Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Mother Divine Dies

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/us/mother-divine-dead-peace-mission-leader.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0


    When I was in high school the Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine ran a long story about Father Divine. Almost two decades later I was pastor of a Lutheran congregation a few blocks from the Divine Lorraine Hotel. one of his outposts.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Divine

     Perhaps this began my interest in fringe religious movements. I was intrigued by how he used language to use a lot of words to see little but sound like he was saying a lot. There is a quote in the first link above that shows what I mean.

   


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