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...first practice made the Boston Red Sox look respectable. Most of the kids couldn't throw the ball more than 30 feet, let alone catch it. One poor soul put his throwing hand into the glove before the ball arrived (a painful sight), while another closed his eyes and stuck his glove out, just praying the white sphere would land in there--it didn...
...Shepard's dramas of blasted American lives, the terror never stays so politely out of sight--it's usually smacking you in the face. Buried Child, first produced in 1978, opens with a marital conversation conducted across a chasm. Dodge, a foghorn-voiced geezer (a hilarious James Gammon), sits nearly immobile on a couch, exchanging shouts with his wife (Lois Smith), who spends most of the first act offstage. One grown son (Terry Kinney) shuffles in and out with armfuls of corn; another (Leo Burmester) stomps around on a false leg and terrorizes his father by snipping his hair while...
...Lilac Fairy, danced by Emily Gresh, was a vision of regal magnificence. The majestic power she brought to her role was a marvelous sight to behold, yet she seemed slightly out of place. She appeared even more royal and dignified than the monarchs themselves...
...give up. "I believed in him," he says quietly. "There was great work to do out there, and he was pivotally placed." Franklin, "under duress," tried again in 1989 in Juneau, Alaska. He preached one of his father's favorite sermons, the story of the blind man Bartimaeus, whose sight Jesus restored. The revival's first night was successful, White says, but the second was something more: "They packed the place, drunks and divorces and prostitutes. He gave the invitation, and they poured down. It was a miracle, and he knew...
Interpretations of Christianity have varied from age to age, but as societies evolved and became more humane, so did their interpretation of religion. We must not lose sight of the spiritual message of all religions, which is aimed at making us better human beings who are more tolerant of one another's differences. We can argue about minute details and claim that our religion is better than someone else's; we can also set out to discredit completely the beliefs of more than a third of the planet's religious population. These attempts are not only contrary to the spirit...