Download. The night after Alex died I was sitting in the living room of my sisters house outside of Boston, when the front door opened and in came a nice-looking, middle-aged woman, carrying about eighteen quiches. I was impressed by the Amish last year when that young girl was killed. Jim Antal, a Norwich resident who advises the president of the national United Church of Christ on climate change, will deliver the inaugural William Sloane . William Sloane Coffin Jr., chaplain of Yale University, were indicted today on charges of conspiring to counsel young men to violate the draft laws. Do you think about that? tragic death of at least 26 Polish pilgrims, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Jonathan Merritt and the ethics of "outing". All too often we speak when we should be listening While I could never presume to know the answer, I do take comfort in this passage from the author Kate Braestrup, which I wrote in my final post on this blog (below). RN: What should the U.S. government do now? Coffin questioned authority throughout his career, using civil . Actually, its even more worth a listen; its considerably more powerful inthe oral form in which it was delivered, and the audio can be accessed here. This brings up additional illogic in religion. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. Instantly I was up and in hot pursuit, swarming all over her. Man and boy stood cheering by, When a person dies, there are many things that can be said, and there is at least one thing that should never be said. Thousands of people have died without the benefit of a poetic father! And then, Im a preacher. There is no smaller package in all the world than that of a man all wrapped up in himself.', 'Prophets from Amos and Isaiah to Gandhi and King have shown how frequently compassion demands confrontation. Hello Select your address Rev. William Sloane Coffin Sr. (April 15, 1879 - December 16, 1933) was an American businessman. I read someone say recently that this is only a training ground for eternity. When you scroll down this page you will find all of Bill's Riverside sermons organized by year. At Riverside, the profession of faith is "Jesus is Lord." Q: After September 11 there was a surge of patriotism. But when children die, they take away the future as well. 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. These days, campuses are very concerned with religious pluralism. I mentioned the healing flood of letters. You gave me what God gives all of us minimum protection, maximum support. Wind your head in John!! I walked a mile with Sorrow What is the religious challenge at our universities? I know how lucky I am! He was a cleric. Cannot see the record cut, This is the seventh year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. And of course I know, even when pain is deep, that God is good. Coffin delivered his sermon "Eulogy for Alex" at Riversid e Church. Less sceptical commentators may point to mechanical -- and possibly human -- failure on a notoriously dangerous road. And that's what hundreds of you understood so beautifully. A Prayer by William Sloan Coffin Jr., 1983. Program, Strengthen Your Tribe: A Report on the Atomic Athlete Vanguard, The Best Riddles for Kids (With Answers! And his body was too badly damaged in the accident for his soul to stay in it anymore, and so he died. The prayers are presented in several multi-year collections. William Sloane Coffin Jr., a Presbyterian minister and social activist who was an outspoken leader of the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s and '70s, died Wednesday at his . 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. Didnt the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined?. Itsjust one of those things I think is worth a read by all. "The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love." --- William Sloane Coffin. This is the fourth year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. -- William Sloane Coffin. But its a fact: few of us are naturally profound. When a person dies, there are many things that can be said, and there is at least one thing that should never be said. So. I was moved to tears, to be perfectly honest. William Sloane Coffin 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. The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman. In your prayer life do you tend to direct your prayer life to Jesus or God? 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. 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. I also know this day-brightener of a son wouldnt wish to be held close by grief (nor, for that matter, would any but the meanest of our beloved departed) and that, interestingly enough, when I mourn Alex least I see him best. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. was born on June 1, 1924, in New York City to William Sloane Coffin, Sr. and Catherine Butterfield Coffin. For the latest updates across BBC blogs, visit the Blogs homepage. Refusing to cede the battlefield of morality to conservatives, he argues that "compassion demands . First you leap, and then you grow wings." --- William Sloane Coffin. "A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply . The title of the sermon is "Alex's Death" and it comes on the heals of Rev. Rev. Stories and Reflections on Service, Ram Dass and Paul Gorman, Knocking on Heavens Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, Katy Butler, Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche. 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. How do you separate patriotism from criticism? You blew it." But you seem to be able to deal with these problems in a way that recalls some deep confidence. Bill Coffin's legacy is ministry . Either it is god's will or there is no god! 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. On Saturday afternoon at 1:30, the Rev. To them Western attitudes would be incomprehensible. 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). 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. Something I wrestle with is the balance between pastoral presence and prophetic witness as a minister. For all she had to say. Because there are no rankling unanswered questions, and because Alex and I simply adored each other, the wound for me is deep, but clean. And, in spite of all of this, God is wherever love can be found. But its a fact: few of us are naturally profound. Tony Campolo retells an incident involving William Sloane Coffin following the death of his son, Alexander. I do hope that many will learn what not to say to a grieving loved one. But was he a criminal? Required fields are marked *. This is the ninth year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. The answers quick and keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love, Lovers and thinkers into the earth with you. Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. A good question, Suzy. William Sloane Coffin. Love without criticism is a kind of betrayal. And there are large accidents, like the one your dad was in. How are you able to look at the world as it is and still have the capacity for feeling joyful? 