Word: sermonizings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...takes an hour and a half to write every three minutes of a good sermon," says the Rev. Bertram Apman, pastor of the small Holy Cross Lutheran Church in the Seattle suburb of Newport. Overworked at his job of counseling, fundraising, youth work and admin stration, he has little time left to pr pare his preaching, which is why "some of my sermons have been so crummy." Apman feels that most small-town ministers share his problem, and that the solution is to merge weak little churches into a few big ones, regardless of the cost in denominationalism...
...Protestant readers (454,000) than any other interdenominational publication, the 87-year-old Christian Herald has become a success by relating religion to the familiar problems of everyday life. In its intimate, folksy manner, with such articles as Why I Left Sunday School or How to Listen to a Sermon, the magazine was engaging but seldom provocative. Now the old order is changing. Last week the Rev. Daniel A. Poling, 81, announced that on Jan. 1 he will retire as editor after 40 years on the job. A conservative in his politics as well as his religion, Poling will...
Pastor Durham's sermon was dutifully reported by the Los Angeles Times, and his telephone soon began to ring, he said, with "overwhelmingly positive" reactions. He was somewhat surprised at all the fuss. "I guess I am a little naive," he said. "Sex is the most important subject going...
Speaking his sermon in thickly accented English, the Pope dwelt on Christ's seventh beatitude, "Blessed are the peacemakers." Said Paul: "If we truly wish to be Christians, we must love peace. We must conform our minds to the thought of peace...
...simply decided that example is the best sermon. Rather than talk about the evils of racial prejudice, he took a seat on the first freedom ride and ended up in jail. He was one of the most effective recruiters for Aaron Henry's 1963 FDP campaign in Mississippi. When Russian studies professor Frederick C. Barghoorn was detained in Russia, he organized the protest...