Word: lent
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That the world is dangerous should not be surprising news to Christians who are told at the beginning of Lent that we are dust. If Christians could remember that we have not been created to live forever, we might be able to help ourselves and our non-Christian brothers and sisters to speak more modestly and, thus, more truthfully and save ourselves from the alleged necessity of war against "evil...
...cardigan, replaced his shoes, and taught children how to come to terms with a sometimes-frightening world. With songs, educational films delivered by the speedy deliveryman and an ironclad routine of clothes-changing, fish-feeding and trolley visits to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood lent our young lives a reassuring sense of order. It was not the use of stunning visual effects, the gripping nature of the plot line, or the intensity of the characters that kept us watching the man who played piano when he’s mad (he liked...
Prasse-Freeman said that he and other teammates recently lent advice and encouragement to Harvey as he wrote a letter stating his case to the board. But Prasse-Freeman added that their assistance may have been “futile...
PART 1.The Lord's Prayor, The Customary Chant"O gladsome radiance" (Vespers), A. Kastalsky"When I, an unrighteous man" (Lent), A. Malashkin"Today a Virgin" (Christmas Collect Hymn), G. Lvovsky"A Mercy of Peace: we praise Thee" (at the Consecration: Liturgy), V. Kalinnikoff"Let all mortal flesh" (Great Saturday), Archpriest TurtchaninoffThe Creed, A. Gretchaninoff"Hear my prayer, O Lord" from Psalm CII), A. ArkhangelskyPART II."Bless the Lord, O my Soul" (Liturgy), M. Ippolitoff-Ivanoff.The Cherubimic Hymn (The Great Entrance at the Liturgy), P. Tchaikovsky"My soul shall exault in the Lord" Liturgy), M. Balakireff"God is with us" (Christmas...
...actors' personalities reflected and refracted in their directorial work. Antwone Fisher, at heart an interview between a Navy psychiatrist (Washington) and a troubled, gifted young seaman (Derek Luke) in search of a father figure, has the thoughtfulness, the heroic withholding of rage that Washington the actor has lent to so many of his characters. The movie (from a true story, written by the real Antwone Fisher) takes its power from the authenticity of its emotions. The director is typically modest about his effort. He says, "I like what Tom Hanks said about directing: 'It's not the stupidest thing...