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...peace in the eyes of the mighty." Learnedly and often ardently written, The Crucified God is an intellectual delight: Moltmann ranges over history, literature and philosophy to explore the fundamental alienation of the Cross, in which God paradoxically "takes upon himself the eternal death of the godless and the godforsaken, so that all the godless and godforsaken can experience communion with him." Moltmann forces the reader to face the difficult central questions of Christian faith and action in the light of that Cross, and creates a consummate theological work...
...offered $1,000,000 for her property, which is near a new highway and has access to municipal sewer and water systems. The 64% of American families who own houses have seen their homes appreciate an average 14% a year just since 1970. Meanwhile, prices of godforsaken Arizona desert land are rising right along with choice commercial plots in cities. Land is being bought and sold with almost no regard for its usefulness...
...Icelandic escort and walked around chatting amiably with other strollers. The local press did not make much of his one bad gaffe. Speaking with reporters on the plane while flying from Washington to Iceland, Nixon had referred to the island nation as "you'll pardon the expression, a Godforsaken place...
...Phillipe is the most extraordinary character. This was in Morocco. We were stuck way out in the desert, miles away from everything, just the sand and us. But the French are so marvelous, they create a convivial atmosphere wherever they are. I mean, here we were, in the most godforsaken place, and they were always laughing and cheerful--so wonderfully French! The movie? It's a comedy. I love it. But then, I like zany movies...
...priest. But many traditionalists who understood the Latin Mass regarded its translation as equivalent to redesigning Chartres or Notre Dame along the lines of a functional Manhattan office building. The Latin version, with a patina of centuries, had a majestic ritual quality that the vernacular often turns into a godforsaken flatness...