January 6, 1968 Spock and Coffin Indicted For Activity Against Draft By FRED P. GRAHAM . When you scroll down this page you will find all of Bill's Riverside sermons organized by year. And decks the rays. That clarifies the sight The garland briefer than a girls. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment. William Sloane Coffin, a former Yale University chaplain known for his anti-war and peace activism, dies at the age of 81. __________________ 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. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. 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 that's what hundreds of you understood so beautifully. And [a lot of people] think that emotional mediocrity is the good life. Rev. (Lord Byron). The older I get, the more I accept that death is the inevitable consequence of life, why can't believers? Bill Coffin flourished here, in the cracked common clay of an earthly and earthy life. A Prayer by William Sloan Coffin Jr., 1983. After the death of his wife, C.S. 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. What do you say to those people? William Sloane Coffin was a man with a wild career: he fought in World War II, worked for the CIA after the war, became a "man of the cloth", was thrown in jail as a civil rights marcher with Dr. Martin Luther King, and was an academic, author, and an activist. 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. William Sloane Coffin Sr. (April 15, 1879 - December 16, 1933) was an American businessman. Sloan from Doonesbury; New Documentary: WWilliam Sloane Coffin: A Lover's . 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. 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. Some of the very best, and easily the worst, knew their Bibles better than the human condition. April 12, 2006 / 7:32 PM / AP. Contributions to support this project can always be made through PayPal (david@davidcoffin.com). 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. Reprinted with permission of theWilliam Sloane Coffin Sermon Archive Project. I know how lucky I am! Of course its a crutch. Can you explain what that means for you? And early though the laurel grows 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'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. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. They are gone. I know, but I do not approve, and I am not resigned. 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 Refusing to cede the battlefield of morality to conservatives, he argues that "compassion demands . As you look around the country today, I wonder whether you see an absence of commitment to great causes with great passion. Gracious God, whose own Son's term of service to humanity was so full that its brevity was no distress, we call to mind on this Memorial Sunday those "who will not grow old as we who are left to grow old," those whose lives were too brief for us but long enough, perhaps, for thee. First you leap, and then you grow wings., It is often said that the Church is a crutch. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. 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. This is the fourth year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. 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. 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. 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. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. Q: Many, many religious conservatives read the same Scripture that you do and come out very differently on social issues. But the point is this. Townsman of a stiller town. This is the ninth year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. 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? 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 . Houseman, To an Athlete Dying Young. And I wept and I wept. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. was born June 1, 1924, in New York City. Yes, but at least, "My God, my God"; and the psalm only begins that way, it doesn't end that way. Man and boy stood cheering by, It withers quicker than the rose. Download free, high-quality (4K) pictures and wallpapers featuring William Sloane Coffin, Jr. There are small accidents, like knocking over your milk at the dinner table. He attended Deerfield Academy and Phillips Academy Andover before beginning his studies at Yale University in 1942. 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. When a person dies, there are many things that can be said, and there is at least one thing that should never be said. 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. Bill Coffin's legacy is ministry . I went right away to the piano. "Human unity is not something we are called on to create only something we are called on to recognize." And there are large accidents, like the one your dad was in. When parents die, as my mother did last month, they take with them a large portion of the past. Ill say you dont, lady! I said. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. When parents die, as my mother did last month, they take with them a large portion of the past. You gave me what God gives all of us minimum protection, maximum support. -- William Sloane Coffin. After the tsunami, some Moslem clerics said it was god's punishment for their sins. 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. It remains a heartfelt classic in homiletics. The prayers are presented in several multi-year collections. And silence sounds no worse than cheers 15 One of the most powerful statements in this sermon was the following: The reality of grief is the solitude of pain, the feeling that your heart is in pieces, your mind's RN: What about the Educational system as it relates to democracy? 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. 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. Didn't the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined?". Here are additional selected citations in chronological order. 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 . 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. 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.. She chattered all the way; You can purchase one, four, seven sermons, or you can purchase the whole year or "album". RN: What do you think should be done strategically and tactically by the peace movement? See more stories about iPad, HBO, How-To. is the blossom. 