| 单词 | preacher |
| 例句 | “Now,” the preacher says, his smile unfaltering, “Let us pray.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “The preacher says that sometimes she couldn’t stop drinking.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “He sho a preacher, mon! He didn’t look like much at first, but hush!” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Charity, a colored preacher that had learned his schooling up north came through and gave her that Bible. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We have the same message in the Book of Saint John,” I said, sounding for all the world like a preacher. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z That was what was wrong; he had let that preacher talk to him until somewhere in him he had begun to feel that maybe something could happen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z For the first time ever I felt a stirring of anger against my father for making me a white preacher’s child from Georgia. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But none of it lasted long, because Winn- Dixie came tearing back out of the preacher’s room, panting and running like crazy. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Feh. The sheriff is out of town on some business, and the preacher is giving his nightly sermon to the sinners of Summerland.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Do they call you that because you are the preacher at the First Baptist Church?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Before he could run away, I introduced him to the preacher. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But I can hear the preacher shouting from the stage. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The white guard caught the preacher by the arm and, pointing to the cross on the floor, said, “Look, Reverend, he threw his cross away.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, as happens so often, the preacher turned over his hole-card, the sure-fire card. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The cross the preacher had told him about was bloody, not flaming; meek, not militant. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We were able to make each other burst with giggling when we did imitations of the thick-skinned preacher. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “We will kill you. Say your prayers, preacher.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I soon found out that New Orleans was just like the preacher warned against. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently the preacher had taken in a wandering soul now and again, and Gideon had been one of them. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z And the preacher said, “There are an awful lot of thunderstorms in Florida in the summertime.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I was happy, not because the preacher was coming but because of the chicken. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I read about the slave preacher Nat Turner, who put the fear of God into the white slavemaster. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Dussel, the man who was said to get along so well with children and to absolutely adore them, has turned out to be an old-fashioned disciplinarian and preacher of unbearably long sermons on manners. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “We’ll have to keep an eye on him,” the preacher said. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Quietly, the old black preacher stopped and picked up the cross. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “God sure better get to work if He’s got in mind to make a preacher out of Will Tweedy.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Her dad was a Baptist preacher and resented me going with her. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Who cared if your product got twelve-year-olds and grandmothers and preachers so addicted that they stopped thinking about anything except their next hit? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I scowled at the sweaty preacher, trying to dissect the thoughts in my brain. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I left Gertrude’s Pets thinking about how the preacher probably wouldn’t like it very much that I was working for a criminal. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The preacher smiles, as though he knows exactly the effect of his words, and continues. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The preacher swabbed his red face with a handkerchief. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Unlike some of the women, Trotter didn’t carry on over the preacher at the church door, which made Gilly bold enough to ask her once, “How can you stand him?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She was the eldest child of the Reverend Jesse Jackson, the firebrand Baptist preacher and increasingly powerful political leader. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And when the preacher came out, Mama always cooked extra. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother mumbled a prayer, to which the preacher chanted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I promised that I would, and then I introduced Sweetie Pie to Miss Franny and to Gloria, and right after that, the preacher showed up. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “That preacher’s going to eat all the chicken!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It dominated all, the pulpit: a wooden platform raised above the congregation, with a high stand in the center for the Bible, before which the preacher stood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The preacher had finished his soup and had asked that the platter of chicken be passed to him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I doubt Khalil cares what songs are sung or what the preacher says about him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z On Sundays, after church, the preacher always had supper with one of the families. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want him going and waking the preacher up. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There is a one-room Presbyterian Church, built of native stone, to which a preacher comes every three weeks when the road is passable. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I forced a spoonful of soup down my throat and looked to see if my speed matched that of the preacher. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And finally, I prayed for the mouse, like the preacher suggested. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But then the preacher had said a lot of things, most of which had proven untrue. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Many of the men had been doctors, lawyers, teachers, Civil Service workers; there were several cooks, a preacher, a politician, and an artist. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or when a preacher starts shoutin’ ’bout the Testament at church. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “The preacher is an unassailable mountain,” I mutter. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As for Ted, well, he was pacing the room, all robed up in his black preacher gear—I guess he didn’t do prayers in the hockey jersey—and ready to go. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “And a Less Fortunate, too. That’s for sure. Are you looking for a home?” the preacher asked, real soft, to Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And that mission doctor at Kikongo must have found Father a sight to behold: a wild-haired preacher with a snake in his belly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to being a preacher, Shaw had gone to medical school at age thirty-five. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Me and the preacher looked for a long time; and finally, he said we had to quit. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I had never heard a preacher jump into the muscle of his sermon so quickly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can never get far enough away from people like the preacher.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z His clothes would make a preacher sigh and Hunter knew from the ladylike hands the stranger had never made a fist hard enough to smash a melon. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigger started nervously; the preacher’s hand came to his shoulder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A small boom box leaned against one wall blaring a gospel call-in show, with a preacher screaming something about the Lord curing a caller of hepatitis. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z There’s an air of fear about him, and after I spot the large gold cross around the old man’s neck I figure this must be the preacher the Duchess warned me about. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He turned toward the congregation with the air of a preacher himself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The preacher put down his pencil and rubbed his nose, and finally, he looked up. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I followed the others into a room where the preacher stood; he smiled and shook our hands. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “You think I should make the preacher tell me about her?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He feared that the preacher would make him feel remorseful. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Even as a teenager, I was convinced that Dr. King was different from other preachers I had heard. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The preacher murmured to Hickey and got no response, so took him by the hand and led him to the wooden stairs that led up to his fate. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z After the preacher is finished, everyone moves toward them to shake their hands and offer condolences. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Winn-Dixie took the mouse over to the preacher and dropped it at his feet. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I could see that Winn-Dixie was having a good effect on the preacher. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Can I have a piece to take to my friend Gloria Dump? And another one to take to Otis down at Gertrude’s Pets? And one for the preacher? And one for Sweetie Pie, too?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Those romances always featured a love affair between a virginal white schoolteacher or preacher’s wife and a half-breed Indian warrior. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z After all, he was a preacher, if only a temporary one. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Baby Jesus knows what I said about wishing Father would never come back anymore, and Father is the preacher. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "He's boxing, Reverend, he's—" "Oh," said the preacher, his eyes moving around the room, his voice getting vague. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “He just doesn’t want to be left alone,” I told the preacher. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And Otis stood there and shuffled his big jar of pickles back and forth, trying to free up a hand to offer back to the preacher. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The preacher reached a hand out toward him, waving him forward. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z At that time in the South, black preachers represented God’s own voice and guidance. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s time to head back,” the preacher said. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She prodded me to attention when the preacher railed against pride and vanity. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The preacher was sitting in the living room, working at the little foldout table. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “But if he’s a preacher,” I said, “and he believes in a different hell. ...” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I could tell because there was a sproiling sound that must have come from Winn-Dixie jumping up on the bed, and then there was a sound from the preacher like he was real surprised. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The service started and there was some singing and some sharing and some praying, and then the preacher started preaching. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But the first time we brought Winn-Dixie to the Open Arms, the preacher tied him outside the front door. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Let me tell you a story,” the preacher said, gliding across the stage. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Son ” Bigger glanced at the preacher, and then away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He went over and put his head in the preacher’s lap. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it doesn't matter what I think. Pastor Snyder is the Sheriff’s father, and the real power in town. The preacher makes the final decision on all matters. These numbers are for him.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Then the preacher offered his own holy words. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Now I could face the preacher I was to stay with for the summer. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Opal,” the preacher said, “we have looked and looked, and there’s only so much looking we can do.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Their mother shushed them with a finger to her lips, her eyes never leaving the preacher, who was talking about Moses and the Hebrew slaves. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But when the tent folded up, I found I had Nathan Price in my life instead, a handsome young red-haired preacher who fell upon my unclaimed soul like a dog on a bone. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Should he try to rent a car or borrow the preacher’s? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’ve ever heard a preacher get excited in the middle of a sermon, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And so the preacher started in preaching again. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Next the preacher called upon the Christians who were not members of any church to stand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "That's it. Who —" he halted to crouch with one foot on the curb like a country preacher about to pound his Bible—"got . . . the . . . dog," his head snapping with each word like an angry rooster's. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “We got egg salad sandwiches. We got Dump Punch. We got pickles. We got dog pictures. We got Littmus Lozenges. And we got a preacher, who can bless this party for us.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Beecher kept his position at Plymouth Congregational Church and continued his life as a celebrity preacher. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Of course, this is just a poor preacher’s opinion,” he said in a shaky voice. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The preacher was dressed in a fresh white dress shirt and Sunday slacks. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z One Sunday my mother invited the tall, black preacher to a dinner of fried chicken. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But for the most part, he looked a whole lot better, and so I took him into the trailer and showed him to the preacher. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Is he looking up what Jesus might have to say about preachers that murder their own daughters? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It is her habit, like a self-anointed preacher, to choose a moral tale from her memory and tell it to those nearby, whether or not they wish to hear it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The preacher, Don Joaquín, was slight, with child-size hands, delicate shoulders, and a thin neck trapped inside the collar of a starched shirt. