... "When More Wolves Draw Near, How Will We React?" can be found in the Detroit Free Press of Thursday, December 9, 2004. I am also indebted to the late Carlyle Marney and his book, The Recovery of the Person, for his treatment of Carl Sandburg, especially the section entitled "Menagerie and Myth." The poignant story about "two barking wolves" has appeared in any number of articles and sermons of late. I cannot account for its origin, but I thank Eric Ritz of New Holland, Pennsylvania for passing it along.
... man “doomed to die in everlasting fear of death: the foolish toy of time, the darling of decay.” The remarkable confession Eric Crozier, the poet for the Britten cantata, placed on the lips of Nicolas is a profound theological insight. The Prophet Isaiah ... darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in the land of deep darkness — on them light has shined.” It was Carl Sagan who did very much to popularize our understanding of the vastness of the creation and wanted so much our improved knowledge ...
AN INTIMACY-DEPRIVED WORLD Several years ago Eric Segal, a professor of English in Yale University, wrote a simple little volume about love. Amid the complex ... , not in just a superficial way, with some other human beings. We are influenced throughout our lives by the fact that we came into this world with a unique heritage of humanness. Carl Sandburg has noted this in the prologue to the Family of Man: The first cry of a new born baby in Chicago or Zamboango, in Amsterdam or Rangoon, has the same pitch and ...
... man fitting Lochet’s description was living in their area. Lochet was arrested. None of the money was found. When Los Angeles Detective Carl Holmstrom asked Lochet why he stole $1.7 million from clients, the fugitive broker showed no remorse. His only comment? “Everybody does it.” ... P. Barker, Tarbell’s (Elgin, Illinois: David C. Cook Church Ministries, 1994). 3. Reverend Eric S. Ritz, http://www.eumcnewholland.com/sermon020804.htm 4.Rupert F. Davies, The Works of John Wesley (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989), ...
Some children wrote letters to their pastor: Dear Pastor, I know God loves everybody but He never met my sister. Yours sincerely, Arnold. Age 8, Nashville. Dear Pastor, Please say in your sermon that Peter Peterson has been a good boy all week. I am Peter Peterson. Sincerely, Pete. Age 9, Phoenix Dear Pastor, My father should be a minister. Every day he gives us a sermon about something. Robert Anderson, age 11 Dear Pastor, I''m sorry I can''t leave more money in the plate, but my father didn''t give me a ...