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. by Rev. 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. Rev. 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? "William Sloane Coffin offers here a powerful antidote to the politics of the religious right with a clarion call to passive intellectuals and dispirited liberals to reenter the fray with an unabashedly Christian view of social justice. I swear to you, I wouldnt be standing here were I not upheld. See more stories about iPad, HBO, How-To. They are gone. But its a fact: few of us are naturally profound. Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave. Would it be abhorrent to find that intensely funny? Because there are no rankling unanswered questions, and because Alex and I simply adored each other, the wound for me is deep, but clean. It is truly a labor of love (a lot of labor; a lot of love) to digitally "Save Bill's Voice." Delivered from the Riverside Church pulpit over his ten years as senior minister, there were over 300 sermons in need of archiving to a digital format. Runners whom renown outran Brett & Kate McKay March 18, 2017 Last updated: June 16, 2021. by Rev. These sermons were delivered from the pulpit at Riverside Church, N.Y.C. The still-defended challenge-cup. He became famous while at Yale in the 1960s for his opposition to the Vietnam War. "Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.". Ill say you dont, lady! I said. The Art of Manliness participates in affiliate marketing programs, which means we get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links. The night after Alex died I was sitting in the living room of my sisters house outside of Boston, when the front door opened and in came a nice-looking, middle-aged woman, carrying about eighteen quiches. Than by a wick that stays. Last week my senior minister shared with me a sermon dated January 23, 1983 (Palm Sunday) written by William Sloane Coffin. I said. He was 81. . 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. Rememberallproceeds will go directly to support the WSC scholarships at Union Theological Seminary in N.Y.C. This is the tenth year of the complete 10 year collection of sermons. But left me none the wiser The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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). As you look around the country today, I wonder whether you see an absence of commitment to great causes with great passion. Kate Braestrups book is beautiful, and I highly recommend it to all who are seeking answers. So if someone says, "Are you saved?" 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. 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 . (There's words for everything else.) When its true and painful, say it softly, None of us have the right to avert our gaze. Didnt the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined?. As his younger brother put it simply, standing at the head of the casket at the Boston funeral, You blew it, buddy. By a departing light We see acuter quite Than by a wick that stays. 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. Rev. You gave me what God gives all of us minimum protection, maximum support. If a week ago last Monday, a lamp went out, it was because, for him at least, the Dawn had come. I swear to you, I wouldnt be standing here were I not upheld. 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. Sloan from Doonesbury; New Documentary: WWilliam Sloane Coffin: A Lover's . And neer a word said she; Interview with Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. Why? But when children die, they take away the future as well. 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." Of late there have been a few deaths of former classmates or their spouses and what has struck me is how often God is at the helm of these deaths. And the Emperor said, So? After the death of his wife, C.S. Another consolation, of course, will be the learning which better be good, given the price. Why are they unhappy if they think he is in paradise with 72 virgins or are they just feeling sorry for themselves? 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. " 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 ." Coffin, the model for Doonesbury's Reverend Sloan, was a Freedom Rider, Yale chaplain, champion for social justice and one of the most respected leaders of the anti-Vietnam war movement. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. 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. in 1949. #Firsts #Leap #Wings. If you had a pastoral visit with the president, what would you say? By a departing light And decks the rays. You can purchase individual sermons for $4.42 (includes processing fees). In 1983, Dr Coffin's son Alex was killed in a car accident. 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.) BTW, anonymous was I ere I saw Suomynona WTB, but I'm sure you guessed that right away. "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Lewis wrote, They say the coward dies many times; so does the beloved. Coffin on defense issues from the Center for Defense Information; Read Coffin's eulogy for his son Alex; Relive the past with 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. This is the fifth year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. William Sloane Coffin. 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. William Sloane Coffin, a former Yale University chaplain known for his anti-war and peace activism, dies at the age of 81. 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. Apr 17, 2014 at 12:00 am. And [a lot of people] think that emotional mediocrity is the good life. This invaluable anthology is the first and only collection dedi Q: Your faith and the nature of God and God's love -- what is the bedrock there for you? That makes two of us. When sorrow walked with me. very good question Anne. A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew, "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." 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? Nationalism at the expense of another nation, is just as wicked as racism at the expense of another race. 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. 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. and Yale Divinity School. Click the cart icon next to a sermon in the player below to add a sermon to your cart. 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 You can purchase one, four, seven sermons, or you can purchase the whole year or "album". This album is a collection of prayers from the end of the sermons; 1982-1983. 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. Practicing wholesale justice Interview with Bob Abernathy August 27, 204 The Rev. The scripture reading for each sermon can be found below in PDF format. Realist- I'm struggling to understand how what you said relates to anything I posted above whatsoever. 