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He turned around, looking suddenly just like a preacher. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z While we were waiting for the preacher, she took out her rosary and prayed for Erma’s soul, which she feared was in jeopardy since, as she saw it, Erma had committed suicide. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “India Opal,” the preacher said, rubbing his nose, “don’t argue with me.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The preacher nodded his head like he was agreeing with himself. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She talked like this and she wasn’t even a preacher or a teacher. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “Speaking of which, I think the preacher did a fine job getting rid of the anger and fear this morning.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She was given a microphone and she spoke into it, telling the congregation what she’d told the reverend, that she had been investigating Islam, and that—The preacher cut her off. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But, oh boy, if those fast cheerleaders who teased me for being a preacher’s kid could see me now, practically engaged to an older man! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain made her desperate for distraction, and she looked at the preacher in the eyes for the first time. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But this was too much . . . he was not grandfather or uncle or father, nor preacher or teacher. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn't a preacher, but he was definitely preaching something—a vision. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Because dogs don’t belong in church, Opal,” the preacher said. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z That man was the finest preacher I’ve ever heard to this day. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The judge, tall and white, looks like a preacher in his dark robes. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Kathy,” the preacher said, “tell them what you told me. Tell us all.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I told her how me and the preacher had just moved to Naomi and how I had to leave all my friends behind. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘I presume Mr. Marx was a Christian church man?’ asked the preacher. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The preacher is quoting verses from the Bible, and the family is weeping, and everyone is weeping, even Amanda Monk and some of the cheerleaders. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Let’s see what the preacher has to say about you.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z At other times, he’d hear late-night preachers, often of a fundamentalist bent, giving sermons and talks, usually about the meaning and interpretation of the Bible. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “That fire went out,” Mrs. Morton said, “but the fire that was burning inside of the preacher could not be quenched.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z And the nephew of the preacher Ob had needed so desperately to find looked on Ob’s heartbroken face and saw his pain and he reached out and put a hand on Ob’s shoulder. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z The preacher tried painting over those tiles, but the letters won’t stay covered up, and so the preacher has just given up and let them be. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z If me and the preacher went off and left him by himself in the trailer, he pulled all the cushions off the couch and all the toilet paper off the roll. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He just stood there, and Winn-Dixie came barreling right toward him like he was a bowling ball and the preacher was the only pin left standing, and wham, they both fell to the ground. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Buckley, the preacher, Jan, Max, Mr. and Mrs. Dalton stood along the wall, behind him, looking on silently. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “The problem is that the sheriff and the preacher see Summerland as a safe haven, as do many of the other families. It won’t be easy to convince them to leave.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It was real nice the way they came together in what their preacher called silent, expectant waiting. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z That night, I gave the preacher his Littmus Lozenge right before he kissed me good night. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The preacher from the Most Holy Ascension Church had come. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Mahalia Jackson, the greatest of them all—she was a preacher’s daughter in Louisiana. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he was slowly led into the river, where he had so often splashed naked, until he reached the preacher. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The preacher’s face was black and sad and earnest and made him feel a sense of guilt deeper than that which even his murder of Mary had made him feel. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And praising like church folks, jumping from their seats when the music gets good and the preacher gets to preaching loud. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z She is afraid to take the subway, where you may meet those young black militant street preachers who curse black women for straightening their hair. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It was our first look at Charity among preachers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Hadn't I grown up around gambler-politicians, bootlegger-judges and sheriffs who were burglars; yes, and Klansmen who were preachers and members of humanitarian societies? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes referred to as the “Wild Man from Birmingham,” Shuttlesworth has been described as an “unpolished, rabble-rousing Baptist preacher.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Expensive for one thing, and most newlyweds just went to the courthouse if they were not particular, or had the preacher come in and say a few words if they were. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Is that cyclone why the woods around here are full of uprooted pine stumps?” the Methodist preacher said finally. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The preacher lay there on the ground, rubbing his nose. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “He deserves to see his daughter making out with the preacher’s kid as punishment for making me grow up in this hick town. But come on.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Then the choir sang, and the preacher gave a rousing sermon. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The preacher is rapt with attention as Katherine begins spinning out a tale of woe and misery so pitiful that it belongs in a weekly serial. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Once long ago visitors in the dead of winter a preacher preaching hell-fire. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, we at the Order have taken the liberty of rounding up all the bards, singers, preachers, and printers who might complain, and we’ve slapped them in prison. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Last night, after nearly two hours of listening to the preacher, I walked back to the sleeping spot with Ida. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Father has always stood firm on the Apocrypha, though most other preachers look down on him for it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Brother Belie Jones, the Baptist preacher, said God just wasn’t ready to take her Home, praise Jesus, or else He had something more for her to do here before she passed into the Great Beyond. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He was not much older than John, only seventeen, and he was already saved and was a preacher. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He moves off, and the preacher shuffles nearer. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As the preacher finished the Twenty-third Psalm, he looked at Grandpa with a question mark on his face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Most preachers are sick or too exhausted to rise from their beds. A few stay in the square during the day, that takes care of the praying.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She shimmied her arms in the air like a Pentecostal preacher. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He had finally become a preacher to hold her till his death. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The deceased was the tragic hero, the survivors the innocent victims; there was the omnipresence of the deity, strophe and antistrophe of the chorus of mourners led by the preacher. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z During the singing the preacher tried yet another ruse; he intoned mournfully, letting his voice melt into the singing, yet casting his words above it: “How many mothers of these young men are here tonight?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yes, just look at him!" an old fellow in a derby called out as though answering a preacher in church. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The heart was thrilled, the mind astonished, by the power of the preacher: neither were softened. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The new preacher, a wheedling little man who talked through his nose, twittered from the pulpit about the evils of “corporate greed” and men “who did the devil’s bidding.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I went outside and untied Winn-Dixie and brought him inside, and he sat down beside me and smiled up at the preacher, and the preacher couldn’t help it; he smiled back. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And each Sunday she looked up with amazement at the preacher and asked silently, “Me?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I may be a preacher’s daughter, but I know a thing or two. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Whereas White had once turned to preachers to illuminate this thing of darkness, he now also searched for a scientific explanation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I look toward the noise to see the preacher standing at a podium that’s been set up next to the serving window. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He had been a carpenter, janitor, teacher, preacher, college president, lawyer, state senator, and general. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He opens his arms and I realize he’s assuming his preacher’s pose, the one from his own pulpit, back in Prentisstown. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Nineteenth-century preacher Henry Ward Beecher’s last words were “Now comes the mystery.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The visiting preacher might write a letter for the boy’s father. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The preacher and Mr. Dalton were shaking their heads sadly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Behind me I heard the rise and fall of an old-fashioned prayer such as I hadn't heard since leaving the campus; and then only when visiting country preachers were asked to pray. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A handsome man, a traveling preacher with a wide, white smile, seemed cruel and frightening in the same flickering glow. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Either the good Lord is unimpressed with my offerings, or he thinks I deserve this, just as the preacher told me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “That song was about green pastures and restful waters. The preacher talked about walking in the valley of the shadow of death and not being afraid.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z From her mouth issued a torrent of words, a roiling sermon on injustice, inequality, and divine retribution worthy of the Baptist preachers of her youth. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Good to know. Anything else of note regarding the sheriff and the preacher?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z My preacher grandfather traveled a lot in those days. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And so, in my mind, I think of him as “the preacher.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He was a valet to a preacher, expected no promotions or medals, bore no arms, and had a meek faith in a loving Jesus which most soldiers found putrid. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Changes! This is all ’cause you and Hobart Spencer and Jonah Mills went to register to vote,” Mrs. Odom fumed, thrusting a finger at the preacher. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Another of his units he lost to conversion when a small-town preacher suddenly caught fire and began igniting the townsfolk with his sermons. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the old preacher who had prayed over him that morning. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Most of my people who earned tolerable salaries were either teachers, preachers, or doctors. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting born within earshot of a preacher, I reasoned, is entirely up to chance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z What sidewalk preachers stop them in their tracks? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The preacher passed Bigger and pressed his arm. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The preacher stands there, his rheumy brown eyes locked on Katherine's bosom and a smile that borders on indecent on his thin, pink lips. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Like a preacher, he pontificates his own peculiar brand of wisdom. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There would be Bible revivals and visiting preachers and good food. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Why weren’t you watching the parade? And what about writing that letter to the governor? In support of that preacher over to Brockway?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He pulled back his lips and showed the preacher all of his crooked yellow teeth and wagged his tail and knocked some of the preacher’s papers off the table. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The preacher says, A great father, son, and husband has crossed over. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “No. My mother is Evangelical. She doesn’t like the radio, unless it’s preachers.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The preacher was laughing and joking and the grownups were hanging on his words. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there’s a preacher, earnest, with shining dark eyes, leaning towards us across a desk. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Kathy recognized him immediately as one of the preachers at the church. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “We need to have a party and invite Miss Franny Block and the preacher and Otis, and Otis can play his guitar for everybody. Sweetie Pie can come, too. She listens to his music good.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Would they take his father away to the chain gang for a year or two years before he could tell the visiting preacher? Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A few boys rose and gave their hands to the preacher. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z After working with poor women in Boston as a doctor and a preacher, she decided that women’s problems couldn’t be solved by religion or medicine. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Soon she’d be saying it was just like having a preacher live with them to hear Johnny Tremain read Holy Writ. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a woman preacher, Miss Anna Tuell, on the radio. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Even the preacher couldn’t keep a straight face. