June 2012
Interview by Joanie Eppinga
An interview with Rebecca Barrett-Fox, anscholar who finds the appalling, the unexpected, and the human inside Westboro Baptist Church.
In This Issue
Angela Glover Blackwell believes in Detroit's future, and she has a vision for how to get there. Failure is not an option.
An interview by Joanie Eppinga with Rebecca Barrett-Fox, a scholar who finds the appalling, the unexpected, and the human inside Westboro Baptist Church.
The apostle's attack on elitism in Corinthian church and society speaks a clear message about inequality today.
In Guatemala, 44,000 people were "disappeared" during decades of war. Now workers there seek to resurrect a buried history and human dignity.
The Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case didn't actually make corporations into people, but it did undercut the role of actual, live human beings in elections.
Columnists
Fairness matters, especially for people on society’s margins—and that conviction goes far beyond tax equity to every aspect of public policy. For people of the Book, it’s much more important than politics; it’s a matter of faith.
Few people I know believe peace in the Holy Land is really possible—unless it begins with Israeli and Palestinian Christians.
Hebrew scripture teaches us that the Spirit of God was not in the earthquake or the windstorm or the fire, but instead in the whisper—that still, small voice. Most assuredly it is. But I cannot help believing that every now and again the Spirit arrives with flapping wings and honking, too. Like that old gray goose.
Springsteen sings what politicians won't say: We were robbed and the thieves have escaped justice.
Detroit
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Angela Glover Blackwell believes in Detroit's future, and she has a vision...
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Michigan's "Emergency Manager" law and Detroit's future.
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Detroiters often use the phoenix rising from the ashes as a metaphor for...
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Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant, by Paul Clemens
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The U.S. Social Forum's alternative vision for our country and the world.
Faith & Politics
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The Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case didn't actually...
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More than 5 million voters could be affected by new Voter-ID laws and...
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The Supreme Court decision on the ministerial exception deserves a "...
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The Presence of God
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What does individualism have to do with Christianity? Not much.
Faith & Spirituality
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An interview by Joanie Eppinga with Rebecca Barrett-Fox, a scholar who...
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Missional Preaching: Engage, Embrace, Transform, by Al Tizon.
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A Pastor's Last Sermon
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Psalm 65 gives us a unique portrait of a deity who tends the soil, waters...
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As the human soul matures, we are confronted with moments that force us to...
Economic Justice
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Fairness matters, especially for people on society’s margins—and that...
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Seeing corporations as people, are we making ourselves over in their image?
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Angela Glover Blackwell believes in Detroit's future, and she has a vision...
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Michigan's "Emergency Manager" law and Detroit's future.
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Detroiters often use the phoenix rising from the ashes as a metaphor for...
Peace & Non-Violence
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History shows engagement, not attack, dissuades countries from developing...
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How U.S. and Israeli threats are undermining the democracy movement in...
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"Do you invest it in revenge, or do you think creatively?”
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Many people who were hopeful for change in the wake of Barack Obama's...
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Lessons from Vietnam
Human Rights
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Women's Concerns
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In Guatemala, 44,000 people were "disappeared" during decades of war. Now...
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A new definition of malnutrition is emerging, as formerly developing...
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Low-wage work and racial inequity are rife in jobs that move food to your...
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Many in Central America say it's time to consider decriminalizing drugs.
Immigration
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A new wave of arrivals makes its mark in America's dairy country.
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A conference at Cedarville University shows new political boundary-...
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'Silent' raids that drive workers into the underground economy are worse...
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Books on migration and the immigrant experience.
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The Utah Compact has good immigration principles -- but there's still...
Culture
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Hebrew scripture teaches us that the Spirit of God was not in the...
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We've come a long way, baby. Or have we? Is it too much to ask legislators...
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Jumped In: What Gangs Taught Me about Violence, Drugs, Love, and...
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Springsteen sings what politicians won't say: We were robbed and the...
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The best parts of the Disney worldview look like the eschatological images...
Global Issues
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Lawsuits help corporations run roughshod over governments and the...
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Few people I know believe peace in the Holy Land is really possible—unless...
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A U.S. church delegation this winter discovered a Cuba at the crossroads...
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The Bible-inspired movement set the standard -- and the inspiration -- for...
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The Bible speaks of a "year of the Lord's favor" -- the year of Jubilee....
Diversity
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Gamaliel's Ana Garcia-Ashley is the first woman of color to lead a...
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Gathering people from different faiths to serve others is one way of...
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Chris Stedman's "faitheism" doesn't hate God, it loves people.
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A Quaker community in North Carolina reaches out to its Muslim neighbors.
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In 1961, going "back South" to form an interracial community meant facing...
Consistent Life Ethic
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No one could stop Troy Davis' execution -- despite his apparent innocence.
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The Manhattan Declaration’s harder challenge.
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With all the mixed signals we’ve been getting these days about the use of...
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A conservative argues for abolishing the death penalty.
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Torture leaves wounds that are slow to heal.
Creation Care
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Subsidizing coal is like finding that beer-drinking college student and...
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Corporations want to store up treasure on earth — that's their whole,...
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Forests throughout North America would not be the same today without the...
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A Bible study on water, God, and redemption.
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The U.N. climate change talks in South Africa were a major disappointment...
