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...More devils can be routed by a little laughter than by a carload of humorless piety," writes Methodist Pastor Charles Merrill Smith in How to Be come a Bishop Without Being Religious (Doubleday; $3.50). The devils that Smith wants to exorcise are the phony pietism and the trivial hypocrisy that many a Protestant pastor has to indulge in if he intends to climb the hierarchical ladder of his church...
...ministry, says Smith, comes from meticulous conformity to "the right professional stance." A clergyman must never even think, for example, of driving a red Corvette convertible. For beginning preachers, a black, two-door Falcon is ideal; a dark green Chevy II with automatic transmission is "safe" for the pastor of a small congregation. But a substantial urban congregation may expect its minister to drive something a bit larger and less austere, such as a blue Mercury Comet or a Pontiac Tempest...
...Kindly Pastor. Among so many cardinals, at least one was sure to be an American, but the Pope's choice was close to being a surprise: shy, tiny (5 ft. 3 in.) Lawrence Joseph Shehan, 66, who has been Archbishop of Baltimore since 1961. He becomes the sixth U.S. cardinal, and the second in the history of the nation's oldest diocese.* A kindly pastor who still makes sick calls and regularly hears confession in Baltimore's Mary Our Queen Cathedral, Shehan is also a forceful worker for civil rights and Christian unity. He has banned...
...founder of the worldwide Young Christian Workers movement, a pioneer in theologically exploring the role of the layman in the church. Monsignor Charles Journet of Fribourg is a respected ecumenical theologian. Father Giulio Bevilacqua was the Pope's confessor during his seminary days, but now serves as pastor of a poor church in the northern Italian city of Brescia. Bevilacqua assured his parishioners that he would continue to wear his plain black cassock, stay on as their parish priest...
...your artist, and staff writers produced a splendid article on Congress' Majority Leader Carl Albert [Jan. 15]. Serving as Mr. Albert's pastor, I have had the opportunity of coming to know and understand him. My wife and I agree that while the artist made him look too fat, the genuine warmth and integrity that makes him the remarkable leader he is did shine through both the painting and article in a fine...