Word: sermonize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...four-foot tall, crippled, drunk beggar works the line. He's not having much luck. Some of the VJ wannabees are getting testy. An MTV staffer, charged with keeping the line orderly, observes the commotion with a smirk. Gesturing toward the hunch-backed bum, he launches into a sidewalk sermon...
...year-old reverend will deliver an 11 a.m. sermon titled "The Real Meaning of the Cross." The Harvard Divinity School and the Institute of Politics will also sponsor an event called "An Evening with Billy Graham" this Monday...
...nation where nearly three of four people support the death penalty and far fewer than one in four is a devout Catholic, another sermon is unlikely to change many minds. Worse, the pope's words were further undermined by his actions. Both in person and through an aide, he lobbied the Missouri governor to grant clemency to Darrell Mease, a coldblooded killer of three...
...hours later, as Wilkinson debarks in Marietta, Ohio, Spanky Duley and some other deckhands request a sermon the next time the chaplain comes on. He mulls Mark 4: 35, in which Jesus and the disciples, crossing the Sea of Galilee to preach on the far shore, encounter a storm that threatens their boat. "The guys on the towboats may not think they are in a spectacularly good environment in which to be religious," Wilkinson says. "But in the end, I think they can minister to one another. You know, the disciples ultimately got safely to the other side of that...
...feeling. President Clinton Sunday joined a Methodist congregation in a hearty rendition of "We Shall Overcome," using Martin Luther King as the perfect launch pad for what may be the most important week of his presidency. The spin connection was made explicit in the Rev. J. Philip Wogaman's sermon: Dr. King was a flawed man, but his personal flaws are eclipsed by his historic achievements. While the President's lawyers prepare to slice and dice the prosecution's reading of both the facts and the law on Tuesday, Clinton hopes to shift attention to his accomplishments and his plans...