Word: bishop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...latest skirmish erupted last week in San Francisco, as parishioners of St. Francis Lutheran Church voted 46 to 5 to call a lesbian couple as assistant pastors: Ruth Frost and Phyllis Zillhart, both graduates of Luther Northwestern seminary in Minnesota. Bishop Lyle Miller refuses to approve them as ministers because they will not commit themselves to sexual abstinence. The congregation, half gay, will have to ordain the women on its own, defying both the ordination rules of the 5.3 million-member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and its policy against "homosexual erotic activity" among ministers...
Coach Terry Slater will sell his house to find replacements for All-ECAC defenseman Scott Young (and you thought Kevan Melrose was tough) and Mike Bishop. If there are no takers, then Colgate will slip down a few notches in the standings this year...
Directed by Molly Bishop...
...hard to go wrong with a story as full of clever nuances and intriguing plot twists as Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians. Nonetheless, credit must be given to director Molly Bishop for assembling such an accomplished cast. Given roles which are essentially stereotypes, the actors manage to infuse their characters with life, and they skillfully portray the change from innocent amusement in the play's first scene to suspicion and finally paranoia as more and more guests are murdered...
These quality performances are enhanced by Bishop's direction: she manages to move nine characters around with a minimum of upstaging, and she skillfully juxtaposes the inner feelings of the characters with what is occuring on stage. A second-act candle-light scene is especially eerie; the shadows of doubt we harbor about each character are mirrored in the flickering shadows on their faces...