pulpit
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As a Christian minister of an American Baptist congregation, I’ve spent more than 20 years in a pulpit — long enough to know the difference between protecting a church and conscripting one.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Anamaria and her brother, John Paul, read passages from the Bible from a pulpit framed by flowers and a portrait of Sayre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Jin’s path to the pulpit was forged in the aftermath of a different crackdown: Tiananmen Square.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
“We are united with everybody in our country praying for peace, and specifically praying for immigrants in our country,” Gomez said during an address from the pulpit Wednesday afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Moments later, Grandma grabbed my arm again and dragged me down the aisle faster than ever before toward the front of the church where the pulpit and choir stood.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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ASLSP, moreover, reflects the magical unhurriedness the world craves, be it the slowing down of AI or turning down the volume on social media and politicians’ bully pulpits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Because many colonists were illiterate, the Declaration was commonly declaimed by local officials in town squares and preachers in pulpits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
At the end of the day, only the preachers in the pulpits can reach the evangelical faithful.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024
Mr Johnson was never going to be short of offers of pulpits from which to project - and he's found one already: a column in the Daily Mail and Mail Online.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
A second, and then a third, pastoral was read from the pulpits.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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