Word: worship
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Soviet satellites, Pope John Paul II has often bluntly denounced antireligious acts. Last week the Pope issued a 47-page encyclical honoring Cyril and Methodius, two 9th century saints who were missionaries to the Slavs. In it the first Slavic Pontiff made a plea for freedom of worship in Eastern Europe. Praying to God on behalf of the Slavs, he declared, "May they follow, in conformity with their own conscience, the voice of your call." John Paul noted, however, that the church posed no threat to any state. Continuing his prayer, the Pope wrote, "May their membership in the kingdom...
With the creation of Delta Force, we can concentrate our hero worship on a much smaller--and more elite--band of tough guys. Our fascination with the unit has not been in the least tempered by its epic failure in its only real test, the disastrous attempt to rescue the hostages from Iran...
Caught in the middle of the leadership struggles are the congregations, who worship in settings ranging from clapboard country chapels in the Appalachians to the sprawling four-block complex of Criswell's 25,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas. A great number of these ordinary members at the S.B.C. meeting seemed to want to put an end to the internal struggle. Remarked Randy Newsome of Corbin, Va.: "I'm tired of hearing all this name calling. It's time to get on with our business." Al Miller of Chattanooga agreed that 99% of Southern Baptists "just want...
...took to be the mood of the moment: glitz, camp, childishness and art as fashion, served up with the usual parsley about "renewals" and "advances." This gunk is not even kitsch. And behind it lie untapped reserves of worse gunk, for thanks to universal art education and the American worship of creativity in the young, all gunk is a renewable resource...
...almost unimaginable in the role. He was a good dancer, loved surfing and was gregarious. Michael was popular with girls in his senior class, which voted him its "best- looking" male graduate. He helped his father on small detective jobs and, at least two friends say, seemed almost to "worship" him. One claimed that the admiration was mixed with fear, recalling the time Michael borrowed his dad's van for a class camping trip only to have it break down. "I saw a different side of Michael then," said the classmate. "All the calm evaporated. He panicked. He said...