Word: gospels
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...actually affect the way the Muslim world understands America. Much was made of Franklin Graham's strange triple role as Islam basher ("a very evil and wicked religion"), Bush Administration favorite (he preached a Good Friday service at the Pentagon) and would-be provisioner of aid and the Gospel to the newly liberated nation. But Graham is just part of the Iraqi missionary wave, made up not only of nonproselytizing mainline charities but also of evangelical groups like his. Some offer only material aid; others aid plus the Good News. Others such as the International Bible Society and Discipling...
...including lots of young families. Using Harry Potter to teach Sunday school was the brainchild of Tosha Williams, the petite young wife of senior pastor Kelly Williams. "That's one thing about Southern Baptists--we're very pragmatic," she notes, "and our goal is to reach people with the Gospel." So the teachers dressed as wizards, and the church was entirely decorated, with darkened rooms and glow-in-the-dark props and hot dogs renamed goblin fingers. When the kids put on the Sorting Hat that determines the fate of young wizards in the book, they were...
...right now, and tack on a word about the other people who made this time beautiful, the Lande Spottswoods and Jessica Lees and Jonelle Lonergans and Daniel Mostellers, except the homily is ongoing and time is short, and I wanna be quiet so I can bear witness to the Gospel of Joe, so the words can stay with me?...
...student—I transferred to Harvard as a sophomore and took time off as a junior—I’ve lived with 14 different girls in college-issued housing. From #6 (Shelby J. Braxton-Brooks ’03) who taught me to appreciate the earthy, gospel music of Kuumba, to #1 (Gretchen Ruethling, a 2002 Northwestern University graduate), the perfect Phish-fan roommate for a disillusioned, recent high school graduate, I couldn’t have ever been more lucky with those randomly assigned...
...maketh, as the saying goes. Consequently, many anguished e-mails ensued in our attempt to interpret the Four Seasons vaguely aristocratic dress code. Luckily, FM photographer Andrew M. Sadowski ’04-’05, sole harbinger of refined New England sensibilities, was willing to preach the gospel of Lily Pulitzer and Brooks Brothers to our otherwise uncouth selves...