This is the tenth year of the complete 10 year collection of sermons. 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 . 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. We have to be forced down. He was a cleric. As the . We have to be forced down. Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible. While the words of the Bible are true, grief renders them unreal. But like God herself, Scripture is not around for anyones protection, just for everyones unending support. The older I get, the more I accept that death is the inevitable consequence of life, why can't believers? tragic death of at least 26 Polish pilgrims, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Jonathan Merritt and the ethics of "outing". But the point is this. Get All Beings Everywhere delivered to your inbox. There are small accidents, like knocking over your milk at the dinner table. For all she had to say. The reality of grief is the solitude of pain, the feeling that your heart is in pieces, your mind's a blank, that "there is no joy the world can give like that it takes away." I'm sure there must be something somewhere in the Bible which says words to that effect. ABERNETHY: Coffin became the leader of the U.S. campaign against nuclear weapons. Bill Coffin's legacy is ministry . And early though the laurel grows Is that so hard to understand? And [a lot of people] think that emotional mediocrity is the good life. William Sloane Coffin Jr., was arrested several times during the civil rights movement. William Sloane Coffin. But like God herself, Scripture is not around for anyone's protection, just for everyone's unending support. Theres something in the flight That clarifies the sight And decks the rays. William Sloane Coffin Jr., a United Church of Christ minister known globally for his peace and justice advocacy, died April 12 at his home in rural Strafford, Vermont. Yale University's chaplain, the Rev. -- 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. 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. They said it was god's will, that she is in heaven now and they moved on without the tearjerking remorse many who call them true believers in a faith feel. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. was born June 1, 1924, in New York City. May God give you the grace never to sell yourself short; Grace to risk something big for something good; And grace to remember the world is now too dangerous for anything but the truth and too small for anything but love. Another consolation, of course, will be the learning which better be good, given the price. (Lord Byron). Runners whom renown outran When sorrow walked with me. So while trite, its true: I walked a mile with Pleasure, She chattered all the way; But left me none the wiser For all she had to say. If a week ago last Monday, a lamp went out, it was because, for him at least, the Dawn had come. So. A Prayer by William Sloan Coffin Jr., 1983. I feel scorched by how much he insists on truthfulness in grief. ABERNETHY: I spoke with Coffin about growing old. 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. The silence of God over the cross is our model here. Why would someone grieve for a loved one who is in heaven or in paradise. Q: Many of us say, "Well, you know, I've got to work hard to support my family, I don't have a lot of time," or "I don't want to seem radical," or "I don't want to cause my neighbors to suspect I'm not fully patriotic." @art-of-manliness / art-of-manliness.tumblr.com, Editors note: Ten days after his son, Alex, drove off a bridgeand was killed in a car accident, Reverend William Sloane Coffin delivered the following sermon to his congregation at Riverside Church in New York City. 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.. The title of the sermon is "Alex's Death" and it comes on the heals of Rev. I was reminded today of this beautiful eulogy by the late William Sloane Coffin for his 24-year-old son, Alex, and I wanted to share it with you. After the death of his wife, C.S. 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. 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. I know how lucky I am! Coffin delivered his sermon "Eulogy for Alex" at Riversid e Church. I know how lucky I am! Smart lad, to slip betimes away "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" 18 Sourced Quotes. Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; And home we brought you shoulder-high. He was 81.. This brings up additional illogic in religion. Moved Permanently. Transcript - William Sloane Coffin's Eulogy for Alex Ten days after his son, Alex, was killed in a car accident, Reverend William Sloane Coffin delivered this moving eulogy turned sermon, filled with deep truth and deep pain about the realities of death and the true (not trite) hope we have in God. Embed. The prayers are presented in several multi-year collections. And Christ spent an inordinate amount of time delivering people from paralysis, insanity, leprosy, and muteness. Sloan from Doonesbury; New Documentary: WWilliam Sloane Coffin: A Lover's . This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Because there are no rankling unanswered questions, and because Alex and I simply adored each other, the wound for me is deep, but clean. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church, and later received ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ. As far as I can tell, when you die, in the words of Art Bell, it's.."lights out" (I love the way he puts it.) After the death of his wife, C.S. He was a director, and later vice-president of W. & J. Sloane Company, his family's business, which was founded by his grandfather, William Sloane, from Kilmarnock, Scotland. From fields where glory does not stay, 10 The post A Eulogy for Alex appeared first on The Art of Manliness. William Sloane Coffin challenged the nation with his passionate calls for social justice. Either it is god's will or there is no god! For all she had to say. 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 Seems a good deal for him - get all the praise when things go our way but none of the blame when things go wrong due to no fault of our own. Click the cart icon next to a sermon in the player below to add a sermon to your cart. 