Word: communionism
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...Falls Church is a Democratic oasis, but these were his people. "In Falls Church, of all places, a landslide!" Kilgore said delightedly before heading inside. He is Baptist, but joined fellow parishioners in kneeling for prayers. The service ran long and so he sneaked out the side after receiving Communion and headed to McLean Bible Church, a non-denominational mega-church where he was greeted with applause at the Welcome Center...
...lingering and haunting image of the morning was of an assembly of worshippers barely able to make its way up the aisle to receive communion. The people who had managed to gather, ostensibly to celebrate the Lord’s resurrection, were not jubilant but old, weak, infirm, and worst of all, unenthusiastic. The image I saw that day—the image of a civilization in its twilight—is difficult to bear on its own, but is made doubly more so when contrasted with the images of vitality we see across much of the rest...
Most concretely, he dashed the hopes of those who begged him to let Catholics who have divorced and remarried without managing to get an annulment take Communion. Yet he did so with some delicacy, acknowledging their suffering and saying they should feel they still belong to the church...
...flows, the high tides and lows-the demeanor of the great sea that some call Red Sox Nation. I?ve been to only one game in Fenway, that glorious first one. But I?ve found myself in this other situation that has delivered to me serendipitous opportunities of communion with the faithful. It?s been interesting-sometimes funny, sometimes odd (the ghost of Joe Cronin!), always-to me, at least-interesting...
...earned them a brace of awards, including a 1985 Grammy, and sprightly record sales and airplay. They have also roped in a wide audience all the way from down-home to downtown. Elvis acolytes, Loretta Lynn fans, Mötely Crüe freaks can all join in the gently rolling communion of the Judds' music. "People are watching us," says Wynonna. "We're representing family." Adds her mother: "It's some strange combination of two worlds. I'm just so glad to be who I am and glad of where I came from. I think that's what makes Judd music...