Word: pulpitation
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According to the deed, the three judges must have "been themselves distinguished themselves for their clocution particularly, either at the Bar, in the Pulpit, or in the Senate...
Hugh Sidey has never been better than in his story on "The Right Rev. Ronald Reagan." I have been a minister in the United Methodist Church for 40 years, and it pains me when my colleagues in the pulpit confuse the Gospel with political opinions and self-righteousness with justice. When the President of the U.S. falls into such blasphemy, my pain is compounded many times over...
...ways and the old often mix badly. The faith of some recently established congregations in rural Thailand tends to waver if prayers go unanswered. At the Ban Ti Christian Church north of Lamphun, a large blackboard hangs on the wall behind the pulpit. Prayers for rain, a speedy harvest and painless cures for various maladies are recorded every Sunday, then checked off the following week against the results...
...bred clergyman, especially the Episcopalian, is for some reason a wondrous curator of the lingo. He ascends his pulpit. "God doesn't want you on a guilt trip" he begins, inspired. "God's not into guilt. Bad vibes! He knows where you're coming from. God says, 'Guilt, that's a bummer.,' The Lord can be pretty far out about these things, you know." He goes into a wild fugue of nostalgia: "Sock it to me! Outasight! Right...
...while not swerving from right-wing goals, the Tribune predicts he "will automatically become a prospect for the GOP presidential nomination "Stevenson, should he pull off the political miracle of the year, would have nearly as bright a future. With the family name, the Midwest's most populous bully pulpit and a mind suited to concocting a new Democratic platform for 1984, he would be a force to be reckoned with...