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 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. And ne'er a word said she; Then a miracle working preacher comes to town promising at midnight, all the dead will rise from boot hill and come back to life. Different cultures have different views of death. January 6, 1968 Spock and Coffin Indicted For Activity Against Draft By FRED P. GRAHAM . Another consolation, of course, will be the learning which better be good, given the price. 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.". Every sermon constitutes a powerful reminder of his legacy-challenging the conscience of a nation. First you leap, and then you grow wings." --- William Sloane Coffin. When its true and painful, say it softly, None of us have the right to avert our gaze. She chattered all the way; William Sloane Coffin, a former Yale University chaplain known for his peace activism during the Vietnam War and his continuing work for social justice . William Sloane Coffin served as chaplain of Yale University and Williams College, was senior minister of Riverside Church, and is President Emeritus of SANE/FREEZE: Campaign for Global Security. The reality of grief is the absence of God My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? The reality of grief is the solitude of pain, the feeling that your heart is in pieces, your minds a blank, that there is no joy the world can give like that it takes away. (Lord Byron). 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 . On Saturday afternoon at 1:30, the Rev. I went right away to the piano. The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman. Lewis wrote, They say the coward dies many times; so does the beloved. Can you explain what that means for you? They accepted that it was god's will. Thats 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. In other words, in my intense grief I felt some of my fellow reverends not many, and none of you, thank God were using comforting words of Scripture for self-protection, to pretty up a situation whose bleakness they simply couldnt face. -- William Sloane Coffin. But violent deaths, such as the one Alex died to understand those is a piece of cake. After the death of Coffin's father in 1933, the family moved to Carmel, California, where William attended public school until the ninth grade, when he attended Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts. This website is the home of the William Sloane Coffin Sermon Archive Project. Additionally, a 301 Moved Permanently error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Thats 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. In other words, in my intense grief I felt some of my fellow reverends not many, and none of you, thank God were using comforting words of Scripture for self-protection, to pretty up a situation whose bleakness they simply couldnt face. (There's words for everything else.) This is the seventh year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. Well compared to heaven isn't all of life suffering? This album is a collection of prayers from the end of the sermons; 1982-1983. Q: We've been talking about a lot of big problems. For some reason, nothing so infuriates me as the incapacity of seemingly intelligent people to get it through their heads that God doesnt go around this world with his fingers on triggers, his fists around knives, his hands on steering wheels. 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). 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. A Eulogy for Alex Editor's note: Ten days after his son, Alex, drove off a bridge and was killed in a car accident, Reverend William Sloane Coffin delivered the following sermon to his congregation at Riverside Church in New York City. 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? Rev. He was 81. . And hold to the low lintel up 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. BTW, anonymous was I ere I saw Suomynona WTB, but I'm sure you guessed that right away. Quotes. Then he moves on to the next town. William Sloane Coffin Jr. in 1986. This is the fifth year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. Bill Coffin was such a man. This is the sixth year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. Some of the very best, and easily the worst, knew their Bibles better than the human condition. 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. Q: What should we be mindful of when we make defense policy? William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. Q: Where does the rise of conservatism, especially on the religious Right among Protestant evangelicals, fit into this whole thing? W. & J. Sloane was a furniture and rug store in New York City that catered to the wealthy. You gave me what God gives all of us minimum protection, maximum support. RN: What about the Educational system as it relates to democracy? God gave man dominion over the world at the beginning - and free will - and man so man has had the responsibility for his conduct since then, and for infecting all of creation with his sin. I agree about the need for silence regarding those grieving. In your prayer life do you tend to direct your prayer life to Jesus or God? I do hope that many will learn what not to say to a grieving loved one. So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind. If a week ago last Monday, a lamp went out, it was because, for him at least, the Dawn had come. by Rev. And thats what hundreds of you understood so beautifully. 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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. Cannot see the record cut, There is no god!! By a departing light There's something in the flight A formula, A phrase remains.but the best is lost. 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. 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? so if God doesnt will these things to happen, why does he let them happen? These are all end of sermon prayers from the Sunday sermon delivered at Riverside Church. The Rev. I was first introduced to this sermon years agoin a college communications course, and I have thought of it with surprising regularityever since. 