Word: pulpitation
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...Eucharist and lead people in words of peace and reconciliation and forgiveness, when I feel very far from that myself." Forgiveness is wonderful and liberating and redemptive, of course. But it has almost become the standard these days. We used to hear about the power of forgiveness from the pulpit; now we get it as another word for moving on, the constant refrain of daytime talk shows and self-help books. Psychologists believe that forgiveness can heal deep trauma, but the concept has become so commonplace that everybody publicly asks for it, from Bill Clinton (for marital infidelity) to celebrities...
...their Divine calling through a program that seeks to bridge the ministry and the academy.The 180 or so MDiv students at HDS are preparing for lives as many kinds of ministers, but, whether by choice or by circumstance, most of them might not find themselves behind the pulpit after graduation.THE PEOPLEThe Reverend Peter J. Gomes is a Harvard celebrity, and for those who see Harvard as a haven for secularists, he is the first of many exceptions to the rule.Growing up, “[church] was like basketball was for some kids,” Gomes says, looking the part...
White House officials, recognizing the likelihood that Republicans on Capitol Hill will go their own way, say they have designed an agenda that relies on Congress for very little in this election year. Instead, they say, the President will deploy his bully pulpit for such issues as overhauling the entitlement programs--Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid--that eat up half the budget and could balloon as baby boomers retire. By judiciously asserting his influence, Bush believes he can set "an agenda that our party and, one would hope, the country can unite behind," White House communications director Nicolle Wallace said...
...pedal the touchy subject of President Bush's democracy agenda during this trip. She says she is more convinced than ever that instability in the Middle East will only worsen if politics remain polarized between authoritarian governments and violent extremists, and she is determined to use her own bully pulpit to exhort the region's governments to make a space for non-violent mainstream opposition parties and candidates...
...When the President's father took the pulpit he offered a gentle riposte to Lowery, saying that he was from a small Episcopal parish and was humbled by the surroundings but that he felt compelled to respond to Lowery. He went on to note that when he was president and he met with Lowery, the African-American preacher usually got the best of him. "It was Lowery 21, Bush 3." Bush added in a reference to the poet Maya Angelou, "Maya, you have nothing to worry about." And in a rebuke to Lowery's poem, he quipped...