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The preacher had one of those tricky voices. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z MaWee said, “Preacher? He sure don’t act like no preacher I ever seen.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “That’s not what the preacher we had on the ship was like. Pastor Marc. He was kind and friendly and made everything seem like it was going to be okay.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The captain nodded curtly at the preacher and said something else to Hickey, again too low for us to hear. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa always said, “The preacher comes here most often because he likes your mother’s cooking the best.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I goes to see the preacher and even he don't believe me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1891, Sunday shocked both his teammates and fans by quitting baseball to become a preacher. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The preacher, draped in white robes, dipped a small branch of a tree in a huge bowl of water and hovered above the head of the first candidate. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Janice simply ignored them, directing us instead, figuring in her head the positions of the preachers, the crowd, Kwang, paletting their various skin tones into an ambient mix for the media. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z William was warming up, his words ebbing and flowing like the sermon of a wandering preacher. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I left the station on, and before long a preacher began a sermon. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Several of them were teachers and preachers, or held well-established positions in other professions. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a quote from a German preacher that summarized the outcome of what happens when no one takes a stand. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The preacher rose, sighed, and drew from his pocket a small wooden cross with a chain upon it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But in centuries past, pulpit preachers, rabble-rousers at political rallies, parliamentarians, and lawyers would be expected to thunder on—sometimes literally for hours—without a shred of a note. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Opal,” the preacher said in a real soft voice, “it’s time to give up.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Robbie Ray, Mr. Ray’s younger brother, was the MC for the funeral, kind of like how the preacher is when you have one at a church. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Well, she’s only human. Even if she is a preacher’s daughter.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When my parents, shadowed by Fang, finally ditched the preacher and piled into the car, they definitely looked a bit bent. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I stood and half-clapped while watching her go from the podium to the arms of the preacher to the arms of some other old man, an older woman, and then back to her seat. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I can still hear the preacher’s twang as he lectured us. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not like large churches with political preachers, nor Pentecostal churches that were too wild. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He read well, better than the preacher, almost as well as Mr. Rice. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the preacher at my mother’s service told me, no one could feel the pain like I could. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The preacher paced and shouted at the front of the tent, coming close to the revival crowd then veering back behind the plywood podium. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I was the one who insisted upon your father. I thought he was an up-and-coming preacher. A man with his wealth, with his connections—I thought he would rise like a star in Maine.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The eyes and faces about him were not at all the way the black preacher’s had been when he had prayed about Jesus and His love, about His dying upon the cross. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And now the preacher made it walk before his eyes like a ghost in the night, creating within him a sense of exclusion that was as cold as a block of ice. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Henry snapped his eyes open and stepped back, leaving the preacher laying hands on air. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z To repay a debt to the more radical preacher, King accepted Moore’s invitation to come to Durham to put his blessing on the lunch-counter movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Come forth and be cleansed,” the preacher said, his voice gentle now. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His daddy was smiling, and Beto just knew that he was going to hug him, but then the preacher came up and started shaking Henry’s hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She timidly suggested that he was here at a flattering disadvantage, for she had heard all of the preachers, but he had not, for a very long time, eaten another woman’s cooking. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The preacher rose slowly and gathered his hat, Bible, and the cross from the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He writes to a London preacher whose church he’d attended when he lived in London. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Being a paying customer this time, with a full-fledged ticket, I didn’t have to jump off, and I knew that the preacher would be waiting for me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Good luck now,” she called, as me and the preacher stepped off the porch and out into the rain. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Winn-Dixie lay on the floor, waiting for the preacher to leave so he could hop up on the bed like he always did. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In those days on the Hill, any who could claim “professional” status—teachers, preachers, practical nurses—also considered themselves superior. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z If only the preacher had had the sense to hold Henry down just a little longer...there might have been a small struggle, but in the end, they would have all been better off. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Every year, they go so long I swear I can see his ghost rise up from the dead and take his seat right there in the preacher’s pulpit. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “All those preachers at church say God made everything, right? Doesn’t that mean music, too?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After the preacher helped with reading the papers, he showed Papa where to put his X. Our little farm had gotten bigger. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And there was Tea Cake in the big old station in a new blue suit and straw hat, hauling her off to a preacher’s house first thing. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He could have been a preacher—his eyes were like a sermon in and of themselves. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “Now, good sweet mothers, come right down in front here,” said the preacher. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This preacher, this leader of this church and congregation, was using this tone to refer to Allah. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Then Florence introduced them, saying: “Elizabeth, this here’s my brother I been telling you so much about. He’s a preacher, honey—so we got to be mighty careful what we talk about when he's around.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The preacher pushed it into Mr. Leroy’s chest and said, “I trust you too. I trust you to hold on to this until I come back with the good word that everything’s set to go.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Bigger saw Jan and the preacher shake hands. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z At the time this picture was taken, Aunt Florence said, he was already a preacher, and had a wife who was now in Heaven. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She puffed herself up like a tent preacher and began to belt out the other half of the story. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Since Momma got mad at the preacher three years back, Easter was the only time in the year that the Aarons went to church and it was a big deal. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I reasoned thet them mountain folks would feed a preacher and put him up, and then buy his blankets and needles to hep with the Lord’s work. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The preacher yipped and jabbed at the sky with his fraying Bible. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Max shook hands with the preacher, then turned to Bigger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But Royal had looked boldly up into the preacher’s face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The preacher unwrapped it and put it in his mouth, and after a minute, he started rubbing his nose and nodding his head. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Her face was now covered in black streaks from her makeup, and the preacher was practically holding her up so she wouldn’t fall down the steps. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The preacher tossed back his head and roared with laughter, but my mother was angry and told me that I was to have no dinner because of my bad manners. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would any man in this room dare fling no into God’s face?” the preacher asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One weathered old hobo told the preacher that if he wanted more pilgrims on that road to heaven, they should pave it with pork and beans instead of onion soup. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “But with all things, we start with a prayer. Bow your heads and look to the Lord,” the preacher said. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My mother tried to convince me that the preacher, herself and myself should work together as a trio to accomplish these goals I had set myself in life, but I wouldn’t be convinced. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z If someone had afterwards asked him to repeat the preacher’s words, he would not have been able to do so. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “He’s that preacher who made the news, remember?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I mean, I was suffering from a wicked case of otherworldliness and there was a preacher dude present. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Jack-in-the-pulpits have three big leaves on a stalk and are easily recognized by the curly striped awning above a stiff, serious preacher named Jack. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Shunned by established churches, they became a sect of outsiders, and their preachers condemned worldly temptations like dancing, movies, jewelry, and swimming in public pools. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “The money don’t go there. She’ll give it away to Uncle Judah, who’ll give it to that preacher who says you don’t need nothing ’cause the world is going to end.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z In the background, the radio preacher screamed “Hallelujah!” over and over as Cootie spoke. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Winn-Dixie was already at the other end of the trailer, in the preacher’s room. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They would holler, “There goes the preacher’s daughter, visiting the witch.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There were clips of panel discussions, where preachers and community leaders sat around arguing for me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As he passed each group, silence fell, and they watched him insolently, itching to kill; but he said nothing, bowing his head, and they knew, anyway, that he was a preacher. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z With his oiled-back hair and his smooth preacher voice intact, he leaned in close to his bible and kept chugging along, completely unfazed by the power outage. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Henry looked away from the preacher and pulled off his sopping work boots. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I intend to become a science teacher, not a preacher, but I don’t mind being called one. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Winn-Dixie looked up at the preacher and kind of gave him a nudge with his nose. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Born the grandson of a preacher in Hickory, North Carolina, in 1928, Douglas Moore decided to follow his grandfather into the Methodist ministry and in 1951 he enrolled as a divinity student at Boston University. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I knew very well that only the night before this preacher had shown neither Forgiveness nor Mercy in flogging some small boy who had broken the rules. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Beto, suddenly starving, followed the preacher toward the picnic tables under a stand of oaks, but all along the way they had to stop and meet church ladies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Let us pray,” the preacher finally said, “for this mouse.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I went right back to my room and wrote down all ten things that the preacher had told me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a cold, rainy day, and a tiny knot of people holding umbrellas huddled around a preacher by a stone wall and a hole in the earth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Kinda like a preacher preaching the gospel and the congregation shoutin’ “Amen.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z What seemed more absurd was that this dead black preacher and leader was not even from Alexandra. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My penny has gone icy under my shirt, and I stop walking as the preacher stops. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The preacher rubbed his nose and looked up at the ceiling. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time Katherine finishes detailing the viciousness of her nonexistent stepmother and the death of her father, the preacher is near to tears himself. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Milkman assumed a preacher lived next door to his church. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The church’s pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, was known as a sensational preacher with a passion for social justice and was now officiating at our wedding. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A preacher from the Seminary began a low, insistent, theological argument with a young lieutenant, back and forth, back and forth, the staff listening with admiration at the lovely words. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After that they wished to fly airplanes, or be prizefighters, or preachers or dancers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In all his words, the preacher doesn’t mention suicide. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She called on preachers and friends from church, called on my stepfather, who made several rare, during-the-week appearances. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As the denomination grew, Assemblies preachers began speaking not only of heavenly rewards but also of the material blessings God might provide in this world. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The boy waited for the visiting preacher to come and bring word of his father. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We had nothing but preachers and teachers in the South. