Word: godly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...North America." Last week members of Good Shepherd, the second oldest Episcopal church in Columbia, S.C., voted 104 to 48 to join the schism. And where will the separatists hold services? At the Young Women's Christian Association in downtown Columbia, that's where. "Maybe this is God's way of underscoring the fact that this is not an antifeminist movement," said Irvin D. Parker, one of the new dissidents. At the very least, somebody has a divine sense of humor...
...production of oil, gas, coal and nuclear power by granting energy companies more incentives. David Packard, chairman of Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif., a maker of measuring instruments, says with a snort that Energy Secretary James Schlesinger, who put the program together, "doesn't have the brains God granted a goose about the way the economic system is supposed to work...
...their country. Each character, we feel, has his own identity, his own rationale for living, and a small but important fate to be played out against the background of a faltering England. Drabble has the novelistic strength to make the most of her role as omniscient author, taking a God's eye view toward her characters that is at once demanding yet sympathetic. Fortunately for the reader, she has the psychological insight and talent to carry...
...united Ireland strikes a deep emotional chord in Catholics, whether they believe it is advisable or not. The sacrifice of Irishmen in a Catholic cause has a tremendous symbolic appeal. The Catholics have always revered their dead martyrs; the Irish constitution itself begins: "In the name of God and the dead generations...
Perhaps the single most different thing about Christians is their attitude toward their own future careers. In a University full of people obsessed with medical or law school and with worldly success. Christians believe God will provide signs of what they are to do in their future lives and will take care of them. Brannan has recently begun considering the ministry, something he never did before, because he says God has provided certain signs that he might be right for that calling. Fletcher jokingly says, "I'm going to become a Christian bum," but adds seriously it may be best...