But the point is this. Download free, high-quality (4K) pictures and wallpapers featuring William Sloane Coffin, Jr. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Yes, but at least, My God, my God; and the psalm only begins that way, it doesnt end that way. First you leap, and then you grow wings., It is often said that the Church is a crutch. "A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply . My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Yes, but at least, My God, my God; and the psalm only begins that way, it doesnt end that way. Love without criticism is a kind of betrayal. Lewis wrote, They say the coward dies many times; so does the beloved. Additionally, a 301 Moved Permanently error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. When its true and painful, say it softly, None of us have the right to avert our gaze. But violent deaths, such as the one Alex died to understand those is a piece of cake. What is happiness? And the wise man said, Happiness is when the grandfather dies, and then the father, and then the son. That is on the money. But I do not approve. But the point is this. The Theology of William Sloane Coffin Thursday, February 15, 2007 Eulogy for Alex Ten days after his son, Alex, was killed in a car accident, Reverend William Sloane Coffin delivered this sermon to his congregation at Riverside Church in New York City. T he Rev. Than by a wick that stays. I walked a mile with Sorrow And neer a word said she; But the things I learned from her But oh, the things I learned from her When sorrow walked with me. As almost all of you know, a week ago last Monday night, driving in a terrible storm, my son Alexander who to his friends was a real day-brightener, and to his family "fair as a star when only one is shining in the sky" my twenty-four-year-old Alexander, who enjoyed beating his old man at every game and in every race, beat his father to the grave. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. I know all the right biblical passages, including Blessed are those who mourn, and my faith is no house of rest, came from fellow reverends, a few of whom proved they knew their cards; these passages are true, I know. What makes you think you dont limp?, Love measures our stature. "Eulogy for Alex" by William Sloane Coffin William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. You gave me what God gives all of us minimum protection, maximum support. The prayers are presented in several multi-year collections. Itsjust one of those things I think is worth a read by all. Man and boy stood cheering by, Then, as I began to re-read it, I noticed that the guy's name is William Sloane Coffin. I know that. A Prayer by William Sloan Coffin Jr., 1983. But the things I learned from her Coffin on defense issues from the Center for Defense Information; Read Coffin's eulogy for his son Alex; Relive the past with Rev. Can you explain what that means for you? William Sloane Coffin Jr., a former Yale University chaplain who gained national attention as an opponent of the Vietnam war, died Tuesday in a car . Moved Permanently. It remains a heartfelt classic in homiletics. To them Western attitudes would be incomprehensible. Robert Browning Hamilton. Runners whom renown outran William Sloane Coffin Jr. in 1986. Above all, he condemns what he sees as the country's self-righteousness. You gave me what God gives all of us minimum protection, maximum support. What do you say to those people? So I shall so let us all seek consolation in that love which never dies, and find peace in the dazzling grace that always is. Yes, but at least, "My God, my God"; and the psalm only begins that way, it doesn't end that way. But when children die, they take away the future as well. And read the poems. And finally I know that when Alex beat me to the grave, the finish line was not Boston Harbor in the middle of the night. In his younger days he was an athlete, a talented pianist, a CIA officer, and later chaplain of Yale University, where the influence of H. Richard Niebuhr's social philosophy led him to . I mentioned the healing flood of letters. The question seems more pointed given the context -- a group of devout believers making a religious pilgrimage -- but the same question is struggled over every day by people of faith who experience suffering or have to watch a loved one suffer. Lewis wrote, They say the coward dies many times; so does the beloved. COFFIN: No. So I shall so let us all seek consolation in that love which never dies, and find peace in the dazzling grace that always is. Still there is much by way of consolation. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. That is what makes the valley of the shadow of death seem so incredibly dark and unending. We see acuter quite William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew, Podcast #862: Heal the Body With Extended Fasting Podcast #761: How Testosterone Makes Men, Men How Saunas Can Help Save Your Body, Mind, and Spirit Podcast #852: The Brain Energy Theory of Mental Illness 2023 Barbara Becker / All Beings Everywhere. These days, campuses are very concerned with religious pluralism. The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. January 6, 1968 Spock and Coffin Indicted For Activity Against Draft By FRED P. GRAHAM . Among the healing flood of letters that followed his death was one carrying this wonderful quote from the end of Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms": "The world breaks everyone, then some become strong at the broken places.". When parents die, as my mother did last month, they take with them a large portion of the past. God is dead set against all unnatural deaths. Ten days after his son, Alex, was killed in a car accident, Reverend William Sloane Coffin delivered this sermon to his congregation at Riverside Church in New York City. That is what makes the valley of the shadow of death