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. 54 quotes from William Sloane Coffin: 'Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. We chaired you through the market-place; But when children die, they take away the future as well. Townsman of a stiller town. And decks the rays. Didnt the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined? When parents die, as my mother did last month, they take with them a large portion of the past. 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. It is self-interest. But was he a criminal? The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. When sorrow walked with me. While the words of the Bible are true, grief renders them unreal. This is the third year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. Man and boy stood cheering by, Protestant preacher William Sloane Coffin after the death of his college-age son in an accident confesses to blowing up at a neighbor. Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave. 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. My dad, who became a doctor, has a weathered copy of Alexs Death which he has xeroxed on many occasions to give to friends and colleagues experiencing loss. 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. But oh, the things I learned from her What do you think it is? The reality of grief is the absence of God My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? The reality of grief is the solitude of pain, the feeling that your heart is in pieces, your minds a blank, that there is no joy the world can give like that it takes away. (Lord Byron). But violent deaths, such as the one Alex died to understand those is a piece of cake. An Eulogy for Alex 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 world's army of the bereaved. As his younger brother put it simply, standing at the head of the casket at the Boston funeral, You blew it, buddy. All rights reserved. Among the healing flood of letters that followed his death was one carrying this wonderful quote from the end of Hemingways A Farewell to Arms: The world breaks everyone, then some become strong at the broken places. 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. Ill say you dont, lady! I said. Q: Many, many religious conservatives read the same Scripture that you do and come out very differently on social issues. But its a fact: few of us are naturally profound. Coffin on defense issues from the Center for Defense Information; Read Coffin's eulogy for his son Alex; Relive the past with Rev. It all makes me wonder if its not a matter of God willing or letting, but more like the laws of nature. No. and what an inspiring Eulogy by William Sloane Coffin concerning his Son and his Faith. Bill Coffin flourished here, in the cracked common clay of an earthly and earthy life. After the death of his wife, C.S. Some of the very best, and easily the worst, knew their Bibles better than the human condition. How do you separate patriotism from criticism? Well, that really is selfish and here I thought some believers like Christians are supposed to be charitable. 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. 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? We see acuter quite Didnt the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined?. First you leap, and then you grow wings., It is often said that the Church is a crutch. When a person dies, there are many things that can be said, and there is at least one thing that should never be said. Shoulder-high we bring you home, I did grief work. Some will even argue that God has a purpose in allowing the accident and will use this tragedy to provoke moral growth in the world (though one hopes that this explanation will not be offered in the hearing of any grieving family members). So if someone says, "Are you saved?" "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." And thats what hundreds of you understood so beautifully. 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. God is dead set against all unnatural deaths. But violent deaths, such as the one Alex died to understand those is a piece of cake. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Tony Campolo retells an incident involving William Sloane Coffin following the death of his son, Alexander. William Sloane Coffin Jr., chaplain of Yale University, were indicted today on charges of conspiring to counsel young men to violate the draft laws. For some reason, nothing so infuriates me as the incapacity of seemingly intelligent people to get it through their heads that God doesnt go around this world with his fingers on triggers, his fists around knives, his hands on steering wheels. But the things I learned from her See more stories about iPad, HBO, How-To. Well yes this is all very well but why, then, do Christians _thank_ God when something goes right. So why were they angry? William Sloane Coffin. #Ignorance #Self #Violence. 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. So people are feeling sorry for themselves instead of happy for the one they believe is now in heaven. Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death, Joan Halifax, Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs and Communicatoins of the Dying, How Can I Help? So, I wrote the sermon about it. In my email signature, I have this quote by him: The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.. Rev. Elegant and curled But left me none the wiser ABERNETHY: Coffin rails at neglect of the poor and U.S. policies in Iraq. These prayers may be purchased separately but they are included in the actual sermons too. Rev. Your email address will not be published. No matter where they're going or what they're going to experience, the primary reason people mourn a death is because they know they'll miss the person who died and won't see them again. #Hope #Passion. Famously, at the height of that conflict . He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church, and later received ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ. 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