Not exact matches
The divine power is the power
of being - itself, and being - itself is actual in the divine life
whose nature is
love.»
Here we are in the realm
of speculation,
of course, but we can say this at least: no preacher who knows his business and who is aware
of «the wideness
of God's mercy» can dare to talk as if only those who have visibly and expressly professed Christian faith are the concern
of a deity
whose «
nature and name» is
Love, Thus the preaching
of the ordained minister must necessarily err, if it errs at all, on the side
of generosity and charity.
Responding to the kind
of theology that suggests hurricanes and earthquakes and school shootings happen because an angry God has lost his temper and is unleashing his wrath and discipline on people
whose sin
nature makes them incapable
of understanding such actions as
loving, Kat R. writes:
bility has many roots — the
love of neighbor inculcated by centuries
of teaching and example, the faith in a God
whose nature it is to order and redeem no less than to create.
In prose that leaps from the page, Jamison probes the neurochemistry
of exuberance, an emotion that bonds young animals together and that fueled the work
of such folk as President Theodore Roosevelt,
whose irrepressible
love of nature led him to found many
of America's national parks.
The quirkiest
of these characters is the next - door neighbor to Max and Annie, a depressed cop played by Jesse Plemons
whose odd
nature keeps him excluded from the couple's fun -
loving game nights.
Ford Prefect (Mos Def) is black, and decidedly odder than the original; Zaphod Beeblebrox now conceals his second head beneath the first, and is played with hyperkinetic gusto by Sam Rockwell as a President
of the Universe
whose patent idiocy recalls one or two Presidents much closer to home; Marvin the eeyore - like Android (voiced by Alan Rickman) has a cute appearance comically incongruous with his deeply depressive
nature; and Trillian (Zooey Deschanel), the well - nigh disposable token female
of the original radio show, has been elevated up to a genuine
love - interest for dressing - gowned hero Arthur Dent (Martin «The Office» Freeman capably taking over from Simon Jones — although Jones turns up briefly as a «ghostly image»).
The principals are an untamed 6 - year - old motel inmate (the superb Brooklynn Prince), who is always up for mischief and adventure; the girl's scuffling single mother (Bria Vinaite),
whose elaborate tattoos and hair
of a color not seen in
nature advertise the fun -
loving, dirty - minded defiance
of one
of the undeserving poor; and the motel's put - upon manager (Willem Dafoe, living his role without a moment's self - regard),
whose kindness somehow keeps overcoming his disgust.
Joe, the second - born child,
whose sweetness and good
nature make him unobtrusive and obedient, will suffer as an adult because he won't have the courage to demand the hand
of the woman he
loves; at the same time, those qualities will make him the best candidate to continue the family tradition and become a successful farmer.
It's a game that I enjoyed immensely for the first six or seven hours, but
whose repetitive
nature I grew tired
of, and one that I couldn't help but
love and hate simultaneously.