When he mispronounced a word, Ms. Chan prompted him to try alternatives, occasionally proclaiming, "Good job!" From her desk, she followed along and turned the pages of a virtual book for her budding reader.
In writing and lectures, he had argued: "In what sense does the church actually proclaim good news to the homosexually inclined person who does not see their condition as a mark of rebellion or confusion?
Vojislav Kostunica, the opposition leader who claimed victory in the presidential election on Sept. 24, moved through an ecstatic crowd of several hundred thousand and proclaimed, "Good evening, dear liberated Serbia!" The crowd shouted his name, and he shouted back: "Big, beautiful Serbia has risen up just so one man, Slobodan Milosevic, will leave".
In the Bible, the prophet Isaiah fasted to loose the bonds of wickedness and to undo the yoke of the oppressed, and Jesus fasted for 40 days to proclaim good news to the poor and to give sight to the blind and health to the sick.
The head of John the Baptist on a platter is the advertisement for the pie shop, proclaiming "Good eating".
The church's Twitter account tweeted on Wednesday, proclaiming "Good morning and Happy Fourth of July" with a photo of the caged statues.
Jesus viewed his own ministry on earth as a call to radical compassion: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me," said Jesus, "because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
In this case, to the ministerial call of Jesus Christ to proclaim good news to the poor, freedom for prisoners, recovery of sight for the blind and the year of the Lord's favor.
Jesus' audience "marveled" when he proclaimed "good news" for the poor (Luke 4 18, 22) and (some scholars think) maybe even a new Jubilee (v. 19), words he later elaborated on, saying, "Blessed are you poor, For yours is the kingdom of God..
This is a devastating development for someone who proudly proclaims the good news of Brooklyn, and who built Citi Field as a shrine to the long-gone Brooklyn Dodgers.
