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...cloned from Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, California -- do not resemble buttoned-down temples of Wasp propriety. Ministers themselves talk of being "customer oriented" and attend seminars to become "church growth" experts. Jeans are as welcome as suits and ties; theater seats replace pews. Instead of using hymnbooks, congregations sing lively, if saccharine, choruses with words projected on a screen. Worship may include skits, audience participation or applause...
...editor. He is energetically curious -- a sleeves-rolled-up guy who loves to find out what people are thinking and why." Dan Goodgame, who succeeded Sam as our national economics correspondent, has a slightly different perspective: he calls Gwynne "the first Welshman I've met who can't sing" but who also can't stop trying. Our advice to Sam: keep your...
...embarass any self-respecting santee. Kirkland's famously well-lit dining hall fills up early and stays crowded. Every accidental clink of glass hushes the crowd in anticipation of another announcement. Some days the skits begin at five o'clock and don't stop until after seven. People sing, people dance, people ride each other like horses. It's a week-long festival for the talented and the aggressively untalented alike. Adams may have the gong, but Kirkland has the show to go with...
...Capella Freeze Clause: No one may found a new a Capella group, until an older one has fallen out of existence. There may be no "theme" groups. For the purposes of this treaty, an a Capella group does not only mean a close-harmony vocal group that sings without accompaniment, but any ensemble that can sing "House of Blue Lights" with a straight face and a clear conscience...
...politicians lie? These days such a question is like asking why poets versify or why birds sing. Yet, in the end, the answer is simple: democracy...