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). Less sceptical commentators may point to mechanical -- and possibly human -- failure on a notoriously dangerous road. Then, as I began to re-read it, I noticed that the guy's name is William Sloane Coffin. Ive read and re-read this passage many times: I told them, It was an accident. 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. That's the puzzlement of it all. 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. Do you think about that? But I think much of our exasperation could be tempered if we could see our lives more from God's perspective than our own. 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. Because there are no rankling unanswered questions, and because Alex and I simply adored each other, the wound for me is deep, but clean. Q: What should we be mindful of when we make defense policy? "The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love." --- William Sloane Coffin. Online shopping from a great selection at Books Store. There's something in the flight Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so. 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. But violent deaths, such as the one Alex died to understand those is a piece of cake. So he has a hand in making our lives better but not worse? How are you able to look at the world as it is and still have the capacity for feeling joyful? This website is the home of the William Sloane Coffin Sermon Archive Project. We see acuter quite Kate Braestrups book is beautiful, and I highly recommend it to all who are seeking answers. If a week ago last Monday, a lamp went out, it was because, for him at least, the Dawn had come. Rev. 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. While the words of the Bible are true, grief renders them unreal. William Sloane Coffin. Quotes. And Christ spent an inordinate amount of time delivering people from paralysis, insanity, leprosy, and muteness. 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. Additionally, a 301 Moved Permanently error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. This is the fifth year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. Still there is much by way of consolation. You can stay up to date with Will & Testament via these feeds. RN: How is Vermont a model in this respect? 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. Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave. 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). William Sloane Coffin Jr. in 1987. All rights reserved. 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. BTW, anonymous was I ere I saw Suomynona WTB, but I'm sure you guessed that right away. I wrote the sermon. The use of Gods will or God has chosen to take whatever the phrase has always made me uncomfortable. 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 . 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. For all she had to say. But you seem to be able to deal with these problems in a way that recalls some deep confidence. The Theology of William Sloane Coffin. Q: After September 11 there was a surge of patriotism. Some of the very best, and easily the worst, knew their Bibles better than the human condition. And round that early-laurelled head 25 When sorrow walked with me. Protestant preacher William Sloane Coffin after the death of his college-age son in an accident confesses to blowing up at a neighbor. So. Last week my senior minister shared with me a sermon dated January 23, 1983 (Palm Sunday) written by William Sloane Coffin. Still there is much by way of consolation. It is self-interest. 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. It all makes me wonder if its not a matter of God willing or letting, but more like the laws of nature. This is the first year of the complete ten year collection of sermons. 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. 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). 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. I agree about the need for silence regarding those grieving. Q: Where does the rise of conservatism, especially on the religious Right among Protestant evangelicals, fit into this whole thing? 20. I did grief work. These sermons were delivered from the pulpit at Riverside Church, N.Y.C. 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. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. 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. To them Western attitudes would be incomprehensible. You blew it." That makes two of us. "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. 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.. 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.) But when children die, they take away the future as well. The Rev. No. 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 . You gave me what God gives all of us minimum protection, maximum support. But when children die, they take away the future as well. And hold to the low lintel up After the death of his wife, C.S. Coffin to his congregation at the Riverside Church in New York City. Rev. And Christ spent an inordinate amount of time delivering people from paralysis, insanity, leprosy, and muteness. For some reason, nothing so infuriates me as the incapacity of seemingly intelligent people to get it through their heads that God doesn't go around this world with his fingers on triggers, his fists around knives, his hands on steering wheels. ABERNETHY: I asked Coffin to think back on the civil rights and other protest movements he helped lead. 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. I do hope that many will learn what not to say to a grieving loved one. 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. William Sloane Coffin Jr. preached these Sunday sermons from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City. Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. 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. 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." Q: Let me ask you to look back a little bit at some of the great movements you were part of. The still-defended challenge-cup. The best of William Sloane Coffin, Jr. 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 . But the point is this. 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 . God is dead set against all unnatural deaths. I was moved to tears, to be perfectly honest. No one meant it to happen. We all do what we know how to do, maybe. 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. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. What is the religious challenge at our universities? 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