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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Lori Wagner
... d just gone through the looking glass and entered into a foreign kind of territory. Had every venue now been divided into “red” and “blue zones”? This categorization certainly gave the concept of a “blue zone” a whole different meaning! The surprisingly accusatory encounter stunned me. On vacation, the last thing I was thinking about was politics! For this man, it was nearly the only thing that mattered. It was not only the insistence of one point of view but the act of lumping everyone in the ...
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Lori Wagner
... . But our peace does not come from an absence of storms. It comes from the presence of Jesus within us and around us as we sail on through. Discipleship is a risky business. When we sail the open seas as a disciple and apostle of Jesus, we will encounter storms. No one lives a stormless life. But Jesus is our calm in the midst of the storm and our joy in the midst of the wind. Sometimes, in our lives, we can fear that Jesus does not hear us, that somehow, he is “asleep” to our experiences, our ...
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Lori Wagner
... . Don’t chastise yourself for every mistake. Don’t sweat it if you aren’t the biggest, the best, the greatest, or the coolest. For that is not your mission. And even Jesus couldn’t reach them all! Just go out and be you. And if you encounter the haters, the gossipers, the disbelievers, and the doubters, just shake off the dust and go dancing on your way. Often, we have too many expectations of ourselves, of what we believe should be the fruits or return for our time and energy. But Jesus never asks ...
3129. Haunted
Mark 6:14-29
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Lori Wagner
... “sin” in a different way than perhaps we have before. The passage begins with a haunting! Herod is spooked. I mean really spooked! He believes he’s seeing a “ghost.” And it’s not even Halloween! That tells us right away that we are about to encounter an interesting story. John, whom we call the Baptizer, as we know, is Jesus’ second cousin. He’s the son of Elizabeth, Mary’s cousin, Mary the mother of Jesus. I’ll give you a minute to digest that piece of ancestry. John is the “ram’s ...
3130. Living Bread
John 6:51-58
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Lori Wagner
... lives, and hopeful in our ventures. We feel loving and compassionate for our neighbors, excited to share the gospel, and compelled to worship and praise! And when we fill ourselves with the life-giving “bread” of Jesus, we exude his presence to all who encounter us. We pass on the “secret” of his everlasting gift of life to all those we can generation through generation. And in doing, we perpetuate the kingdom that Jesus intended. The best sign that a church is filled with life? It has the ability ...
3131. Uncommonly Good
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
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Lori Wagner
... holy.” To be holy for Jews and later for Christians meant to be different, unique, not simply ordinary. That’s an important distinction, because the opposite of not being ordinary is of course to be “ordinary.” That’s the word we encounter frequently in the scriptures in discussions or disputes with Jesus and his contemporaries. The word is “koinos” –the same word we use for “koine Greek,” meaning the “common” language of the people. When the same word is used to describe a person ...
3132. Beloved
Mark 7:24-37
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... a metaphor for his disciples to understand. This woman is not a “defiled” street dog. She is an honored, cherished, beloved part of their family –God’s family, and as such, she deserves to be healed, accepted, loved, and honored like everyone else. After this encounter, Jesus would go on to the Decapolis, ten Greek cities in solidly gentile country. There he would not only heal a man deaf and mute, but he would duplicate his feeding of the Jewish people by feeding 4,000 plus gentiles, with 7 baskets ...
3133. It’s Lonely At The Top
Mark 9:38-50 · Esther 7:1-10; 9:20-22 · Psalm 124 · Numbers 11:4-29
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Thomas C. Willadsen
... must also have good “followership.” If it’s lonely at the top, realize that it doesn’t have to be. When geese migrate, the hardest — working goose is the one at the point of the V. That goose (both geese and ganders take this position) encounters the most resistance and has to work the hardest. The point position is rotated frequently. But the ones who are not up front have work to do too. They are back there, enjoying an easier flight and honking encouragement up to the front. If you think ...