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The doctor said, “What was a nice preacher’s girl doing up a tree?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s where they’re burying most of the dead. The preachers say a prayer, and someone throws a layer of dirt on top.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dorus and Anna hope and pray that being a preacher is the answer for him, but they are not happy they have to pay for this school. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The preacher came forward slowly, hat in hand, and stood in front of Mr. Dalton. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Even the preacher stopped by and ate with us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even under the best of circumstances me and preachers don’t mix so well. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The preacher nodded his head, satisfied by the response. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “God is hearing every word,” the preacher underscored her plea. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But he went on, mumbling like a little old preacher about the importance of truth and how you couldn’t trust radio announcers anymore. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his nose in the preacher’s lap and his tail in mine. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Teacher, preacher, doctor, lawyer—now those were very good black jobs, bringing stability and the esteem that accompanied formal training. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z How my daddy ever got hooked up with a preacher, I can’t say, as he’s not a churchgoing man. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z All across the country I went to church on Sundays, a different denomination every week, but nowhere did I find the quality of that Vermont preacher. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When I looked up, I saw other preachers sitting with Dr. King. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Called myself Brother Blakeslee, itinerant Baptist preacher and peddler of fine merchandise.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “No? And I thought you said your brother was a preacher.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He never pastored in any regular church of his own; he was always a ‘ ‘visiting preacher. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t like I forgot about the preacher or my mother or father. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But no sooner had the preacher arrived than I began to resent him, for I learned at once that he, like my father, was used to having his own way. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At last, when the eulogist finished eulogizing, the preacher finished preaching, and the organist finished playing heavenly hymns, the preacher asked if anyone would like to say a few words. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “Are you related to Pastor Howard? The preacher at the First Baptist Church?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Luther, as well as being a theologian, scholar, writer and preacher, was a composer. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z My grandfather was respected for two reasons: he was a preacher, and he had a college degree. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I also told him about the preacher and how he was a good man, even if he was too distracted with sermons and prayers and suffering people to go grocery shopping. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There Tasha was, standing in front of a man who I was ninety-nine percent sure was the preacher. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Her grandfather John—the son of William Ford and his African concubine—became a preacher. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The preacher started talking in actual English, more or less. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I could see the preacher getting further and further away. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Tom attended a local Baptist church with his family, and the preacher said that everyone was a sinner—even Emmett, the upholder of justice. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Winn-Dixie snuffed the candy wrapper out of the preacher’s hand and started chewing on it. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, very shortly after I joined the church, I became a preacher—a Young Minister—and I remained in the pulpit for more than three years. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The preacher put her in his buggy to take her home. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The denomination of the preacher the company hired automatically became ours too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z After my father’s desertion, my mother’s ardently religious disposition dominated the household and I was often taken to Sunday school where I met God’s representative in the guise of a tall, black preacher. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One mother led her beaten and frightened son to the preacher amid shouts of amen and hallelujah. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat and bowed his head; the room was quiet, so quiet that Bigger heard the preacher and Jan breathing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The roaring furnace, sparks crackling in the air, the sizzle of hot metal into cold water—it all reminded me of that unmentionable place the preachers liked to go on about. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked, thinking maybe he hadn’t had time to order his preacher clothes yet. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z When the preacher finished, Tom heard a familiar voice. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Had I not married a preacher named Nathan Price, my particular children would never have seen the light of this world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Oddly, the main thing I remember is that it wasn’t in a church, and that surprised me, since my father was a preacher, and I had been where he preached people’s funerals in churches. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You one of his relatives or the preacher in his church?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z After the final song the preacher returned to the microphone. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The preacher picked up the mouse by the tail and walked and threw it out the front door of the Pick' It-Quick, and everybody applauded again. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They fell in line like prisoners: preachers, politicians, various professionals, proving Clifton correct. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The Pentecostal preacher scared the women, hurling fire and brimstone and warnings of death from his pulpit. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He jokingly suggested, to repay her a little for her Contention that he was the best preacher of the revival, that she was the best cook among the women. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z One minute, everything was quiet and serious and the preacher was going on and on and on; and the next minute, Winn-Dixie looked like a furry bullet, shooting across the building, chasing that mouse. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The preacher continued explaining that it would be a short service because “it ain’t no point sitting around pouting,” and “sister Brown wouldn’t want no whole lotta tears.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The preacher said, “God won’t forgive this awful thing he did.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But the pause was no surrender, and the preacher began to preach. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “And this here’s little Johnny,” she said, “shake hands with the preacher, Johnny.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z That was the nature of some preachers in Alexandra, whose extremely obedient flocks were variously known as “The Donkey Church,” “The Seven Wives Church,” “The Hundred Rand Net Worth Church.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Max and Jan and the preacher stood to one side. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “What did you call this dog?” the preacher asked. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Well, something had happened: the cross the preacher had hung round his throat had been burned in front of his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The preacher clears his throat, and shakes himself a little, as though casting aside the somber feeling in the room. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z After Tasha finished talking to the preacher, she started coming our way. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “Nobody, thanks to your preacher friend. He shook them up just enough. They strung up our scarecrows. We got a bad beating, that’s all. But we have to go.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He told me, ‘ ‘I hope you will become a great preacher of Islam in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Pooky Suggs, who hadn’t been to church in twenty years, said this preacher had it right and gathered a group of men around him to announce a wildcat strike. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z John looked with a child’s impenetrable gravity into the preacher’s face, as though he were turning this question over in his mind and would answer when he had thought it out. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Winn-Dixie hopped up on the bed, and the preacher got up and turned out the light. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Seeing it, the preacher could hardly keep his mind on how good Granny had been or how it was God’s will and all. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z During the preacher’s sermon, she drew a picture of an aardvark and passed it back to me. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z As Tom listened, a preacher read Nichols’s final statement: “Sheriff White has been very accommodating to me indeed. I feel prepared to meet death. My soul is at peace with all mankind.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z His father was a preacher who had once known John Brown. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The preacher’s voice rose and fell with the same rhythms that had first drawn Henry to the altar. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But the preacher doesn’t hear them, most likely thanks to his advanced age and his single-minded focus on the stretch of material covering her bosoms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The preacher knelt upon the concrete floor and closed his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Imani cries out, lifting her hands up to the ceiling like one of those fake TV preachers. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Who came instead of Grandpa was the Methodist preacher. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Once the ’gator man got me roped good, that preacher tell ’em this here’s Canada and folks is free and he taking me to Buxton and he gunn kill anyone what try to stop him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Even the preacher seems moved—so used to saying the words, but not for someone who he’s cared about. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The preacher was now shaking the branch over another boy’s head. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When May died, Ob and me had to talk business with the funeral parlor, religion with the preacher, and make small talk with dozens of relatives and people we’d hardly ever seen before. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z As they waded back to the shore, the preacher asked Beto where his sister was. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The Montgomery preacher’s only response was a polite thank-you note signed by his secretary. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The preacher was as young as the Sunday-school teacher was old. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I told the preacher that there would always be men like him, and people like me to stop them. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I knew from listening to a thousand preachers that she was nearing the end of her reading, and I hadn’t really heard, heard to understand, a single word. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My growing hate of the preacher finally became more important than God or religion and I could no longer contain myself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Holmes—Harry—wanted the wedding done quickly and quietly, just him, Minnie, and a preacher. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There in the corner, worked in faded thread, initials had magically appeared on the fraying hem: M-T-L- Suddenly, Mrs. Weidenbach appeared, gripping the preacher’s stovepipe hat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The Shreveport Gospel Mission Church was having an Easter supper for anyone who would come and listen to the preacher’s sermon. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I told her about the preacher being like a turtle, hiding all the time inside his shell. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Now, you good sweet mothers, symbols of Mother Mary at the tomb, kneel and pray for your sons, your only sons,” the preacher chanted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The preacher looked bewildered for a moment and then asked, “What is it?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z For the men of the island, except for the preacher and the occasional male teacher, the Bay was an all-consuming passion. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was feeling the words of the preacher, feeling that life was flesh nailed to the world, a longing spirit imprisoned in the days of the earth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Daisy went to church every Sunday and she talked sorrowfully to the preacher of her own husband. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Everyone had always said that John would be a preacher when he grew up, just like his father. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z When I was done talking, the preacher kissed me good night, and then he leaned way over and gave Winn-Dixie a kiss, too, right on top of his head. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cole was very excited and began to speak as loud and intense as a television preacher. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Max says that the reverend was a storefront preacher who played the Panhandle years ago and is attempting a comeback. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just like any traveling preacher except he was a rabbi. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t even want to think about the preacher preaching about how God is in control of it all, or my mother, my sweet, sweet mother caught in the middle of it all. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You know, if'n I was a real preacher, Will Tweedy, wouldn’t nobody come to my church.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I recalled a preacher in Des Moines who had warned folks who had come for a soup supper to give up their evil ways and stay off the path to perdition. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Would his father send word with the visiting preacher where he had gone? Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother pulled my arm and I walked with her to the preacher and shook his hand, a gesture that made me a candidate for baptism. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The preacher kept on saying he was going to have to do something about them, but he never did. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I got the preacher up off the floor and out of the way just in time. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Assuming the mantle of a preacher, he signed his letters “Rev. W. K. Hale.