I avoid orphaned section headers with:

page-break-after: avoid;

This keeps the header with the subsequent text paragraph.

Yet this only keeps 1 line of text, because I have set

orphans: 1;

which is the best choice for this book for other reasons.

Is there a way of keeping 2 lines of text with the section headers in this case?

Many thanks!

Edited 7 Nov 2015 by Bram

Have you tried something like h2 + p { orphans: 2 } ?

I should have thought of that. Many thanks, it works like a charm.

Thanks for the tip. I can use that too. Right now I adjust the tracking of select paragraphs by hand to do page fit.

Jim Albright
Wycliffe Bible Translators

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