seem so incredibly dark and unending. Shoulder-high we bring you home, Download Sermon Scripture List(84 kb - PDF). We only recommend products we genuinely like, and purchases made through our links support our mission and the free content we publish here on AoM. The title of the sermon is "Alex's Death" and it comes on the heals of Rev. My own consolation lies in knowing that it was not the will of God that Alex die; that when the waves closed over the sinking car, Gods heart was the first of all our hearts to break. Instantly I was up and in hot pursuit, swarming all over her. I have a little sentence or two, about the Chinese Emperor who sent his wise man off for a month, to figure out, what is happiness? All too often we speak when we should be listening As almost all of you know, a week ago last Monday night, driving in a terrible storm, my son Alexander who to his friends was a real day-brightener, and to his family fair as a star when only one is shining in the sky my twenty-four-year-old Alexander, who enjoyed beating his old man at every game and in every race, beat his father to the grave. Q: You have, in the course of your life, participated in a good many great causes and have done so with a lot of passion. But I think much of our exasperation could be tempered if we could see our lives more from God's perspective than our own. All rights reserved. William Sloane Coffin, who died Wednesday at the age of 81 of congestive heart failure, was known as a civil rights activist and outspoken critic of the Vietnam War. Ill say you dont, lady! I said. Sometimes it has seemed that patriotism blocked any kind of criticism, that we were afraid if we spoke out against going to war or the policies after the Iraq war, that it would be considered disloyal to the troops and our country. Why would someone grieve for a loved one who is in heaven or in paradise. "Human unity is not something we are called on to create only something we are called on to recognize." He was 81.. in 1949. If we (me included) could only get a fraction of a grasp between the difference between time and eternity we would cling much less to time and be closer to God's perspective. RN: What do you think should be done strategically and tactically by the peace movement? Ten days after his son, Alex, was killed in a car accident, Reverend William Sloane Coffin delivered this sermon to his congregation at Riverside Church in New York City. I went right away to the piano. Just click the play button. This is the sixth year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. You will also find a collection of his prayers that concluded many of his sermons. Rev. History The company was founded as a rug importer and seller on March 2, 1843 by William Sloane who had just emigrated from Kilmarnock, Scotland, a town famous for weaving fine carpets and rugs. "William Sloan Coffin, who died yesterday at 81, was among the foremost pacifists of his generation, and set the mold for the liberal activist preacher." Its presence in my mind has been so frequent, especially recently after the loss of a dear friend, that I finally decided to share it here. First you leap, and then you grow wings." --- William Sloane Coffin. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. Here If You Need Me by Kate Braestrup is the autobiography of the chaplain for the Maine game warden who herself was widowed with four young children when her husband a state trooper was killed in a car accident. He attended Deerfield Academy and Phillips Academy Andover before beginning his studies at Yale University in 1942. So why were they angry? You gave me what God gives all of us minimum protection, maximum support. Click the cart icon next to a prayer in the player below to add a prayer to your cart. No one meant it to happen. And that's what hundreds of you understood so beautifully. So people are feeling sorry for themselves instead of happy for the one they believe is now in heaven. But oh, the things I learned from her While the words of the Bible are true, grief renders them unreal. The Rev. As his younger brother put it simply, standing at the head of the casket at the Boston funeral, You blew it, buddy. Alex, as he was called, was killed in a car accident in 1983 when he was only. RN: What do you think the churches and the National Council of Churches should be doing that they are not now doing regarding the war-occupation? I know all the "right" biblical passages, including "Blessed are those who mourn," and my faith is no house of rest, came from fellow reverends, a few of whom proved they knew their cards; these passages are true, I know. Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave. My own consolation lies in knowing that it was not the will of God that Alex die; that when the waves closed over the sinking car, Gods heart was the first of all our hearts to break. Q: I'm interested in the distinction between a speech and a sermon. The common attribution to the eighteenth-century statesman Alexander Hamilton was probably based on a mistaken understanding of a relatively modern citation. . The more we love the bigger we are, There is no smaller package in the world than a man all wrapped up in himself.. The document has moved here. William Sloane Coffin, Jr., (born June 1, 1924, New York, New York, U.S.died April 12, 2006, Strafford, Vermont, U.S.), American clergyman and civil rights activist who achieved national prominence as the chaplain (1958-75) at Yale University, where he became a familiar figure on campus, championing civil rights and opposing the Vietnam War. After the death of his wife, C.S. William Sloane Coffin (2003) at Chautauqua Institution 1,555 views Feb 19, 2018 On July 20, 2003, Rev. Which is not to say that there are no nature-caused deaths I can think of many right here in this parish in the five years Ive been here deaths that are untimely and slow and