Word: amens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plaint became public in January, when New York magazine published excerpts from Amen: The Diary of Rabbi Martin Siegel (edited by Mel Ziegler: World: $6.95), a book detailing nearly ten months of Siegel's life as rabbi of Temple Sinai in suburban Lawrence, N.Y. The article, which assailed the materialism and shallow religious loyalties of Siegel's congregation, provoked angry reactions throughout the New York area. The book is due to reach the bookstores this month and should incite more. It is a depressing portrait of a U.S. Jewish congregation and its rabbi...
...good measure. Daniel Berrigan should be the next Pope. Amen...
...dedicated to your service, a boy that all who knew him were proud of. Now he is gone to your mercy and to be judged under your grace. We ask you to hear our prayers, our Lord who died that we might live again through Christ Jesus. Amen." The minister finishes, and looks sideways at Mr. and Mrs. Blake, He see they are not crying, and he is pleased. It is a minister's duty to stem tears and to distribute grace and the promise of life eternal. Very few cry at a funeral at which he presides...
...Whites, blacks, Orientals, Chicanos. Prayers are read. From a chair at the side, a husky 30-year-old man in vestments abruptly rises, steps swiftly out in front of the makeshift altar, and, flashing a beguiling, boyish smile, booms out: "If you love the Lord this morning, say 'Amen!' " "Amen!" roar the 700 worshipers -nearly all of whom are homosexuals. Another service of the Metropolitan Community Church is under...
...Affectionate black-church term for the amen-saying, clapping, lustily singing black-church "sister." Women make up a strong majority of most black congregations...