Great Occasions: Readings for the Celebration of Birth, Coming-of-age, Marriage, and Death

Carl Seaburg

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 1998 - 462 من الصفحات

Birth, maturity, marriage and death: These are the four cornerstones of human life, the great occasions. *Over 650 memorable selections to commemorate the milestones of life. *Poetry and prose from a broad spectrum of highly regarded writers, including Aiken, Pound, Dickinson, Seneca, Blake, Buddha, Bronte, Marcuse, Stevens, Sexton, Tagore, Lippman, Sandburg, Sarton, Pasternak, Lao Tzu, Yevtushenko, Yeats and many more. This treasury of words pays tribute to the watershed events of life. Prose and poetry selections are sorted by the occasion they honor--birth, coming-of-age, marriage and death. Originally designed for ministers by a beloved New England pastor who spent years officiating at such occasions, this useful reference will be valued by anyone who is called upon to officiate, speak or contribute to ceremonies that commemorate the great passages of life. Includes index of authors, first lines and subjects, plus services for adoption, divorce and memorials.

المحتوى

• The lords and owners of their faces: 56
• Now there is time and Time is young: 70
• Such music in a skin: 92
• Loves characters come face to face: 103
• The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea: 109
• We are those two natural and nonchalant persons: 122
• Love is the great Asker: 132
• Love has the longest history: 146
• FOR THE OCCASION OF DEATH: 159
• APPENDIXES: 411
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: 425
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ADDENDA: 439

نبذة عن المؤلف

A Unitarian minister who served three parishes in Northern New England, Carl Seaburg (1922-1998) was also an editor for Beacon Press and co-author of Merchant Prince of Boston and Medford on the Mystic.

معلومات المراجع

• العنوان: Great Occasions: Readings for the Celebration of Birth, Coming-of-age, Marriage, and Death
• المُحرر: Carl Seaburg
• الناشر: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 1998
• رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب): 0933840098, 9780933840096
• عدد الصفحات: 462 من الصفحات