Word: lamar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...there are any stars," freshman coach Henry Lamar said yesterday. "I've got over 100 boys, and they were all stars someplace...
During last week's conversation at the Lamars', for example, Hostess Mary Lamar, a Catholic mother of seven, suggested that at one of their meetings the group ought to visit the Catholic church across the street. Presbyterian Bettie Phillips promptly suggested that they also visit her church. "You'd probably be surprised, Mary," she said, "that we have the same kind of symbolism you have...
...spite of our ignorance of one another, of our prejudices and our dislikes, Jesus, make us one." With this prayer, seven Seattle residents-four Protestants and three Roman Catholics-sat down together to talk about theology one evening last week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lamar. Beneath a benignly smiling statue of St. Francis, the group sipped coffee and nibbled cookies as they discussed the differences in their faiths for two hours, ending with still another prayer-and agreement about what they would discuss at next month's meeting...
Clearing up semantic problems played a big part in the evening's talk. Mary Lamar expressed a dislike for her church's customary references to others as "non-Catholics" ("I don't think that I'd like being described as non-Protestant"). For her part, she hated the way Protestants frequently referred to her as a "Roman Catholic" with a strong emphasis on the Roman. For the benefit of Bettie Phillips, Mary explained why the chief priest of a parish is called the pastor; Bettie in turn explained to the Catholics how Presbyterians use the terms...
...themselves, the living-room dialogues will not heal the scandal of divided Christianity. But Fathers Greenspun and Norgren believe that the climate of understanding created by the conversations is an indispensable prelude to organic church union. The participants at the Lamar home firmly agree. At one point, Mary Lamar raised the question of the value of the dialogues. "You have got to talk," answered Bettie Phillips' husband David. "Only as we talk together do we have any chance of drawing together." Added Herb Elliott: "Put it this way, Mary. You had to meet your husband and talk...