miraculousness

I already struggle not to feel the wool is being pulled over my eyes, or perhaps (to be kinder) I simply feel that there is a strong sort of wishful thinking going on by those involved; so for the Church to indulge in this sort of cosmeticism when the miraculousness should be allowed its own self-evidence - it makes me feel as if I'm being patronized.

Archive 2007-08-01 Heather McDougal 2007

I already struggle not to feel the wool is being pulled over my eyes, or perhaps (to be kinder) I simply feel that there is a strong sort of wishful thinking going on by those involved; so for the Church to indulge in this sort of cosmeticism when the miraculousness should be allowed its own self-evidence - it makes me feel as if I'm being patronized.

Incorruptible and Forever Heather McDougal 2007

Not only one bottle, but in a sign of the kind of miraculousness that takes place in Israel, it was two for the price of one.

Heeb HQ RSS 2010

Last time a governor ran for president on the shoulders of his state's miraculousness, a bona fide "Massachusetts Miracle" did nothing to help Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis, who managed to pull a crushing defeat from the jaws of a 17-point lead over a very weak George H. W. Bush.

Michael Sigman: Read Our Lips: No New Texans Michael Sigman 2011

Last time a governor ran for president on the shoulders of his state's miraculousness, a bona fide "Massachusetts Miracle" did nothing to help Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis, who managed to pull a crushing defeat from the jaws of a 17-point lead over a very weak George H. W. Bush.

Michael Sigman: Read Our Lips: No New Texans Michael Sigman 2011

I understand the miraculousness of saints who linger, to help their supplicants; but ultimately, I find I would not want it for myself.

Incorruptible and Forever Heather McDougal 2007

Seldom has a film presented such a richly ambiguous juxtaposition of modernity (among the toys showered on the boy is a really cool radio-controlled helicopter), ancient mindset and, to be sure, possible miraculousness.

Just Say No to Bullock ‘Proposal’ 2009

Seldom has a film presented such a richly ambiguous juxtaposition of modernity (among the toys showered on the boy is a really cool radio-controlled helicopter), ancient mindset and, to be sure, possible miraculousness.

Just Say No to Bullock ‘Proposal’ 2009

I mention this because I have a history with some psychiatric medications: after a year or more of feeling perfectly fine and decent due to a miraculousness normalization* through chemistry, that miraculous chemical normalization turns into the Hyde to its previous Dr. Jekyll.

When Better Living Through Chemistry Goes Decidedly Wrong 2009

I understand the miraculousness of saints who linger, to help their supplicants; but ultimately, I find I would not want it for myself.

Archive 2007-08-01 Heather McDougal 2007