Word: pastoral
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...sitting in the Oak Grove Baptist Church in Gray, TN, trying to look like I belonged there. The pastor, Ronnie Brashear, was talking about “sowing the seed” of Christianity in the community. But the subject of his sermon wasn’t what impressed me. Brashear had an amazing ability to get everybody involved. He didn’t berate the congregation, but when he said “amen” he wanted you to say it and mean...
...hybrid version of its Accord that is even more powerful than the original. Lexus, meanwhile, is getting brisk preorders for its 2005 luxury hybrid SUV, the 270-horsepower RX400h. But don't expect the Joneses next door to pull up in a Fetish anytime soon. Venturi CEO Gildo Pallanca-Pastor says his tiny Monaco-based company will probably make no more than 25 of the cars this year. The price tag: $686,000. --By Unmesh Kher
...particular concern for freedom of religion, along with Iran and North Korea. Leaders of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, which Nhat Hanh left to form his own Zen sect, have been under house arrest for most of the last 20 years. In November, authorities sentenced a Mennonite pastor to three years in prison. Evangelical Christians in the Central Highlands have seen church leaders arrested and at least one church burned down, according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch, which released a report last week saying authorities rounded up dozens of evangelicals. (Hanoi hotly denies those accusations...
Seligman has tested similar interventions in controlled trials at Penn and in huge experiments conducted over the Internet. The single most effective way to turbocharge your joy, he says, is to make a "gratitude visit." That means writing a testimonial thanking a teacher, pastor or grandparent--anyone to whom you owe a debt of gratitude--and then visiting that person to read him or her the letter of appreciation. "The remarkable thing," says Seligman, "is that people who do this just once are measurably happier and less depressed a month later. But it's gone by three months." Less powerful...
...your original Sept. 19 spread. Here at Riverside Tabernacle in Flint, Mich., we feel doubly snubbed because you failed to photograph the most beautiful new church in the country [see cut] and, at the same time, to mention that it was designed on the drawing board by our pastor, the Reverend M.A. Jollay. Not only did he do the actual work?all without a formal degree in architecture?but he received lavish praise from the contractors who built this beautiful $250,000 structure. In addition, he directed a campaign that saw the entire amount raised through the sale of bonds...