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z As we walk, the preacher keeps my right arm in a bruising grip, but I can’t shake him off without dropping my dinner. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I was the preacher, Miss Love was the pi-ana player, and the both of us made up the congregation. Hit was a real nice service.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Now, Opal,” the preacher said, “he’s probably right out in the yard, hiding underneath a chair. Come on, you and I will go look.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And my husband, why, hell hath no fury like a Baptist preacher. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, King himself was speaking, first and foremost, as a preacher, fulfilling an emerging mission of religion: preaching the social gospel of justice and equality. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But on the other hand, she was also starting to sound like a street-corner preacher. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The preacher at my mom’s funeral said something like that too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “We don’t allow any Chinese folks in town, the preacher’s made that clear.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Now the preacher had finished, and someone signaled the bandmaster and there was solemn music as the pallbearers carried the coffin down the spiraling stairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z That summer I found Winn-Dixie was also the summer me and the preacher moved to Naomi, Florida, so he could be the new preacher at the Open Arms Baptist Church of Naomi. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z This ain’t just another of the preacher’s initiatives to reform the Negro. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The three of us might look like complete pure fools tracking down this preacher lady and her bats. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Lizzie held close against her grandfather as the people of Malaga Island came out from the pine woods, gathering around their preacher on the shore to hear what had been said. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z When Henry didn’t answer, the preacher snapped his fingers and repeated his question. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a sutler’s store, a white wagon, a man selling a strange elixir with the high blessed chant of a preacher. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Figgered the church folks would put a preacher up and feed him, too. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The preachers and congregations jumped even higher and shouted even louder than the Baptists I had known. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminded me of sermons I’d heard from priests and preachers about planting in dry soil. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Well,” said the preacher, “that’s nice. You have a good time.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Each time someone was born or died, we had the preacher put it inside the Bible. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He dresses like a TV preacher—in three-piece suits with vests most days. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z As the Presbyterian preacher commenced his sermon, I was puzzled by the behavior of Mr. French Gordy, who sat with Miss Sarah in front of us, smelling of soap as usual. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z On the last night of the revival, the preacher asked all those who were members of the church to stand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I have seen preachers at revival meetings speak like that, with voices rising in such a way that heaven and anger get mingled together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The preacher closes his eyes and puts his hand over his heart. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “You can draw it out of your own wallet. Any man with a wife who’ll pay fifteen dollars for an old preacher’s moth-eaten stovepipe hat has four bucks to spare.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa, who sat between Aunt Loma and Miss Love, glared hard at Brother Jones, and the preacher said, “Let us bow our heads a-gain in prayer.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The preacher sits in the study of one, reading some book, and I quickly duck away. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z First an invocation by a Negro preacher; then a woman spoke of what was happening to the children. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Travis and Dill’s preacher had given the eulogy, and it was long on the light and the life and the resurrection and short on actual details about Travis’s life. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Having thus isolated the sinners, the preacher told the deacons to prevail upon those who lived “in darkness to discuss the state of their souls with him.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a feeling that these were the kind of stories my mama would like, the kind that would make her laugh out loud, the way the preacher said she liked to laugh. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They had just passed the collection plates, and after they had gathered and counted the funds donated, the preacher—a short man with a rosy face and a mustache—seemed disappointed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z If the preacher’s wife’s petticoat showed, the ladies could make that last a week as something to talk about. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A preacher stepped up and read something out of his Bible, and I stood looking at the crowd with a sense of failure. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z What she wasn’t may have been just as important to Montgomery’s black leadership, the preachers and teachers and ASC women and E. D. Nixon. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z This time the preacher whispered the words, closing his eyes as if in pain. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The preacher looked and said: “Son, don’t spit in Gawd’s face!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Biff bought the black ribbon at the store and saw the preacher of Alice’s church. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She strolled along over the occasional sidewalks with the preacher’s stovepipe hat in a grocery bag. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The church ladies were warming up behind me with a few hallelujahs and Praise the Lords and Amens, and the preacher hadn’t really moved into the meat of the sermon. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean the preacher, the mother, and the twelve or thirteen hard-looking dudes in the back. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A preacher stepped out of the crowd and approached Hickey, a Bible in his hand. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigger felt that if the preacher kept asking he would leap up and strike him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He had killed within himself the preacher’s haunting picture of life even before he had killed Mary; that had been his first murder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z You acting like you a preacher or something—but guess where you at? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z The blacks had actually helped erect the church building, and Allen was a preacher popular among all members. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Our preacher can get going and we was there for five hours. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One was his role as a Baptist preacher. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When he dropped his coat over her shoulders she realized she was standing stark naked in the presence of a preacher. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “That came right out of nowhere,” said the preacher. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In church, I used to try and get my brother to play tic-tac-toe on the bulletin, but he always refused, shushing me and pointing to the preacher. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Bigger stared unblinkingly at the white wall before him as the preacher’s words registered themselves in his consciousness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was proud that not one of them had ever been arrested and that six of them had become preachers. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I think the meat of me has come from my mother — her teachings, storefront churches, thick-necked preachers,” Porter said in a phone interview earlier this month. Catch Gregory Porter at the Moore on June 17 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z “But it was also symbolic of praise in church,” he added, saying that D’Angelo, a Pentecostal preacher’s son, “loved it immediately.” D’Angelo’s ‘Black Messiah’ Was Released in a Rush 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z See More » Your father, the Rev. C. L. Franklin, was a prominent civil rights activist and a Baptist preacher. Aretha Franklin on Singing for Pope Francis and Her Next Album 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z His father, originally from New Orleans, was a former Seventh-day Adventist preacher, and his mother was a piano teacher. Al Jarreau, seven-time Grammy-winning singer, dies at 76 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z "He left the blues early on and became a sanctified preacher and died in Los Angeles in 1965." Salutes mark bluesman Robert Johnson's centennial 2011-05-05T21:22:08Z In this episode, two anti-abortion preachers share how they spread their messages. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Coco’ and ‘The Bachelor Winter Games’ 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Jacobs, who died in 2006 and whose centennial falls this year, used to tell an anti-authoritarian story about a preacher who warns children: “In hell, there will be wailing and weeping and gnashing of teeth.” How one woman harnessed people power to ‘save’ old New York 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z Ivan finds his footing only to mix it up with an assortment of predatory preachers, mercenary record producers, corrupt cops and miscellaneous hustlers. ‘The Harder They Come’: A Pop Classic That Has Hardly Faded 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z The very subject of Parker’s film is the deployment of Christianity, and of one particular preacher, to keep captive Africans enslaved and submissive in the pre-Civil War American South. The Cinematic Merits and Flaws of Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z On the one hand, it tells a fascinating story of a potential mass murderer, who was protected by his status as a preacher. Harper Lee: What's wrong with a one-hit wonder? 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z In his kinetic act, Mr. Scovel shifts into a variety of Southern figures, including a would-be cool preacher and a rube. A Comic on the Verge, His Absurdism on the Fly 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z A drama set in the civil rights era, “Travisville” follows a group of black preachers and parishioners weighing activism against incremental change. Why William Jackson Harper of ‘The Good Place’ Can’t Quit the Theater 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Williamson speaks in a husky alto with a cadence that is part meditation guide and part preacher. Perspective | Marianne Williamson won’t make you feel better about America, but you’ll feel better about yourself 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z With two grown children and two grandchildren, the couple lives modestly on his preacher’s salary. This Life: Can Gary Chapman Save Your Marriage?--This Life 2011-11-19T14:00:08Z Then he tells Sookie that he believes God gave everyone free will to make their own choices, which was enough for Sookie to decide to kill Bill after she helps the preacher with his sermon. RECAP: True Blood Series Finale: All's Well That Ends 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z And, in the bargain, he got a preacher and blogger admired in the black talk-radio and TV world. She’s a minister, motivational speaker, debate coach … and Bill Cosby’s lawyer 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z When David Baldwin, a preacher, announced his hatred for his stepson’s “frog-eyes,” Jimmy was hurt for his mother. The Glow From ‘The Fire Next Time’ 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z Paul Robeson plays a phony preacher in Georgia preying on an innocent young woman as her mother turns a blind eye. MoMA Explores Black Representation in Movies 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z I played a Baptist preacher, which is my background—just channelled all that stuff I remembered from my childhood. The Last Living Bohemian in Chelsea Tells All 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z “I heard another presenter say early on in all this that when a church burns down, the preacher’s first job is not to rebuild the church,” he says. Earshot Jazz Festival 2020 goes virtual with a hefty lineup of top-flight Seattle players 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z My dad started preaching at nineteen years old, but he was not the kind of preacher that preached in the big churches. John Rich reveals the Christmas gift from his dad that meant the most 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z He’s an enlightened thinker, but hardly a preacher. Critic?s Notebook: Social-Minded Hip-Hop Makes a Comeback 2011-12-21T19:58:04Z The next release was “Dirt Road,” a haunting tune about Moore’s frustrations growing up in a Southern Baptist town and struggling with the preacher’s words about heaven and sin. Country star Kip Moore weathers the Nashville storm to make a comeback 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Many people ascribe to street preachers and freelance huggers a touch of craziness. These Booths Are Made For Talking: Soothers Hit the Streets 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z "Not by any stretch of the imagination does she look like a preacher's wife," wrote a reporter for a Charlotte newspaper. Underneath all the makeup, who was the real Tammy Faye? 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The cadence and rhythm of a Black preacher is in my bones, it’s in my soul — I love all of it. David Alan Grier on Navigating the Art World as a Black Collector 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Politicians, preachers and novelists decried it as an evil equal to slavery. Explaining polygamy and its history in the Mormon Church 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Ripping drinkers was but a prefatory move, however, for Cheever became the nation’s most famous preacher by using debates about capital punishment as occasions for lambasting the nation’s rapid slide toward Hell. 5 things you may not know about death penalty 2013-04-03T13:05:00Z You don’t need a board to determine the preacher’s salary. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z His response took the conversation back to the film about slave preacher Nat Turner. 'Birth of a Nation' star Parker avoids rape case question in Toronto 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z At 67, he is a preacher, and lives with his wife, Betty, on 50 acres near Ms. Marshall’s farm. Her Family Owned Slaves. How Can She Make Amends? 