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Lori Wagner
... down.[2] While these may be extreme instances, you may want to consider going the opposite way if you see a badger cross your path. Badgers are relentlessly territorial. Their competitive, aggressive nature makes them one of nature’s least favorite critters to encounter. Then again, humans can be pretty territorial too. I for one have difficulty tolerating any large spider or insect-like creature that dares step foot into my house. I don’t know about you, but sharing my home with rodents sounds equally ...
3135. What's In a Name?
Mark 10:2-16 · Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 · Psalm 8
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Thomas C. Willadsen
... accustomed to. I counted twelve different images or metaphors for Jesus in the twelve verses we read from Hebrews. That’s too many for us to hold in our minds at one time as we ponder Christ and pray in Christ’s name. But it’s good for us to encounter images that are difficult or foreign to us because it will help us grow in faith. Image #1 “Son.” Hebrews 1:2 (NRSV). — We know that Jesus is God’s son, born of the Virgin Mary, that Jesus is God’s only begotten son. Our oldest creed tells us ...
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Lori Wagner
... of our homes. Is it any wonder then that, when it comes to our faith, we can find it hard to break out of that “acquisition” and “achievement” mindset? And yet, this is what Jesus is once again challenging his disciples and followers to do. In Jesus’ encounters that we read about today, we see a man run up to him and ask, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Don’t you just love sentences like this? They are filled with clues and “bad theology!” But they set Jesus up ...
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Thomas C. Willadsen
... he blended in with the crowd that was following Jesus. Maybe he added his voice to those who didn’t want Jesus to turn aside and pay attention to a blind beggar. But I don’t think that’s what happened. I think Bartimaeus had one of those life-changing encounters with the Son of God and was changed forever. A lot of people come to know Christ as Lord and Savior that way. They can suddenly see; their faith makes them whole again. And they turn to follow. Most of us, at least most of the people who talk ...
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Thomas C. Willadsen
... he would say “Getting there is half the fun.” Like all Old Testament prophets, Elijah paid a high price for speaking the words of the Lord. Every work camp I have led has had many highpoints and memories. You can never tell when a certain vignette or encounter will be a story that gets told back home that in some way captures and summarizes the entire trip. We always tell those stories when we return. There are, however, two high points on every mission trip that can be scheduled with precision. For me ...
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Lori Wagner
... and now, one knows that life will experience ups and downs. That sometimes tragedies will come, but that joys will too, that life is a beautiful gift from God, and that God has a call for you within it! It means that no matter the difficulties and sorrows you encounter, God will bless you in ways that you cannot yet imagine. For our thoughts are not as vast as God’s. In our limited knowledge, we cannot possibly know all that God has yet to display and accomplish in our lives and in our world. All we can ...
3140. Mountaintop Experience
Luke 9:28-36 (37-43a)
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
... the law and the prophets, but that he was the fulfillment of the law and the prophets, something that is still underway. Fifth, the voice from heaven was an external confirmation that this was more than just a dream or hallucinogenic vision. This encounter had substance and it had a purpose. Once the three had seen more fully who Jesus was, they carried with them an added responsibility to treat him with appropriate respect and to safeguard the mission that he was on. Increased knowledge brings heightened ...
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Wayne Brouwer
... found themselves also in miserable silence. Paco’s absence was more destructive than his petulant presence. They missed him terribly. With passions only parents can know, Paco’s father climbed the well-trodden roads to Madrid, asking all along the way if they had encountered his son. In the great city itself, the stranger wandered markets and main streets, seeking news of Paco. But not even in dimly lit dens and narrow alleys did anyone know about the missing teen. Paco’s father went to the office of ...
3142. What If It's ALL True?
John 20:1-18 · Matthew 28:10
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Lori Wagner
... to the tomb expected to offer their sorrow and sadness at Jesus’ tomb. Not one person expected to respond with joy and faith at the sight of an empty space. Despite all of Jesus’ messages to his disciples, they were totally unprepared for what they encountered on Easter morning. For us who follow Jesus 21 centuries later the question is no less “in your face.” The ultimate challenge that confronts us on Easter morning is this: “What if it’s true?” What if the God of the universe loves each and ...
