This is the seventh year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. Then, as I began to re-read it, I noticed that the guy's name is William Sloane Coffin. On Saturday afternoon at 1:30, the Rev. First you leap, and then you grow wings., It is often said that the Church is a crutch. By a departing light We see acuter quite Than by a wick that stays. 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 . The still-defended challenge-cup. The civil rights movement: What do you remember with the greatest pleasure or what was the greatest lesson of it? Updated February 2023. And the name died before the man. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. W. & J. Sloane was a furniture and rug store in New York City that catered to the wealthy. So why the grief, self pity? 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. 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. RN: Any comparisons between the domestic opposition to the Iraq War/Occupation with the domestic opposition to the Vietnam War? April 12, 2006 / 7:32 PM / AP. What makes you think you dont limp?, Love measures our stature. William Sloane Coffin Jr. was an American Christian clergyman and long-time peace activist. 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. They accepted that it was god's will. Itsjust one of those things I think is worth a read by all. so if God doesnt will these things to happen, why does he let them happen? I do hope that many will learn what not to say to a grieving loved one. tragic death of at least 26 Polish pilgrims, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Jonathan Merritt and the ethics of "outing". 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. _______________ Reprinted with permission of theWilliam Sloane Coffin Sermon Archive Project. Justice is at the heart of religious faith. I know how you feel I think you raise an important point when you say There are many kinds of silence, and one of them is a humbled, respectful listening silence This is the third year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. You can purchase one, four, seven sermons, or you can purchase the whole year or "album". Yale University's chaplain, the Rev. I said. 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 William Sloane Coffin, Jr. (born 1924) was a Yale University chaplain who spoke out against the Vietnam War and was indicted as a criminal by the United States government for conspiring to aid young men to avoid the military draft. 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. This is the tenth year of the complete 10 year collection of sermons. Q: Your faith and the nature of God and God's love -- what is the bedrock there for you? William Sloane Coffin's Eulogy for Alex This was sent my way as a follow-up on my sermon. 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. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Listen to an interview with Rev. Rev. William Sloane Coffin, a former Yale University chaplain known for his peace activism during the Vietnam War and his continuing work for social justice . and what an inspiring Eulogy by William Sloane Coffin concerning his Son and his Faith. Realist- I'm struggling to understand how what you said relates to anything I posted above whatsoever. By a departing light Nationalism at the expense of another nation, is just as wicked as racism at the expense of another race. So if you want to know where God is in this or in anything, look for love., Your email address will not be published. Well compared to heaven isn't all of life suffering? Well yes this is all very well but why, then, do Christians _thank_ God when something goes right. Man and boy stood cheering by, I swear to you, I wouldnt be standing here were I not upheld. It is difficult to know how to theologise about a tragedy of this order without descending into cliche, trivialisation or offensiveness. If you aren't sure what RSS is you'll find our beginner's guide to RSS useful. 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. Additionally, a 301 Moved Permanently error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. This is the sixth year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. I'm not a believer but at least I appreciate when people demonstrate that they actually believe in what they say they do. 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 fact you find that puzzling makes me glad not to be in your family! I know, but I do not approve, and I am not resigned. William Sloane Coffin Jr. in 1987. God is dead set against all unnatural deaths. Click the cart icon next to a prayer in the player below to add a prayer to your cart. Rev. But when children die, they take away the future as well. After the death of his wife, C.S. 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. Above all, he condemns what he sees as the country's self-righteousness. But I also, couldnt think of anything else for the moment, but about Alex, and his death. T he Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. Well, so I wanted them to know, they had a pastor. I swear to you, I wouldnt be standing here were I not upheld. And hold to the low lintel up Q: We've been talking about a lot of big problems. It withers quicker than the rose. 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. You gave me what God gives all of us minimum protection, maximum support. 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. Why? 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And the wise man said, Happiness is when the grandfather dies, and then the father, and then the son. That is on the money. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. Get All Beings Everywhere delivered to your inbox. 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. Rev. I know that. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. Didnt the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined?. 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. We see acuter quite "Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.". A good question, Suzy. Until one has personally experienced the loss of a loved one, one can not understand the feelings about the death both positive and negative. She chattered all the way; And thats what hundreds of you understood so beautifully. While the words of the Bible are true, grief renders them unreal. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church, and later received ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ. 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). But like God herself, Scripture is not around for anyone's protection, just for everyone's unending support. While the words of the Bible are true, grief renders them unreal. Lovers and thinkers into the earth with you. So while trite, it's true: I walked a mile with Pleasure, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. We have to be forced down. 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. 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. So what is the role of the university chaplain? The night after Alex died I was sitting in the living room of my sister's house outside of Boston, when the front door opened and in came a nice-looking, middle-aged woman, carrying about eighteen quiches. After the tsunami, some Moslem clerics said it was god's punishment for their sins. 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. From fields where glory does not stay, 10 Q: What's the essential connection for you between religious faith and justice? This website is the home of the William Sloane Coffin Sermon Archive Project. Then he moves on to the next town. But it's a fact: few of us are naturally profound. Can you explain what that means for you? Click the cart icon next to a sermon in the player below to add a sermon to your cart. And of course I know, even when pain is deep, that God is good. But left me none the wiser This invaluable anthology is the first and only collection dedi When she saw me, she shook her head, then headed for the kitchen, saying sadly over her shoulder, "I just don't understand the will of God." William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. #Power Of Love #Truth #Love. God did not bash the truck into your fathers car. Lewis wrote, They say the coward dies many times; so does the beloved. He attended Deerfield Academy and Phillips Academy Andover before beginning his studies at Yale University in 1942. Quotes. As his younger brother put it simply, standing at the head of the casket at the Boston funeral, You blew it, buddy. 