pain-ridden, which for that reason raise unanswerable questions, and even the specter of a Cosmic Sadist yes, even an Eternal Vivisector. Q: Let me ask you to look back a little bit at some of the great movements you were part of. Refusing to cede the battlefield of morality to conservatives, he argues that "compassion demands . Q: How about your own death? William Sloane Coffin. In a prideful way it would be easier to walk the valley alone, nobly, head high, instead of as we must marching as the latest recruit in the worlds army of the bereaved. As the grief that once seemed unbearable begins to turn now to bearable sorrow, the truths in the right biblical passages are beginning, once again, to take hold: Cast thy burden upon the Lord and He shall strengthen thee; Weeping may endure for the night but joy cometh in the morning; Lord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong; For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling; In this world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world; The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. And finally I know that when Alex beat me to the grave, the finish line was not Boston Harbor in the middle of the night. As his younger brother put it simply, standing at the head of the casket at the Boston funeral, You blew it, buddy. She chattered all the way; They accepted that it was god's will. William Sloane Coffin Jr. in 1987. These prayers may be purchased separately but they are included in the actual sermons too. For instance, the Christians persecuted the Jews for nearly two thousand years because as they said, they believed the Jews killed Jesus. William Sloane Coffin also wrote about this in his eulogy for his son, Alex, who was killed in a car accident at age 24. That's why immediately after such a tragedy people must come to your rescue, people who only want to hold your hand, not to quote anybody or even say anything, people who simply bring food and flowers the basics of beauty and life people who sign letters simply, "Your brokenhearted sister." This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. Either it is god's will or there is no god! It is self-interest. Q: What's the essential connection for you between religious faith and justice? The Rev William Sloane Coffin A radical preacher and antiwar activist, he took on the American establishment Christopher Reed Thu 13 Apr 2006 19.04 EDT The upbringing of William Sloane. So I shall so let us all seek consolation in that love which never dies, and find peace in the dazzling grace that always is. You blew it. The one thing that should never be said when someone dies is It is the will of God. Never do we know enough to say that. Lewis wrote, "They say 'the coward dies many times'; so does the beloved. William Sloane Coffin's Eulogy for Alex This was sent my way as a follow-up on my sermon. When sorrow walked with me. Than by a wick that stays. Not because our diverse readership will agree with all of its theological underpinnings, but because I think it offers wise advice on what to say (and not say) when someone dies tragically, a poignant window on the human experience, and a lesson in the art of effective rhetoric(hence why we were discussing it in a communications class). And round that early-laurelled head 25 For all she had to say. #Power Of Love #Truth #Love. Please address any specific reforms that demand priority. Cars skid out of control on icy roads, healthy cells are consumed by cancerous ones. We all do what we know how to do, maybe. That clarifies the sight And Christ spent an inordinate amount of time delivering people from paralysis, insanity, leprosy, and muteness. Details are given further below. Coffin delivered his sermon "Eulogy for Alex" at Riversid e Church. And ne'er a word said she; Q: You preached that wonderful sermon after your son's death, and there were some ideas in there about what is "God's will.". That makes two of us. William Sloane Coffin Jr. (June 1, 1924 - April 12, 2006) was an American Christian clergyman and long-time peace activist. Contributions to support this project can always be made through PayPal (david@davidcoffin.com). Q: Many, many religious conservatives read the same Scripture that you do and come out very differently on social issues. Download. My own broken heart is mending, and largely thanks to so many of you, my dear parishioners; for if in the last week I have relearned one lesson, it is that love not only begets love, it transmits strength. If you are interested in purchasing the whole collection on aDVD Data Discplease contact me byemail. If a week ago last Monday, a lamp went out, it was because, for him at least, the Dawn had come. For the latest updates across BBC blogs, visit the Blogs homepage. SERMON: Alex's Death, by William Sloane Coffin, Jr. Posted on October 6, 2013. As the grief that once seemed unbearable begins to turn now to bearable sorrow, the truths in the "right" biblical passages are beginning, once again, to take hold: "Cast thy burden upon the Lord and He shall strengthen thee"; "Weeping may endure for the night but joy cometh in the morning"; "Lord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong"; "For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling"; "In this world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world"; "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.". While he was a student, my father heard the feisty William Coffin preach as a young chaplain at Yale. But assuming they did, if they hadn't (it was supposed to be god's plan all along) there would be no Christian religion and no savior who died to save everyone else. Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, Another consolation, of course, will be the learning which better be good, given the price. So he has a hand in making our lives better but not worse? But like God herself, Scripture is not around for anyone's protection, just for everyone's unending support. -- William Sloane Coffin. If a week ago last Monday, a lamp went out, it was because, for him at least, the Dawn had come. 