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z After learning the preacher racket from a man who called himself Jehovia, Divine began his public life running a for-hire work service, gigging out early followers as maids and day laborers. How Cults Corrected America 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z She turned to prayer and preachers for healing. Heroes of the Evolution 2012-07-23T18:48:33Z The preacher sprinkles his calls for affordable health care with biblical allusions, reminding voters that Bartimaeus, a blind man healed by Jesus in the Gospel of Mark, “suffered from a preexisting condition.” Raphael Warnock’s campaign for the moral high ground 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z There’s the classic rumbling, murmuring Texan antihero that you’d expect, but there’s also a full-blooded southern preacher in there too. Brosnan's back! Why we should celebrate the shouty former Bond's return 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z He grew up in a family of midwestern Pentecostal preachers. Comedy gold: Sam Kinison's Breaking the Rules 2012-12-20T15:37:15Z Janeway grew up in the church, and like any preacher he knew exactly when to move into celestial celebration. Review: St. Paul sings about justice, with soul 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z The daughter of a preacher and civil rights activist, Franklin revisited her roots with several acclaimed live gospel albums, including her 1972 Grammy winner "Amazing Grace." Aretha Franklin tells JET magazine: "I feel great" 2010-12-16T20:18:59Z The broker, who happens to be Jewish, wants to purchase it from the preacher, who happens to be black — and, more importantly, who has no interest in antiques or money. A Set of Brilliant Miniatures by the Author of ‘The Good Lord Bird’ 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z He winds his way through a stump speech with the same inflections and cadences of a Southern preacher. Raphael Warnock’s campaign for the moral high ground 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z His mother, who is white, used to take him and his siblings three times a week to a Methodist church with a virulently homophobic preacher. After the Orlando Shooting, the Changed Lives of Gay Latinos 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The young artist joined in a “bonfire of the vanities” instigated by the preacher, throwing his own early drawings of nudes into the flames. Fra Bartolommeo Has His Moment 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Both in format and genre, "Preacher" — the story of a preacher possessed by a supernatural being and looks to confront God — marks a major departure from Rogen and Goldberg's comedic work. After the collapse of 'The Interview,' what will Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg do next? 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z A young man named Virgil falls in with a preacher who is actually the leader of a gang of thugs. John Wray is hard to pin down 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Now, he might be willing to kill for it because just moments after we arrive it starts pouring, and we get under a small picnic tent with a rabid fan and a preacher’s wife. ‘American Idol’ made Clay Aiken a star. But he knows it won’t make him a congressman. "Leap of Faith," another Menken show about a crooked preacher, closed last month after just 20 regular performances. 'Sister Act' to go to Broadway theatrical heaven 2012-06-20T21:03:10Z The sisters’ stories are riveting, as Esther’s slow-blooming realization that her relationship with the preacher is not limited to prayer. A Mom Plans. Her Daughters Do Their Own Things, as Daughters Do. 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z This openness is at odds with Cave’s reputation as a prickly, wild-eyed, indefatigable bandleader, armed with the verve of a hellfire-spitting preacher. The Brutality and Tenderness of Nick Cave’s Newsletters 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z “The mayors winked. The cops winked. The preachers winked, or at least averted their gaze.” New in Paperback: ‘A Knock at Midnight,’ ‘The Vapors’ and More 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “I really curate the space with a Baptist preacher in mind,” Ms. Honig said. The Pews Went, but the Spirit Stayed in a Kansas City Church 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Lancashire, Turner tells us, was already over-run with itinerant preachers and tiny sects broken from Methodism, but Young and his companions were more eloquent egalitarians, offering economic as well as spiritual solutions to proletarian misery. Mitt Romney: Disgrace to Mormonism 2012-10-28T23:00:00Z An uncle, a cousin and a grandfather were preachers, and as a boy he attended Seventh-day Adventist, Baptist and Holiness churches and aspired to be a singing evangelist. Little Richard, Flamboyant Wild Man of Rock ’n’ Roll, Dies at 87 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z By the essay’s end, Watkins has shrugged off any pretense of disinterest or mere observational curiosity, instead offering “some ideas” that gather a force akin to the preacher’s fire. What Makes an Essay American 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z His mother wanted him to be a preacher, and in a sense, she may have gotten her wish. A Vogue Legend, Still Enlarging Circles of Pleasure 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Posing as a preacher evidently rubs off on the protagonist, who finds that he is capable of captivating his flock and even performing a baptism. ‘The Quarry’ Review: Traveling With a Guilty Conscience 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z That’s the kind of lard you can scoop up and smear on anything in America — from pro wrestlers to TV preachers to characters on “Breaking Bad” — to try to give it a toaster-oven glow. Books of The Times: ?Pulphead,? by John Jeremiah Sullivan ? Review 2011-10-27T22:16:57Z Before he could read, he was quoting the Bible, gaining a reputation as something of a local attraction among the Baptist preachers who visited the Black Southern hub of Atlanta to spread the word. How Atlanta History Shaped Lil Baby and Generations of Rappers 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z As the preacher grovels on his knees, clutching a Bible, babbling prayers and pleading with Driver not to kill him, our Superman thunders, “God can’t save you from me.” | 'Faster': From Tooth Fairy to High-Speed Human Tank 2010-11-23T23:34:00Z In the black community, prominence belonged to the regulars — the doctors, the lawyers and the undertakers, as well as the preachers, the teachers and a small number of mid-level civil servants. The tale of Marion Barry, king of D.C. His mother was in the Salvation Army, his father was a Methodist minister, and Ray became a Sunday-school teacher at 15, and a local preacher at 17. Ray Billington obituary 2012-09-28T10:06:57Z I was a child preacher, but a lot of kids were in my culture; so I definitely drew on that. Author Scott Cheshire on his debut 'High as the Horses' Bridles' 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Throw in a romance between a womanising preacher, David, and his reluctant love, Leila, and the stage is set for some seismic upheavals. I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky 2010-07-08T21:46:00Z Kimmel called his audience to action, opening his show with a montage of politicians and preachers in clips downplaying science. For one night, TV comics focus their shows on climate change 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “In the comics, you never really see Jesse being a preacher,” he said. ‘Preacher’: Hellfire, Brimstone and the Perverse 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z He also confers Minty to the counsel of the preacher, whose public exhortations to meek servility mask his daring activities. The Stunning Achievement of Kasi Lemmons’s “Harriet” 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Costner’s antihero picks fights with preachers, Native American leaders and even his children to preserve his power and land. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Yellowstone’ and ‘Brockmire’ 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z All about a sandaled preacher who roamed hillsides, performed miracles, was arrested, beaten and crucified, and ascended into heaven. Tom Bissell's 'Apostle' takes a ride-along through unanswerable questions about Jesus' disciples 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The latter is a meditation on pottery as a simultaneously solitary art and an occasion for congregation; Gates, in the voice-over, adopts the intonation of a Sunday preacher. Poetry, Power and Loss in Theaster Gates’s Survey 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The hip-hop rabbi was Canadian and spoke in a declamatory voice, as if in permanent preacher mode. My month of being Jewish 2010-04-08T07:00:00Z To a greater or lesser extent this is a template, parts of which would fit many American fundamentalist preachers. I'd rather see Rowan Williams meet the Phelps family 2011-04-06T13:59:00Z The instructors are part coach and part preacher; they exhort clients not just to do better in class but to be better in life. Perspective | The SoulCycle and Equinox controversy hits close to home — because they’re selling an idealized version of you 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z How Much Wood Can A Woodchuck Chuck? captured livestock auctioneers and their insanely fast patter while Huie's Sermon captured a black preacher in full ecstatic flow. Werner Herzog: 'I've made bigger films than Jack Reacher' 2012-12-20T18:00:00Z In the case of Calderon, the workaday Bronx pol of “Storefront Church,” the hurdle is a scene in which he squares off with the church’s preacher over money and meaning. Giancarlo Esposito, an Actor Known for Divergent Roles 2012-06-01T04:30:02Z That, at this point in his career, means less to West than bluster: shouting the Bible in front of many thousands of people, a sidewalk preacher on a mass scale. Kanye West Is Operatic. His Opera Isn’t. 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z With Ryan Eller, a Baptist preacher who heard Vargas speak at a college in Indiana, he runs Define American, a nonprofit group that pushes for more liberal immigration law. From journalism to activism: Jose Antonio Vargas’s life on the run He records Bonhoeffer’s powerful experiences, for example, at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, where the preacher Adam Clayton Powell fulminates: “Obeying God means challenging injustice! You don’t just think about God. … You act!” A Graphic Nonfiction Account of Hitler’s Would-Be Assassin 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z These preachers built followers around innovative readings of the Scriptures. Cherry-picking the Bible and using verses out of context has been done for centuries 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Linderman is working on several books, including a couple on vintage sleaze and one on “a fraudulent faith healer, cultist and preacher from the 1920s.” Art: Jim Linderman Collects It All, Vintage Sleaze to Baptism Photos 2012-02-12T15:28:58Z I don’t think I’m a Calvinist but I think I do have the makings of an evangelical preacher. Tom Frank interviews Barbara Ehrenreich: “You’re the anti-Ayn Rand” 2014-04-06T11:00:00Z It follows a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South who, after witnessing atrocities against fellow slaves, goes on a rampage. Looking at the Heart of Sundance Film Festival Lineup 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Her father, once a successful preacher, struggled with drug addiction, which devastated the family and their income. Is this Howard University’s tipping point? 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z “I wasn’t a preacher’s kid, but I grew up like a preacher’s kid. I was in church seven days a week,” she said. Jennifer Hudson plays her idol Aretha Franklin in ‘Respect’ 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z For The King Blues, the internet fills in for mum, dad, teacher and preacher – who have evidently failed to explain the particulars of the birds and the bees. Readers recommend: songs about the internet – results 2013-02-28T14:00:00Z And you can’t tell her that her preacher is a lying phony because then she’ll stomp you just like cops and the older dudes in your neighborhood did. Coming around on Martin Luther King Jr.: My Grandma, the Black church and me 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Inside, a hexagonal dome is inscribed with the names of six men Wright admired, including Thoreau, Emerson and his uncle, a Unitarian preacher. On the trail of Frank Lloyd Wright in Illinois and Wisconsin 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Assembled by the Pacific Northwest music journalist Mike McGonigal, it’s a survey of mostly obscure 45s made by singing groups, itinerant preachers and assorted others on the gospel circuit. Playlist: New CDS From the Four Bags and Phantom Family Halo 2011-10-01T04:00:07Z This, along with the lure of self-styled "street preachers", made it hard for community leaders to counteract it. Belgian radicals on margins even among hometown Muslims 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Springsteen sings of preachers sleeping underneath the bridge, lighting up butts of cigarettes scattered at their feet and praying for the moment “when the last shall be first and the first shall be last.” Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad," then and now 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z For many fans, “I’m the closest thing to a preacher that they have,” Mr. Lamar, 27, said from the couch of a Santa Monica studio where he recorded much of the new album. Kendrick Lamar on His New Album and the Weight of Clarity 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Despite the aforementioned religious connotations, White is hardly a preacher; instead, he’s just an intriguing character. Jack White's Blunderbuss: The Rock Raconteur Goes It Alone 2012-04-24T10:45:54Z As a cocktail writer, I’m hardly a preacher of abstinence. Forget Dry January. We need better nonalcoholic cocktails every month of the year. 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z “She thought it was the preacher of the church we were shooting in.” A switch in roles, from courtroom drama to theater 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z When, at 14, Baldwin told her he had decided to give up writing and theatergoing to become a child evangelist — David was a Baptist preacher — they parted ways. James Baldwin: Pessimist, Optimist, Hero 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The preacher asks the farmer: “Aren’t you losing both eggs and chickens each time you take a shot?” What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Damnation’ and ‘The Long Road Home’ 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Deemed soft in the head, the hapless Huw is mercilessly bullied by his father and subjected to hellfire sermons by the local preacher when his erotic experiments in verse are accidentally discovered. The Devil Inside Him 2010-05-12T20:30:00Z In the series, Vernon dupes a congregation into thinking that he’s their new preacher while trying to start a relationship with a daughter born out of a one-night stand 15 years ago. Billy Ray Cyrus' acting roles have personal connection 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Gowin’s father was a preacher, and the photographer grew up immersed in the moral world of the Bible. Emmet Gowin’s Intimate Photography of Nuclear Destruction 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z His family once hoped Holley would be a preacher; between songs, he warned about a digital landscape where the “playground of foolishness” soon leads to the “quicksand field of stupidity.” Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The comparative success of the piper over the preacher in gathering locals was possible even though church attendance at the time was a matter of law, punishable by fines, public shaming, and even imprisonment. The Internet isn’t killing religion — religion is 2014-04-23T12:00:00Z Emancipated from Lee’s home by a black woman as she emancipated herself, the priceless artifact is now in the hands of a storefront preacher in Queens. A Set of Brilliant Miniatures by the Author of ‘The Good Lord Bird’ 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z I am not, believe me, comparing myself to the man, but the idea is instructive nonetheless: be the best preacher that you can be, and stop worrying about the Word. The Nick Cave Song That Changed My Life 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The album’s unity resembles a primitive style of Biblical exegesis, in which the preacher points to a Bible passage, then to something that happened yesterday, and declares, “This is that which was spoken.” Twenty Years of Listening to Gillian Welch 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Variants emerged and mutated over time until a modern version of the saying was popularized by a Victorian-era preacher, according to Garson O’Toole, a researcher who, like Twain, prefers a pseudonym. That Wasn’t Mark Twain: How a Misquotation Is Born 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Next year could see him edge into the best actor category for his role as a preacher’s son forced to attend gay “conversion” therapy. The shape of next year: an early look at 2019's Oscar hopefuls 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Like, you see Hesse as a preacher, preaching, and doing a terrible job at it. Dominic Cooper on Why Preacher is One of the 'Hardest Things' He's Done 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z It’s tempting to think of Rodriguez as a kind of street preacher, speaking up for the hungry and the homeless, prophesying doom for a society that ignores their plight. Sixto Rodriguez, Secret Rock Star Behind Searching for Sugar Man 2012-08-21T12:00:30Z From regular attendance at his family’s local black church he imbibed the preacher’s art of engaging an audience. Just Mercy: new film that captures the start of a brilliant civil rights career 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Whereas once we quoted politicians or preachers, now we quote Gallup or Pew. The United States of Metrics 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z “Taking Up Serpents” is about the daughter of a Pentecostal snake-handling preacher dying of a snakebite. Review | Dogs, snakes and piccolos: New operas take WNO stage 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z He was a skinny, charismatic preacher educated at Colorado State University. Review: Scott Shane’s ‘Objective Troy,’ on Killing the American Jihadist Anwar al-Awlaki 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z A number of Black female preachers preached the message of revival and sanctification on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Harriet Tubman: Biden revives plan to put a Black woman of faith on the $20 bill 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z “The Accursed” tells the story of a curse on the upper-class Slade family, whose patriarch, a respected preacher, is hiding a dark secret. From Woodrow Wilson to Twitter: A Q&A with Joyce Carol Oates 2013-03-01T02:04:15Z When she watches Diamond and Silk, she thinks of televised preachers. Who are Diamond and Silk? How two small-town ex-Democrats found fame as ‘warriors’ for Trump. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Like several other of the show’s participants, the Rev. Joyce McDonald, an active street preacher, works with found materials, which she shapes into portraits. What to See Right Now in New York Art Galleries 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Otis was also a political activist, a preacher, an artist, an author and even, late in life, an organic farmer. Johnny Otis, Rhythm and Blues Musician, Dies at 90 2012-01-20T01:42:36Z It’s an unsparing, hourlong look at a repressed, hypocritical society that gets the leader it deserves: a charismatic preacher — not the first in the Taylor canon — who is also an irredeemable sinner. Paul Taylor’s Canon: Flippant, Savage, Idyllic 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z The theater can certainly make room for preachers and pundits, but craft and imaginative vision are a playwright’s secret weapons. How theater should respond to a democracy in meltdown 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z That Dr. Scoville was such an evangelical preacher for the wrong kind of gospel occasions a moral reckoning in Mr. Dittrich. ‘Patient H.M.’ Recalls the Story of a Surgery That Took a Man’s Memories 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z They can be as doctrinaire about their coolness as any preacher in front of his congregation. 'Sex and Rage' have always been the territory of the It Girl 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z With a choir of powerhouse singers adding joyful noise, Sister Margaret’s fall is set in motion by the preacher’s blindness to her own weaknesses and a venomous congregation’s vengeful schemes. Review | See ‘The Amen Corner’ and feel the power of James Baldwin 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z The Chicago preacher says his high-hearted new album, “Think About These Things,” was made in hopes of bringing a gust of positivity to urban radio. Hiss Golden Messenger’s radiant rhythms 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Some 3,000 years ago, the preacher in Ecclesiastes proclaimed, “Of making many books there is no end,” but how those books are published and enjoyed has changed dramatically. Analysis | 11 trends that changed the way we read this decade 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Not exactly a hagiography of King — whose life, works, oratory and death certainly deserve all reverence — Selma tiptoes around the delicate issue of the preacher’s infidelities. REVIEW: 'Selma': The Film of the Year — But 1965 or 2014? 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z That eagerness to appease could explain Donald Sutherland’s performance as Father Mapple, the preacher who delivers his homily about Jonah and the whale from a pulpit shaped like a ship’s prow. Television Review: Ahab Has a Wife and a Heart. Oh, and a Whale. 2011-07-31T22:18:03Z A former child preacher, he remained a natural, if somewhat reluctant, performer — a master of the heavy sigh, the raised eyebrow and the rhetorical flourish. Review: ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Will Make You Rethink Race 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z In 1849, a white Louisiana slaveholder and preacher, William King, freed his slaves and journeyed with them to Ontario, where he bought hundreds of acres of land. At Ontario Underground Railroad Sites, Farming and Liberty 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Born in Buffalo in 1983, Lewis is the son of a preacher father and a schoolteacher mother. James Brandon Lewis, a Saxophonist Who Embodies and Transcends Tradition 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The film tells the story of preacher Nat Turner, played by Parker, who in 1831 led a slave rebellion in Virginia. 'Birth of a Nation' star says will not apologize over rape case 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z From a preacher named after Poe to one purportedly based on him. Peter Murphy's top 10 literary preachers 2013-01-16T11:12:26Z He was more of a prison ministry preacher. John Rich reveals the Christmas gift from his dad that meant the most 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z His father, Michaelangelo Florio, was an Italian Protestant refugee who served as preacher to the Italian Church in London. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z His grandfather, Simon Kimbangu, was a healer and preacher whose sermons instilled pride and self-belief in ordinary Congolese people and fear in their Belgian colonial masters. The scratch orchestra of Kinshasa 2013-05-09T17:29:43Z “It is a viral campaign that made an end run around parents and teachers and preachers,” Savage said. Dan Savage at Midlife: ‘It’s ... “grawful”?’ 2013-05-26T01:41:37Z McPherson became something of an obsession for Gifford, who read everything she could on the preacher. Kathie Lee Gifford preaches about an evangelist 2012-10-19T12:27:10Z Their children and grandchildren grew up to be doctors, nurses, police officers, teachers and preachers. Descendants of men from horrifying Tuskegee study want to calm virus vaccine fears 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Over the course of his career, mixing the voice of a preacher with that of a litigator, Mr. Rock has built up an authority skewering the foibles of the world while keeping his own offstage. In Chris Rock’s New Special, a Humbler Master at Work 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Love and hate do battle in Charles Laughton’s eerie 1955 film “The Night of the Hunter,” starring Robert Mitchum as a preacher harboring demons of his own. ArtsBeat: Critics' Picks Video: 'The Night of the Hunter' 2011-03-21T20:49:32Z It’s said that Johnson was only five when he told his father that he wanted to be a preacher. How Do You Sing Blind Willie Johnson? 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z The preacher prays aloud for God to punish Jones’s mother, to make her sick. The Power and Hurt of Growing Up Black and Gay 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z While this tactic resulted in comic moments — sometimes the preacher would holler, “Shut your mouth, the Commandant is coming!” when Mr. Elba was simply heading to the makeshift loo — it helped solder the power dynamic. Idris Elba’s Toughest Role Yet: Going Brutal With Grace for ‘Beasts of No Nation’ 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z After the family moved to Detroit, she began singing at New Bethel Baptist Church, where her father was a preacher, and touring with him on his revival shows. Happy Birthday Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul Turns 70 2012-03-24T10:45:46Z The preacher didn’t say that Bernie needed to be in heaven to be with God. Movie Review: ?Bernie? With Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine 2012-04-26T21:53:23Z They are stewards of history, preachers of change, and committed to our region’s future. Heroes of the New South Awards 2012-10-02T20:50:03.627Z He's preaching to us, and he's the kind of preacher we'd like to shower with spitballs. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Defying Expectations Off Broadway 2013-01-24T17:37:58Z Sharpton, who met James when he was an up-and-coming preacher, credited her with helping break down racial barriers through her music. Etta James Remembered as Triumphant Trailblazer at Funeral 2012-01-28T21:54:03Z Her father was an evangelical Assemblies of God preacher who sold pay phones on weekdays and, with his wife, home-schooled Susan and her siblings. Uber’s Whistle-Blower Is Developing a Movie and Having a Baby 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z That’s the kind of headlong moment meant for a public reading — which is, of course, only enhanced by the textured pacing, the preacher’s resonance, of Baldwin’s magnificent voice. Listening to James Baldwin (and others) in 'Calliope Author Readings' 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z For the film’s opening, the camera plants itself on one end of a small Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall and stays there, unmoving, as the congregants slowly filter in and the preacher begins his sermon. ‘Beginning’ Review: Faith Under Attack 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z With the preacher’s shuddering, convulsive movements, he offers fragmented human motion as a metaphor for social disintegration. Paul Taylor’s Canon: Flippant, Savage, Idyllic 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z In a moment beyond satire, the preacher to the Vatican household, one Father Raniero Cantalamessa, went further and compared criticism of the church's record on child abuse to "the more shameful aspects of anti-semitism". The shameful history of silence on child abuse 2012-10-06T23:06:33Z It joins Leap of Faith, a show about a crooked preacher, which closed last month after just 20 regular performances. Sister Act to close on Broadway 2012-06-22T11:25:14Z Spanning five decades, King’s sweeping tale is narrated by a man whose life is profoundly affected by a chance meeting with a preacher when he was a boy in rural New England. The top 50 fiction books for 2014 He also took solace in supporting a doomsday prophet, William Miller, a preacher in upstate New York who predicted that Christ would return on Oct. Antiques: William Matthew Prior, War of 1812, and Queen Victoria 2012-05-24T22:08:36Z A strong sense of self helped Pridmore turn from gangster to preacher; the absence of self, by contrast, is what Knight found while living in the woods. Weekend Reading: The Makings of Three People 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z The characters include a husband and wife team of serial killers, a predatory minister and a spider-eating backwoods preacher convinced that he can raise the dead. The Child of a Ragged Town Keeps Returning for Inspiration 2011-07-11T15:10:40Z In Spielberg's lengthy Lincoln, the president explains an instance of verbosity with these words: "As the preacher said, 'I could write shorter sermons, but once I start I get too lazy to stop'." Is The Hobbit simply too long? 2012-12-12T16:15:00Z In the shabby hotel room, an itinerant preacher has come to the end of the road. Words Make a Room: The Plays of Enda Walsh 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The son of a black sharecropper who became a Baptist preacher and businessman, Maxwell was known as fastidious, charismatic and hard-working. Review | Harper Lee tried to turn a murder trial into a true crime masterpiece. What happened to the book? 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Over tea, the self-described grandson of an “old-time Appalachian fiddler, coal miner and Baptist preacher,” tried to capture his city’s music scene for me. Urban bourbon: A whiskey lover’s jaunt through Louisville 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z In that searing work from 1988, Taylor took on religious fanaticism and the hypocrisy of a preacher in a small town. A Ballerina Finds Her Modern Dance Home: It ‘Feels Limitless’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z She was taken by the preacher’s young daughter Aretha, who was, in her craft, trying to match her father’s prophetic fire. The Clairvoyance of the Fourteen-Year-Old Aretha Franklin 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Foer’s greatest failing in “Here I Am,” far more grave than its cynical reliance on ethnic kinship, is writing that is as incoherent as a curbside preacher. With joyless prose about joyless people, Jonathan Safran Foer's 'Here I Am' is kitsch at best 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The DuPre Saxophone Quartet performed his quirky “Jesus Is Coming,” a driving piece woven through with samples of babies’ cries, preachers’ sermons and choral voices. Review: John Luther Adams’s ‘The Light Within’ Highlights Ensemble Program at National Sawdust 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z “In the beginning, there was God, and God had a groove,” a preacher says. What to Do in N.Y.C. This Weekend: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rennie Harris, and Rhode Island-Style Pizza 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Johnson talked for ten minutes, with the passion and parallelism of an effective preacher, with just the right blend of ideals and specifics. A Jazz Funeral for the American Presidency 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Nobody preaches truth anymore, Phelps tells me, because “there are no good preachers left.” My day at Westboro Baptist: “Yes, Jesus hates you” 2013-03-24T11:00:00Z His father, the local preacher, died of injuries incurred when Henry, it is alleged, shoved him to a bad fall. “Castle Rock,” Reviewed: A Grab Bag of Stephen King Tropes Is Freshest When It Confronts the Real World 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Had acting not worked out, he has the skill set to have made a great career as a preacher, which he seems to know. Wendell Pierce Fulfills His American Dream: Playing Willy Loman 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Cave prowled the Ace's stage, gesticulating wildly, a born performer who in another era might have been a traveling preacher or a snake-oil salesman. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds offer fury, comfort, brimstone at Ace Hotel 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Mostly it was that I thought it was more interesting to come at it from the angle of the straight man, specifically a straight rural preacher, who was evolving on the issue. Can a literary thriller heal divides? Silas House’s “Southernmost” isn’t preaching to eit... 