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... from the National Council of Churches at its center on 475 Riverside Drive. Volunteers helped establish nearly 165 local committees in more than twenty states. With the energetic William Sloane Coffin, Jr., the Yale University chaplain, as acting ex­ ecutive secretary, this network of notables...

... Coffin, [R ichard John] N euhaus, and David H u n ter (the deputy general secretary of the N ational Council of C hurches) hired a fu ll-tim e executive director, Richard Fernandez. This young, brash, witty m inister had served in the army; later, as p art of his cam pus work, he h ad...

... that prayed to live on her coffin. She would have liked that. Coda My sister Lillian was a Unitarian. She insisted I not speak at her funeral. She made necklaces, pressed butterflies. Her husband invented our famous intercontinental space rockets, miniaturized atom bombs so they could be used...

...? That night, our family solemnly gathered together in the backyard, dug a hole, and gently lowered the tiny coffin by flashlight. We took turns shoveling teaspoonfuls of dirt Abby Caplin, MD, practices mind-body medicine in San Francisco...

... on October 11, 1963. His courageous decision to withdraw from Vietnam was a final nail in his coffin. The president already knew the report’s withdrawal recommendations. He had written them. JFK had dictated the passages to General Victor Krulak in the White House, while Krulak’s Pentagon office team...

... her skills at a tional (God is not giving grace and for­ W hen I was six years old, I stood weep­ recent political event where she spoke giveness to him self). In forgiving our ing before the coffin of my dead father. A with someone about her involvement with fellows, are we...

... magazine 2015 I n the eastern european school of superstition, if speaking about death is inviting it, then reading about it is like building your own coffin. No one wants to talk about what is inevitable, especially if it involves nonexistence. I say this because even though I spent years...

... of artists’ oils. The study affords ample room for one. One who is supposed to be writing books. You can read in the space of a coffin, and you can write in the space of a toolshed meant for mowers and spades. I walk up here from the house every morning. The study and its pines, and the old summer...

... not be left in This Reading for the Jesus Story.” the law—the Ark of the Covenant—as for isolation. Jerom e M. Segal is a philosopher by the coffin or ossuary th a t contains the Here is where Segal’s originality shows training and Senior Research Scholar at bones...

..., pandemic poverty, and a world awash in weapons. Those three crises, William Sloane Coffin pointed out, are the real axis of evil. I encourage you to meet regularly, perhaps quarterly, with religious leaders because they can help keep you connected to fundamental spiritual values...

..., not for, the United States as collectively we face environmental degradation, pandemic poverty, and a world awash in weapons. Those three crises, William Sloane Coffin pointed out, are the real axis of evil. I encourage you to meet regularly, perhaps quarterly, with religious leaders because they can...

... a t contains th e tablets of ever, such a critique m ust not be left in This Reading for the Jesus Story.” the law—the Ark of the Covenant—as for isolation. Jerom e M. Segal is a philosopher by the coffin or ossuary th a t contains the Here is where Segal’s...

... is not giving grace and for­ W hen I was six years old, I stood weep­ recent political event where she spoke giveness to him self). In forgiving our ing before the coffin of my dead father. A with someone about her involvement with fellows, are we not taking as our model woman, whom I do...

... most normal, comme il faut members of the present-day society, as much as their violent attackers, are born, brought up and trained/seduced to keenly participate. Five years ago, on the aftermath of London Lewisham riots, I wrote: From cradle to coffin we are trained and drilled to treat shops...

...). In forgiving our ing before the coffin of my dead father. A with someone about her involvement with fellows, are we not taking as our model woman, whom I do not remember, told me the campaign. G od’s unconditional love—th a t love of that my father would not like to see me cry­ As soon as he...