harnish
... charcoal grill. As the heat rose, the pastors all shifted to one side of the boat. The fire got hotter and hotter, and the crowd shifted further and further, until somebody yelled out, "We're sinking!" With that, they all tried to rush to the front of the boat, the pontoon pitched forward and, as Keillor says, "Twenty-four Lutheran clergy took their first step toward total immersion." As the boat tipped, they all slipped over the side, clerical collars, hush puppies and all; ready to give their lives for ...
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John E. Harnish
... of the boat…never the right! This is the way we have always fished around here. This is what fishing is all about. You change this and oh my, that's a slippery slope. Why, soon you will have people fishing out of the back of the boat and the front of the boat, and who knows what will happen. Next thing you know, we will even have women fishing on the boats, then we will have to put on clothes. And, well, it could start a whole downward slide until the whole of civilization goes down the tube. No, no ...
2644. From the Tomb
John 20:1-18
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John E. Harnish
None other than my good friend David Crumm reported on the front page of Friday's Free Press: "Christians Reach Beyond Easter Uproar to Find Hope." He writes: "Easter, Christianity's cornerstone, is at hand and nearly 200 million Americans say they plan to go to church. But the central meaning of the holiday is more hotly debated than at any other ...
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John E. Harnish
... 't particularly patient or forgiving. It came to a head in a contentious Board meeting one night. After it was over, I was upset and I went out for a walk late at night around that small village. Percy's light was still on, so I walked up on his front porch, and it was as if he had been waiting for me. He was sitting there in his recliner, his well-worn Bible on the end table. I walked in and started to fuss. I paced and fumed, and he smiled and cried with me. And I will never forget ...
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... get back on, and for those lucky enough to have a fireplace, night-time became a feed the flames marathon. How do you keep the bare minimum of heat coming from the average fireplace? And this is with the family bundled in sleeping bags and parked right in front of it. It takes two or three good-sized chunks of wood every hour or so to keep the embers hot. When the cold dawn finally breaks after one of those nights, THEN you know about sleep deprivation. Or let’s go back a century more . . . when houses ...
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Maurice A. Fetty
It was quite a picture — on the front of the New York Times magazine. There were the "Little Big People" as the cover article names them — "little big people" who are precocious, even out of control, with affluent parents who have only themselves to blame. The picture shows a yuppie- dressed eight- or nine-year-old boy, stylish, ...
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Maurice A. Fetty
... Symphony. Call to mind Livingston in Africa, so weak, so few converts, yet so strong in the continuing effect of his work. Consider the power of a baby's weakness. I have seen grown men, powerful men, crawl around the floor on their knees in front of their babies, entertaining them, getting them to coo and smile. Many of the wives of those same men have been trying to get their husbands on their knees for years — and to no avail! Many competitors — powerful and clever — have been attempting, with all ...
2649. Let God Do the Rest
Ephesians 3:14-21
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Richard Gribble
... them and gave thanks and then started to distribute them to all listening to him. He went through the crowd giving everyone some bread and fish. He came to the tired old man and then to the woman carrying her baby; there was enough for them. Finally, he stopped in front of the boy and gave him some bread and fish. The boy's heart stopped; never had he been so close to the man. He looked into the man's eyes and then realized that he did not need to give a lot. It really was quite simple. All he ...
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Richard Gribble
... can be explained by observation of how dogs treat each other. One day a woman observed an interesting occurrence. She began her story: "There was a terrible racket outside my home and I went to the window to see what was happening. I saw a large dog standing outside the front yard fence and my dog was barking wildly at it. Have you ever noticed how the dog on the inside usually barks wildly if another dog passes by outside, yet, the dog on the outside does not bark at all? I guess that is the way it is with ...
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