What should the two-minute invocation be called if the word invocation were to be dropped?. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamondback] Reference
In The Greatest Prayer, Crossan argues that Christianity's best-known invocation is misunderstood and undervalued in today's society. From Wordnik.com. [Understanding The Lord's Prayer With John Dominic Crossan] Reference
The Rev. Rick Warren, who will give the invocation, is the most influential pastor in the United States, and a choice that has already caused problems for Obama. From Wordnik.com. [For inauguration prayer, Obama splits ticket; controversy erupts over inclusion of Rick Warren] Reference
Or, the triple invocation is to give intensity to the call for attention to the announcement of the end of the royal line, so far as Jehoiachin's seed is concerned. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
So asking a conservative evangelical pastor to give the invocation was the right idea. From Wordnik.com. [Charles J. Brown: Right Message, Wrong Messenger] Reference
They are a gift that will keep on giving long after Warren’s invocation is over. —. From Wordnik.com. [The Saturday Word: Resistance to Views and Inconvenient Truths - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Obama team has acknowledged that inviting pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation was a "stumble. '". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Political Ticker] Reference
The invocation is a formal address to the deities, and on special occasions even to the demons, when it is desired to make a truce with them. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
A single CSS invocation, which is automatically generated with a unique file name containing a timestamp, so it can be cached by the browser but also updated in real time. From Wordnik.com. [Sun Bloggers] Reference
Today most etymologists prefer the second hypothesis and interpret "pour" as "libation" (in the process of sacrifice), but the idea of invocation also has learned supporters. From Wordnik.com. [OUPblog] Reference
At any rate, this is a very depressing display - all the way down to his "invocation" of Moo-hammad. From Wordnik.com. [Goode: Without Surge, U.S. Money May Soon Say "In Muhammad We Trust"] Reference
Did I mention that Marcia Milchiker's "invocation" sounded like a press release offering dry factoids about community colleges?. From Wordnik.com. [Dissent the Blog] Reference
The first is a form of Bahá’í greeting and should be used, while the other is an invocation, meaning “O Thou Glory of. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand] Reference
That you begin with a prayer, you begin with an invocation. From Wordnik.com. [Terry Riley, Composing on 'The Cusp of Magic'] Reference
I used to think she was making an invocation to the goddess of Memory. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
She breathed a prayer from the depths of her soul -- a wordless invocation. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
The last Inaugural invocation Graham delivered was for Bill Clinton in 1997. From Wordnik.com. [An Inexact Analogy] Reference
What about all the attention to Hillary Clinton's invocation of Tammy Wynette?. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Alterman: Think Again: The World As it 'Ought to Be'] Reference
If X and Y don't get along, refrain from relentless invocation of X's glory to Y. From Wordnik.com. [Sally Koslow: The Schadenfreude Club: Your Friendship Survival Guide] Reference
He cannot spill salt without throwing it over his shoulder with a muttered invocation. From Wordnik.com. [Harry, Giselle and Joyce] Reference
Her invocation of cojones bumped her up quite a bit on the masculine side of the ledger. From Wordnik.com. [Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto: Señorita Palin's Cojones] Reference
The constant invocation of unattainable goals will foster a general climate of irresponsibility. From Wordnik.com. [What We Can Do] Reference
And most mashups can't hold a candle to a good ol 'Pixar invocation, though a couple others are quite good. From Wordnik.com. [DREAM TRAILERS: The 6 Best 'INCEPTION' Parodies This Minute [UPDATED]] Reference
Lord Denbigh described how the old man made a solemn invocation, using the sign of the cross, and, in fact. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
Accordingly they journey to the grave boxes, where they wait, ready to enter the kásgi at the song of invocation. From Wordnik.com. [The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo] Reference
Unfortunately, at the very moment I made this invocation, I recollected I had a letter to write which could not be put off. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Here's Smokey Robinson, opening with an invocation, followed by the Andrae Crouch Choir singing the hymn, "Soon and Very Soon.". From Wordnik.com. [Michael Jackson's Memorial Service In L.A.] Reference
Each dive is an invocation, a sacred petition against the overwhelming tide of grief and ruin that threatens to engulf them both. From Wordnik.com. [The Impulse of Breathing] Reference
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