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The answers quick and keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love, The Rev. 18 Sourced Quotes. In a prideful way it would be easier to walk the valley alone, nobly, head high, instead of as we must marching as the latest recruit in the worlds army of the bereaved. In my case on the death of my wife they were summed up well in a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay entitled Dirge without Music. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Q: It must make you terribly frustrated to see all the things you think are wrong and not being righted, and not be able to play the part in leading those movements that you once did. Paul said he would prefer to be in eternity (where all pain and suffering ends), but worked all the harder here in time until he left. The recipient of the Coffin award will be someone who shares Coffin's passionate and prophetic witness, a courageous devotion to the dignity and worth of . Click the cart icon next to a sermon in the player below to add a sermon to your cart. In other word, good patriots are not nationalists. This is the first year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. MOYERS: Youre not supposed to outlive your children, are you? And hold to the low lintel up And find unwithered on its curls But when children die, they take away the future as well. And the wise mans gone back. But if anyone dare speak in response to this tragic accident, they could learn much from William Sloane Coffin, the American justice activist who died last year, about what not to say to. And I played all the hymns. Q: We've been talking about a lot of big problems. Apr 17, 2014 at 12:00 am. The fleet foot on the sill of shade, I know all the right biblical passages, including Blessed are those who mourn, and my faith is no house of rest, came from fellow reverends, a few of whom proved they knew their cards; these passages are true, I know. Then he moves on to the next town. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. was born on June 1, 1924, in New York City to William Sloane Coffin, Sr. and Catherine Butterfield Coffin. ABERNETHY: Coffin rails at neglect of the poor and U.S. policies in Iraq. Q: Your faith and the nature of God and God's love -- what is the bedrock there for you? When a person dies, there are many things that can be said, and there is at least one thing that should never be said. The Rev. In his younger days he was an athlete, a talented pianist, a CIA agent, and later chaplain of Yale University, where the influence of Reinhold Niebuhr's . If you aren't sure what RSS is you'll find our beginner's guide to RSS useful. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. While the words of the Bible are true, grief renders them unreal. I know. You blew it. The one thing that should never be said when someone dies is It is the will of God. Never do we know enough to say that. Rev. They are gone. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. The scripture reading for each sermon can be found below in PDF format. And, in spite of all of this, God is wherever love can be found. Houseman, To an Athlete Dying Young. And I wept and I wept. Why are they unhappy if they think he is in paradise with 72 virgins or are they just feeling sorry for themselves? The older I get, the more I accept that death is the inevitable consequence of life, why can't believers? And home we brought you shoulder-high. On Saturday afternoon at 1:30, the Rev. "Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.". by Rev. William Sloane Coffin challenged the nation with his passionate calls for social justice. I swear to you, I wouldnt be standing here were I not upheld. Tony Campolo retells an incident involving William Sloane Coffin following the death of his son, Alexander. Didnt the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined?. When she saw me, she shook her head, then headed for the kitchen, saying sadly over her shoulder, I just dont understand the will of God. Instantly I was up and in hot pursuit, swarming all over her. A powerful eulogy. Today's Times asks the inevitable question following the tragic death of at least 26 Polish pilgrims in the French Alps: What kind of God would allow something like this to happen? ABERNETHY: In our conversation, Coffin quoted words he liked, words he attributed to Irenaeus, an early church father: "The glory of God is a human being fully alive." God does not spill milk. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. But just one thing before you read it Heres one of my favorite Coffin-isms, from an interview with Bill Moyers when Coffin was 80: Chirping optimism is terrible. Still there is much by way of consolation. The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin By William Sloane Coffin Book Review An impressive collection of sermons by William Sloan Coffin delivered from 1977 to 1982. Letters to a Young Doubter By William Sloane Coffin Book Review Letters by the inimitable Christian progressive on faith, doubt, Jesus, and the insanities of a world awash . William Sloane Coffin Jr., chaplain of Yale University, were indicted today on charges of conspiring to counsel young men to violate the draft laws. Of course its a crutch. c a m p u s l i f e ; m e s s a g e And [a lot of people] think that emotional mediocrity is the good life. This album is a collection of prayers from the end of the sermons; 1982-1983. After one year at Yale, Coffin joined the U.S. Army, in which he served until 1947, when he returned to Yale, graduating with a B.A. Want to start taking action on the content you read on AoM? 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