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 sermon to his congregation at Riverside Church in New York City. These are some of the popular topics this blog covers. 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 I've 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. I read someone say recently that this is only a training ground for eternity. 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. These sermons were delivered from the pulpit at Riverside Church, N.Y.C. We see acuter quite 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. Download Sermon Scripture List(84 kb - PDF). I think it will serve as a reminder of many stupid things we all have said to people who are grieving the main one probably being 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). You blew it." William Sloane Coffin Jr. in 1986. The garland briefer than a girls. She chattered all the way; I was first introduced to this sermon years ago in a college communications course, and I have thought of it with surprising regularity ever since. It remains a heartfelt classic in homiletics. This is the last year of the complete 10 year collection of sermons. And then, Im a preacher. 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. Legendary William Sloane Coffin's years at the historic Riverside Church captured in new two-volume collection Louisville, KY-From 1977 through 1987 William Sloane Coffin was the Senior Minister at t . A formula, A phrase remains.but the best is lost. What do you think it is? Individual prayers and sermons can be purchased by clicking the cart icon next to each prayer or sermon title. There's something deep in there that involves joy and hope. But violent deaths, such as the one Alex died to understand those is a piece of cake. Is that so hard to understand? The answers quick and keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love, I also know this day-brightener of a son wouldn't 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. ABERNETHY: Coffin became the leader of the U.S. campaign against nuclear weapons. 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 set you at your threshold down, This brings up additional illogic in religion. When sorrow walked with me. 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." When a person dies, there are many things that can be said, and there is at least one thing that should never be said. While he was a student, my father heard the feisty William Coffin preach as a young chaplain at Yale. 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. We have to be forced down. 18 Sourced Quotes. Kate Braestrups book is beautiful, and I highly recommend it to all who are seeking answers. 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. But I think much of our exasperation could be tempered if we could see our lives more from God's perspective than our own. So set, before its echoes fade, He liked it here. 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). Anonymous- I think people are grieving because they're sad to see someone go. But I'm an atheist. If a week ago last Monday, a lamp went out, it was because, for him at least, the Dawn had come. 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. Then a miracle working preacher comes to town promising at midnight, all the dead will rise from boot hill and come back to life. 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. More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world. Q: How about your own death? While the words of the Bible are true, grief renders them unreal. Itsjust one of those things I think is worth a read by all. Famously, at the height of that conflict . I read through this with utter esteem for the sentiments therein and Will is right to say that those who speak in response to a tragedy like this they could learn much from this eulogy, which said it all, so very very well. 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. I feel scorched by how much he insists on truthfulness in grief. So he has a hand in making our lives better but not worse? And early though the laurel grows 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. But its a fact: few of us are naturally profound. 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. After the death of his wife, C.S. and Yale Divinity School. John Wright #5 William Sloane Coffin Heart, Optimistic, Independent 64 Copy quote To show compassion for an individual without showing concern for the structures of society that make him an object of compassion is to be sentimental rather than loving. Required fields are marked *. And of course I know, even when pain is deep, that God is good. Q: Where does the rise of conservatism, especially on the religious Right among Protestant evangelicals, fit into this whole thing? These prayers may be purchased separately but they are included in the actual sermons too. Read more. RN: How is Vermont a model in this respect? Below you will find one of my favorite sermons "Preached from the Piano Bench" at Riverside Church. William Crawley | 12:42 UK time, Friday, 27 July 2007. "A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply . Download free, high-quality (4K) pictures and wallpapers featuring William Sloane Coffin, Jr. This is the eighth year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. I know how lucky I am! The Rev. As the . If a week ago last Monday, a lamp went out, it was because, for him at least, the Dawn had come. So. And Christ spent an inordinate amount of time delivering people from paralysis, insanity, leprosy, and muteness. Brett & Kate McKay March 18, 2017 Last updated: June 16, 2021. Either it is god's will or there is no god! Why aren't people in the streets today the way they were in the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement? Smart lad, to slip betimes away Still there is much by way of consolation. So people are feeling sorry for themselves instead of happy for the one they believe is now in heaven. God does not spill milk. Why are they unhappy if they think he is in paradise with 72 virgins or are they just feeling sorry for themselves? But the point is this. The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. 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. is the blossom. But like God herself, Scripture is not around for anyones protection, just for everyones unending support. 2023 Barbara Becker / All Beings Everywhere. It is self-interest. Coffin on defense issues from the Center for Defense Information; Read Coffin's eulogy for his son Alex; Relive the past with Rev. What do you say to those people? Rev. We chaired you through the market-place; Bill Coffin flourished here, in the cracked common clay of an earthly and earthy life. In your prayer life do you tend to direct your prayer life to Jesus or God? William Sloane Coffin. Love without criticism is a kind of betrayal. 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. When parents die, as my mother did last month, they take with them a large portion of the past. 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. 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. We have to be forced down. Last week my senior minister shared with me a sermon dated January 23, 1983 (Palm Sunday) written by William Sloane Coffin. The prayers are presented in several multi-year collections. 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. Continue the suffering of living in preference to going to heaven just so you'll have their company around. 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. 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. I wrote the sermon. 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