3143. Pressing On In Faith
Philippians 3:4b-14
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Bonnie Bates
... than fifteen years. I still learn more about myself, my faith, and my community almost every day. This experience helps me understand Paul’s need to press forward. He was hungry for more ― more experiences of God, more knowledge of his faith, and more encounters with the living Christ, the resurrected Christ. It was not his history, but his future that compelled him. It was not his exploration of God but God’s exploration of him that moved him into finding deeper meaning in his faith. What have been ...
3144. Love Lives
Philippians 2:5-11
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Bonnie Bates
... be. Divinity was never in question. Jesus is God. As we move into verse seven, we find an emptying of Jesus’ self so that he, as did the others in his time, became slaves to the ravages of humanity and the oppression of Rome, became fully human, encountering all that it meant. From being born in a stable to parents with whom he became a refugee, to working with his family as a carpenter and then moving into his role as preacher, teacher, and minister to the people, Jesus was fully human. Yet, for Jesus ...
3145. We Live in Hope
1 Corinthians 15:19-26
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Bonnie Bates
... I do. I do not have to be able to define it, to structure the process, to believe that the living Christ is present. I have seen and experienced his presence, heard his voice, and felt his touch. Some of you may remember when I shared the story of encountering Jesus while being guided through a meditation, as a part of the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius. As I was walking into the dark, dank basement I was using as a symbol for my sinfulness, I saw a light and as the light came closer a figure became ...
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Lori Wagner
... most ancient of days, has employed clouds and fog to illuminate the presence of the divine. In fact, the Hebrew scriptures are filled with depictions of YHWH as cloud cover. One of the most prominent is Moses, descending from the cloudy mountaintop after encountering God, his face shining. But we see many other instances in scripture as well –the cloud that led the Israelites through the wilderness and across the sea, the clouds in Ezekiel’s vision, the imagination of Job, the prophecies of Joel, Nahum ...
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Lori Wagner
... then tell about Jesus, using his own experiences and stories about Jesus’ life that they could understand –so too would Luke write to his Greek contemporaries in language and references they could understand, in order to tell the stories of Jesus’ encounters, life, promise, and identity. We can hear Jesus’ lament in this passage about his love and care for Jerusalem, and we can sense his knowing mistrust of Herod, the crafty fox, who would destroy his unknowing and ignorant beloveds. Jesus asserts ...
Sermon
Will Willimon
... residents quickly develop “the Manhattan stare." Confronted daily by depressing sights, harassed by panhandlers, street people, the mentally ill, “you learn to walk past dozens of people without ever looking at any of them.” Of course, if all the people she encountered on her way to work were well dressed, clean, respectable looking people -- people like us -- then they might be more easily seen. It's tough to see certain people. Jesus enters the temple with his disciples. And we're here this morning ...
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Lori Wagner
... others. But we can control the way that we react to others. Today is Palm Sunday. It’s the day in which Jesus instructs his disciples to untie a colt and bring it to him, after which he will ride straight into Jerusalem to face a final encounter that he knows will result in his death. He does this calmly, intentionally, powerfully, and provocatively. He does not carry weapons. He does not cause an uprising. He does not react to the demands for him and his disciples to desist. He does not sink into stasis ...
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Lori Wagner
... of mourning. Again, the doors were shut and locked. Once again, Jesus appears within them offering peace, faith, calm, and release. It would take more than this meeting before the disciples would fully be ready, but after this encounter they would begin to emerge from their “locked” place of disillusionment, desolation, disenfranchisement, and mourning and carry on their lives and eventually Jesus’ mission. With his message and his peace, his breath, and his commissioning, Jesus frees their hearts ...
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