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." William Sloane Coffin Jr. was an American Christian clergyman and long-time peace activist. And Christ spent an inordinate amount of time delivering people from paralysis, insanity, leprosy, and muteness. Theres something in the flight 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. Just click the play button. That clarifies the sight We all do what we know how to do, maybe. The more we love the bigger we are, There is no smaller package in the world than a man all wrapped up in himself.. #Power Of Love #Truth #Love. -- William Sloane Coffin. What an interesting article William There are many kinds of silence, and one of them is a humbled, respectful, listening silence. We chaired you through the market-place; William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. 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. 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. Quotes, as voted by Quotefancy readers. And I wept and I wept. When parents die, as my mother did last month, they take with them a large portion of the past. You can purchase individual prayers for $1.34 (includes processing fees). RN: What broader advice do you have for strengthening our democracy and confronting the concentration of power and wealth over the life sustaining directions our country (with its impact on the world) needs to take? Rev. God is dead set against all unnatural deaths. This is the first year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. Famously, at the height of that conflict . I know, but I do not approve, and I am not resigned. 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 couldn't face. This is the second year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. And Christ spent an inordinate amount of time delivering people from paralysis, insanity, leprosy, and muteness. I'm not a believer but at least I appreciate when people demonstrate that they actually believe in what they say they do. Justice is at the heart of religious faith. If a week ago last Monday, a lamp went out, it was because, for him at least, the Dawn had come. But oh, the things I learned from her That clarifies the sight 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. Updated February 2023. 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. Different cultures have different views of death. Ralph Nader: With the majority of Americans in poll after poll turning against the U.S. war and occupation in Iraq and with many retired Generals, diplomats and intelligence officials opposed to the invasion in the first instance why is the organized opposition not greater? Fragrant is the blossom. If you are interested in purchasing the whole collection on aDVD Data Discplease contact me byemail. 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. That is what makes the valley of the shadow of death seem so incredibly dark and unending. I think in the end they pay him a fortune to make the dead go back to their graves. It is difficult to know how to theologise about a tragedy of this order without descending into cliche, trivialisation or offensiveness. Have a think about the bigger picture!! c a m p u s l i f e ; m e s s a g e Still there is much by way of consolation. Because there are no rankling unanswered questions, and because Alex and I simply adored each other, the wound for me is deep, but clean. Robert Browning Hamilton Or, in Emily Dickinsons verse: By a departing light We see acuter quite Than by a wick that stays. We see acuter quite That's the puzzlement of it all. We have to be forced down. And read the poems. Download Sermon Scripture List(84 kb - PDF). I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. I know how lucky I am! ABERNETHY: As he conducts what he calls his lover's quarrel with his country, Coffin acknowledges that he has to be careful not to become self-righteous himself -- perhaps especially when he is honored, as he is often. January 6, 1968 Spock and Coffin Indicted For Activity Against Draft By FRED P. GRAHAM . 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. So what is the role of the university chaplain? Than by a wick that stays. He was ordained in the Presbyterian church and later received ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ. William Sloane Coffin challenged the nation with his passionate calls for social justice. 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. 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 . He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church, and later received ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ. Did you perhaps mistake me for someone else?? And decks the rays. William Crawley | 12:42 UK time, Friday, 27 July 2007. Q: Many, many religious conservatives read the same Scripture that you do and come out very differently on social issues. That is what makes the valley of the shadow of death seem so incredibly dark and unending. The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. 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. This album is a collection of prayers from the end of the sermons; 1977-1979. No. For instance, the Christians persecuted the Jews for nearly two thousand years because as they said, they believed the Jews killed Jesus. Another consolation, of course, will be the learning which better be good, given the price. Why would someone grieve for a loved one who is in heaven or in paradise. 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. 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. 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. I'm always puzzled at these Moslem women who wail like Banshees when their terrorist sons are killed as what they believe to be martyrs. I was first introduced to this sermon years agoin a college communications course, and I have thought of it with surprising regularityever since. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. It withers quicker than the rose. 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. 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. Rev. There's something deep in there that involves joy and hope. Another consolation, of course, will be the learning which better be good, given the price. Then, as I began to re-read it, I noticed that the guy's name is William Sloane Coffin. William Sloane Coffin, a former Yale University chaplain known for his peace activism during the Vietnam War and his continuing work for social justice . Well, so I wanted them to know, they had a pastor. He attended Deerfield Academy and Phillips Academy Andover before beginning his studies at Yale University in 1942. If you aren't sure what RSS is you'll find our beginner's guide to RSS useful. So while trite, its true: I walked a mile with Pleasure, Receive small business resources and advice about entrepreneurial info, home based business, business franchises and startup opportunities for entrepreneurs. I'm puzzled by all of this. Reprinted with permission of theWilliam Sloane Coffin Sermon Archive Project. 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