'The hardest question for us is what to do when people get better.' Tucked back in the quiet streets of Adams Morgan in Washington, D.C., Joseph's House looks much like ...

Bette McDevitt 'When the children are well enough to go home, it is a gift to me.' On a pleasant hil ...

Larry Bellinger "Art has the power to heal spiritual, emotional, and physical brokenness." 'Mom ...

Fred Bahnson Radical ecumenism in a land of strife. All Catholics are Zapatistas, all evangelicals are paramil ...

Margaret Williamson Michigan city turns dialogue into action. Five hundred community leaders in Flint, Michiga ...

David Beckmann Can one person make a difference? Pat Pelham lives in Birmingham, Alabama. About four years a ...

Elizabeth Newberry Citizens call a new tune. If Tennessee Ernie Ford were to sing his blue-collar anthem " ...

Bronwyn Shiffer Women's project leads to transformation. Evelyn came in at 9 a.m., all smiles and ready t ...

Jim Rice Food---and much more---for the poor. In the weeks after Hurricane Mitch roared through Central Americ ...

Michael McClanen Bosnian women weave ethnic harmony Much like the mythical bird that rises from the ashes, mem ...

Rachel Thomas Urban gardens bring hope to the city. "Just as a light from a candle can be seen more clear ...

Chris Montesano Gathering for disarmament in the Nevada desert. There are times in our lives when the power of ...

Tonita Cheatham Coalition stands for rights of public housing residents. Anyone who knows anything about the c ...

Elizabeth M. Racicot New beginnings, on the Web and in the world. When slaves traveled the Underground Railroa ...

Lucy Fuchs Letters and loans help survivors of genocide rebuild their lives. When the Holocaust became general ...

Kent Paterson Sewer Pipes and Hope In Spanish, "Las Palmeras" means place of the date palms. At firs ...

Kaethe Schwehn When generations stand together, a movement is strengthened. Specific issues come and go, but ...

Carol Fennelly An effort to protect churches' public ministries. With massive cuts to federal and local p ...

Carol Fennelly Some Michigan churches provide hands-on support to families in transition. If you visit Ottawa ...

Murray MacAdam A chance for a new beginning. If a biblically inspired movement has its way, the year 2000 will ...

Rebecca Howard A Peruvian school teaches possibility. Three sleek, fat Humbolt penguins tilt their heads a ...

Kimberly Burge A tough and compassionate approach holds offenders accountable while seeking reconciliation. ...

Grant Power A movement for community food security Traditionally, food supply problems have been seen as a ...

Keith Warner O.F.M. In the spirit of St. Francis, the SouthWest Environmental Equity Project works for the poor and the Earth. ...

Julie Polter Building relationship between people of faith and the workers' rights movement. The Sout ...

Hans Hallundback A theological program in Sing Sing prison rehabilitates and renews. Inspired by liberation t ...

Judy Coode Organizing to narrow the gap between rich and poor in America Q: If every change in the federal i ...

Jan Degges In Baltimore, groups work to care for victims of sexual abuse, bring abusers to justice, and educate the community. ...

Steve Rabey In a divided city, the dinner table can be a meeting place. Why are hundreds of Colorado ...

Julie Polter Hearing the facts about the death penalty. This spring, New York Gov. George Pataki removed Bron ...

Tom Boswell Diverse groups join together to oppose military flights in the Midwest. Nancy Hobbs and her husba ...

Bill Wylie-Kellermann Calling corporations and unions to their true vocations in the Detroit newspaper strike. ...

Judy Coode Challenging the World Bank and IMF You shall have a trumpet sounded throughout the land. And you ...

Aaron McCarroll Gallegos Learning to get along with all creation. Nestled amidst Log Mountain and Hinds Ridge ...

Peter Wirth Neighbors work together to take back their streets. "I miss having my children do the things ...

Thomas Merton Douglass Anathoth Community Farms gives roots to activists resisting ELF. (Groundswell, Depar ...

Philip McManus Working for human rights and human needs in Latin America In 1974, a group of Latin America ac ...

Patricia Chaffee Providing refuge for homeless families The angel is in a hurry. She is tense with urgency a ...

Jill Carroll Lafferty Meeting the heart and soul of development Women of Appalachia are as diverse as the geog ...

Jeff Shriver One congregation's environmental program. Montclair Presbyterian Church in Oakland, Californ ...

David A. Fagan Support for Indo-Chinese farmers For a man who never intended to leave Laos, Joua-Pao Yang look ...

Jeff Shriver Tijuana. Nogales. Matamoros. Ciudad Juárez. Nuevo Laredo. What comes to mind when you hear these names of U.S.-Mexico border ...

Elizabeth Holler Hunter Genesis House ministers to women in prostitution The Genesis story captures the imagi ...

Ruth B. Moynihan Barnabas House teaches many lessons That violence and self-centered behavior exist in abundan ...

David A. Fagan Seattle's Gleanings Food Bank Changes in membership present a community with some of its t ...

Kari Jo Verhulst The Rise of a Global Peace Service Can a large-scale corps of nonviolent peacemakers be orga ...

Chris Herman Members of "Simple Living" start their activism at home. COLUMBUS, Ohio - How much land ...