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z “I’m the closest thing to a preacher they have,” he said recently. Kendrick Lamar’s Capacious New Record 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z He eventually became a preacher and barber in Columbus, Ohio, opening a barbershop in 1954, which became a social hub and a studio and gallery for his work. Elijah Pierce, Outsider Artist, Finds a Spotlight at the Right Time 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z His grandfather Allen Rock was a South Carolina preacher, and you can see the influence in the way that Rock strides up and down the stage, firing out his words like nuggets from the Bible. Comedy gold: Chris Rock's Bring the Pain 2012-05-24T10:23:08Z Popular preachers such as Billy Graham ascribe evil to Satan — or, these days, to radical Islam — rather than to the human heart. ‘Born Bad’: How the idea that we’re all sinners has shaped Western culture 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z They have no religion, and view preachers as little better than hucksters. Amazing grace 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z A travelling preacher's grandson traumatised by the Second World War, Motes embodies the drifter spirit of American DIY religiosity gone awry. Peter Murphy's top 10 literary preachers 2013-01-16T11:12:26Z By 1966, Ms. John was living in Chicago and married to a preacher, and she told Mr. Gordy that she wanted to be released from the label. Mable John, Soul Singer With a Star-Studded Résumé, Dies at 91 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Like McPherson, Sister Rose Ora Easter mysteriously disappears one day at the height of her fame as a preacher, and the opera makes it clear that she has deserted her calling for a man. Remembering Jack Beeson, Composer and Teacher 2010-07-09T22:50:00Z That issue is likely to dominate Sunday sermons this weekend, and Glaude took on the soaring cadences of a preacher as he expressed his hopes. What’s the right reaction when a white stranger walks into a black church? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z He felt “kind of like a preacher, poet, comedian, all mixed together,” he wrote. Books of The Times: ?Journals of Spalding Gray,? Edited by Nell Casey - Review 2011-10-17T21:27:58Z Her father, a Mexican immigrant who was a Baptist preacher in Nebraska, died in 2003. Adult Children of AIDS Victims Take Their Memories Out of the Shadows 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z “What I love about Reverend, this country preacher from South Carolina, is he gave us women a seat at the table and we didn’t have to bring our own folding chairs,” she said. The legend of Donna Brazile: Why the DNC turned to an old pro in its time of need 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Although the battle of the preachers is at the center of his novel, James isn’t interested only in the struggle between these two flawed individuals. Revisiting Marlon James’s Debut Novel, ‘John Crow’s Devil’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The juxtaposition of this early work — two recorded loops of a preacher’s apocalyptic account of Noah’s flood that are played in and out of sync — and the new, more melodic, composition is a terrific one. Review: A Decade On, Wayne McGregor Continues to Energize the Royal Ballet 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z So too one may have thought of a preacher with a penchant for puppets. Robert F. Kennedy and Mr. Rogers: Two icons of masculine empathy sorely missed today 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Even the Catholic Church sees this not as a theological issue but as a matter of natural law, more a subject for philosophers, psychiatrists and scientists than for preachers as such. The Pious Presidency of Jimmy Carter 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z George Gershwin immediately bought one when he played the 1934 prototype, and the portability of the instrument made it popular with travelling preachers, and in American military chapels during the second world war. 50 great moments in jazz: Jimmy Smith and the Hammond organ 2010-06-02T11:23:00Z He recounts a change of allegiance that turned him into a CIA informant, and explains how he abetted the drone attack that killed the preacher in 2011. There and back again 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z These folk preachers blended homespun sermon and song to offer life lessons on how to survive in a world of inequality and virulent racism. When gospel sermons came on the phonograph 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z The titular preacher is Jesse Custer, who returns to rural Texas after a life of crime to run his father’s church, which has fallen into disrepair both aesthetically and dogmatically. Preacher: AMC's new hope dances between the diabolical and the divine 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Its lyrics are a declaration of love in which the singer vows to be “your preacher teacher / Anything you have in mind,” while adding that “sometimes love can be mistaken / For a crime.” Review: This ‘Daddy’ Has Issues. A Pool and Alan Cumming, Too. 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z In this self-critical exposé of white privilege, a Birmingham News columnist born at the height of the civil rights movement examines his roots in a line of Methodist preachers. New & Noteworthy, From Vivian Gornick’s Essays to No-Recipe Recipes 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z "So you went from teacher to preacher because, what, it f**kin' rhymes?" she deadpans. "The Last of Us" makes an unholy meal of starving childhood innocence, served bloody 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z It’s a joyful noise that rattles around this concrete-and-metal space, as insistent as a street preacher. Review | The Block food hall is a daily party down in Annandale 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z In filming “All My Babies,” Mr. Stoney, the son of a North Carolina preacher, met all the safe-practices requirements demanded by the health department. George C. Stoney, Documentarian, Dies at 96 2012-07-15T05:57:17Z He loves to listen to preachers, he said, because a great sermon is like a great d.j. set. What Makes an Essay American 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z But MC Hammer, who became a preacher after losing his rap fortune, wasn't tickled by the putdown. It's Twitter war: MC Hammer raps Jay-Z over song putdown 2010-09-27T11:05:00Z But Victor encouraged me to consider the preacher’s appeal. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z Whether she is describing Dellarobia’s malcontented, ambitious in-laws or the environmentally earnest rubberneckers or Feathertown’s rumpled young preacher, she never employs, as she says of one character, the “ordinary tools of contempt.” Books of The Times: Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Flight Behavior’ 2012-11-18T22:17:53Z Killian Scott plays a labor agitator who’s posing as a preacher, the better to whip up discontent among the farmers in northwestern Iowa and persuade them to withhold their goods from the market. Review: ‘Damnation’ and the Sick Soul of 1930s America 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The congregation knows about the mansion and thanks God for blessing the preacher, but most likely will never get an invite. Coming around on Martin Luther King Jr.: My Grandma, the Black church and me 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z What that means concretely will necessarily be up to ordinary folks to determine together as an audience; it won’t be dictated by parents, preachers, teachers, politicians, or other authority figures. The Rock Critic Robert Christgau’s Big-Hearted Theory of Pop 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Soul food is a gospel, and chefs are its preachers. Is It Southern Food, or Soul Food? 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z The evil preacher is, of course, a dystopic trope as common as cannibalism. "The Last of Us" makes an unholy meal of starving childhood innocence, served bloody 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z “I want to plant entire blocks of vegetable beds,” he said, back in preacher mode. Urban Gardening: An Appleseed With Attitude 2013-05-03T22:50:32Z In “The Law,” a preacher rails against “satanic abortion clinics” and cultural enemies who have been brought down by gunfire and “only understand the discipline of the bullet.” ‘Drinking in America’ Review: Men in a Cracked Mirror 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z He shuffles as he sermonizes, his voice the voice of a television preacher. In the laudable 'The Christians,' characterizations are a saving grace 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z “I was in my lawyer’s office with my wife and my preacher, and my lawyer said, ‘You make the call,’” Bo said. Baby chimpanzee killed by adult at L. A. Zoo 2012-06-27T13:33:00Z At Adelaide's Thebarton Theatre, it was back to an old school, hot-and-sweaty crowd waiting on the preacher to start speaking in tongues. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds cry murder Adelaide 2013-03-04T09:53:05Z As the preacher, J. Bernard Calloway rattles the rafters with “Let’s Come in the House,” a terrific gospel shout. Review: In ‘The Harder They Come,’ Innocence Lost to a Reggae Beat 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Alexander Bedward — lay preacher, cult leader and possible maniac — convinced his followers that, like the prophet Elijah, they would fly to heaven alive; they only had to climb the nearest tree and jump. Read Your Way Through Kingston, Jamaica 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Baldwin was himself raised in the Pentecostal faith and was a preacher until the age of 17, when he left the church to become the man he was destined to be. What the Church Meant for James Baldwin 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z The title song is the sound of a secular preacher bringing his congregation closer to him, so that he can fess up to his failings and declare his determination to overcome them. Album review: Bobby Womack, 'The Bravest Man in the Universe' 2012-06-11T20:41:00Z Bell had built an impressive reputation as a preacher; he had a conversational style and a knack for making his messages straightforward and appealing, especially to young people. A Megachurch Pastor’s Search for a More Forgiving Faith 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Salvationists marched through the streets of London’s East End, a neighborhood of poor immigrants, with brass bands and female preachers. How Salvation Army’s red kettles became a Christmas tradition 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Pakistan police said on Wednesday they were investigating blasphemy allegations against a man dubbed the "disco mullah" who quit a career in pop music to become a preacher. Pakistan police register blasphemy case against 'disco mullah' 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z "Musicians are like a preacher, a teacher, an actor," he said. Demis Roussos: A colourful career 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z He goes on in this vein for some time, like some beat poet turned travelling preacher, seemingly every bit as energised now as he was back then. Kyuss: Kings of the stoner age 2011-03-25T10:00:04Z A preacher in Paul Theroux’s travel book “Deep South” is said to pronounce the name of a sexual aid this way: “dee-aw-doh.” Reading Is About the Lines That Leap Off the Pages 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z It's a limitation rather than a liberation, largely ignored in favour of over-extended comedy sequences featuring an unlovely array of spoof yoga teachers, revivalist preachers and deranged megalomaniacs. Hans Was Heiri – review 2013-01-24T17:46:11Z He is a preacher of the faith, albeit from a very different point of view. The Force, explained and what its patterns could mean for "Rise of Skywalker" 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z “Sometimes we get talking and you see the preacher in him,” the younger actor said. Denzel Washington, Man on Fire 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z “Unfortunately there is evil in the world, and sometimes power only bows down to more power,” states the squad’s preacher, played by Demetrius Grosse. The war with no end: why American television refuses to leave the trenches 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z It’s here, in scenes of the forcibly itinerant preacher Nat at work, that Parker’s insights reach an artistic peak. The Cinematic Merits and Flaws of Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Sam Jean recalled how his brother called himself the “preacher’s son” and used a preacher’s metaphors: “crucifying” opponents; slaying them without chance of “resurrection”; selling them as Joseph was sold into Egypt. The Would-Be Prince of Port-au-Prince 2011-07-17T04:45:24Z Helping to organize the boycott that ensued — culminating in the Supreme Court’s decision ordering Montgomery to integrate its bus system — was a young preacher named Martin Luther King Jr. They fed the civil rights movement. Now are black-owned barbecue joints dying? 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Presided over by elderly preacher Fred Phelps, it consists mainly of his own family and a few others who have been drawn into his ministry over the years. Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church by Lauren Drain – review 2013-04-10T07:01:01Z To complicate matters, his father is a preacher, and Miles’s distance from the church is also a distance from their relationship. TV Keeps the Faith With Supernatural Procedurals. Again. 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Only Weir's fiery preacher invocations on "The Music Never Stopped" found the septet in complete sync. Grateful Dead pays slack tribute to legacy 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z “The lies,” she says, adopting a hint of the voice of a preacher, “will set you free.” Ali Wong’s Raunchy New Stand-Up Set Brings the Laughs We Need 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z His father thought he should follow in his footsteps and become a rancher; his mother envisioned him as a preacher. Adrian Hall, Who Invigorated Regional Theater, Dies at 95 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The preacher is not just a hypocrite but a full-blown Judge Turpin, all but slavering over Elsa. Review: In ‘The Harder They Come,’ Innocence Lost to a Reggae Beat 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z By all accounts, Crabbe – who was awkward and bookish – wasn't much cop as a preacher, and his return to Aldeburgh was far from happy. George Crabbe: The man behind Benjamin Britten 2013-06-14T17:00:01Z It’s not quite like paying your respects at a funeral, for there’s no preacher talking over a grave. Orlando isn’t what you think it is 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z “Both civil rights preachers and F.B.I. agents coequally tolerated the abuse of women,” he said. His Martin Luther King Biography Was a Classic. His Latest King Piece Is Causing a Furor. 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z In this tragicomic novel, a visionary preacher comes up against the grim realities of life in a Cuban backwater. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Like Turner, she is a preacher’s daughter, and sang in the church choir. From Annie to Tina Turner, and Trained to Go the Distance 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z He walked through the crowd, an evangelistic preacher touching the faithful, and had the entire place on its feet for his self-penned hit Haven't Met You Yet. Michael Bubl? 2010-05-18T22:30:00Z The footage showed Justin Long as a podcaster who visits a creepy old man played by Michael Parks, who portrayed the maniacal preacher in Red State. 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