May 1994

The glare of the camera lights showed the anguish on Joseph Bernardin’s face as he arrived at the annual meeting of U.S. Catholic bishops last November in Washington, D.C.

Joyce Hollyday

Dream On

Dreams are the language of God, I’m told. If that’s the case, God has some wild ways of communicating.

Jim Douglass

Blood and Water in Sarajevo

In February, Jim Douglass traveled to Zagreb and Sarajevo to continue his work of building support for a peace pilgrimage of world religious leaders to Sarajevo (see "Between the Lines," Apri

Carey Burkett

Elegant and Eclectic Eggplant

Let’s say you’ve just walked into the grocery store and on the way to pick up some onions you notice a healthy sized mound of eggplant, with glossy, deep purple skin shining under the

Sally Schreiner

Getting Intimate--With God

I recently attended a retreat focusing on "Journeying With Jesus in Our Singleness." The 14 women in attendance ranged in age from 26 to 73.

Cover Story

A Faith to Move Mountains

by Jeff Shriver

Shaking the foundations of power in Mexico.

Pastors of Peace

by Bishop Samuel Ruiz

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A Threatened land and People

by Juan Hernandez

An interview with Juan Hernandez

A Fragile Culture

by Jeff Shriver

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Features

Disciples of the Incarnation

by Michael Westmoreland-White, Glen H. Stassen, David P. Gushee

The witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King Jr., and Christian rescuers of Jews informs our discipleship today.

Commentary

Finding Space to Reimagine God

by Janice Love

Space and voice are powerful. Although the church is called to be a sanctuary of safe space where Christians listen carefully to one another, it often is not.

Hebron and the Cost of Shalom

by Michael Lerner

After writing an op-ed article for The New York Times condemning the massacre of Palestinians in a Hebron mosque by an orthodox Jew in late February, I was greeted with catcalls by a few

Yearning for Peace in Ireland

by David Bleakley

The recent Irish-British Downing Street Peace Declaration, coupled with the extravagant American media-hype of Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams, has encouraged a revolution of rising peace expectati

Welcoming the Stranger Among Us

by Aaron McCarroll Gallegos

When poet and author Luis Rodríguez speaks to the diverse groups of students in our inner-city schools, he tells them, "Respect is the bridge to understanding" between themselves and the police,

Columns

Hearts & Minds:
Grace under Pressure

by Jim Wallis

The glare of the camera lights showed the anguish on Joseph
Bernardin’s face as he arrived at the annual meeting of U.S.
Catholic bishops last November in Washington, D.C.

Signs & Wonders:
Dream On

by Joyce Hollyday

Dreams are the language of God, I’m told. If that’s
the case, God has some wild ways of communicating.

New Wineskins:
Blood and Water in Sarajevo

by Jim Douglass

In February, Jim Douglass traveled to Zagreb and Sarajevo
to continue his work of building support for a peace pilgrimage
of world religious leaders to Sarajevo (see "Between the
Lines," Apri

Simple Feast:
Elegant and Eclectic Eggplant

by Carey Burkett

Let’s say you’ve just walked into the grocery store
and on the way to pick up some onions you notice a healthy sized
mound of eggplant, with glossy, deep purple skin shining under
the

Close to Home:
Getting Intimate--With God

by Sally Schreiner

I recently attended a retreat focusing on "Journeying
With Jesus in Our Singleness." The 14 women in attendance
ranged in age from 26 to 73.

H'rumphs:
The Gospel of Who? Oh, Him.

by Ed Spivey Jr.

Our top story this month has the theological world "all
in a tizzy," which in the original Greek means
"something much too nuanced for you to understand since
you’re just a lay person." I&#

Culture Watch

On Holy Ground

by Julie Polter

The practical theology of home.

America Circles the Wagons

by Danny Duncan Collum

After 25 years missing and presumed dead, the Western movie genre has enjoyed an amazing resurrection in the past few years. The Oscar-winning successes of Dances With Wolves and Unfor

The Composition of Faith

by Liane Ellison Norman

Mozart's music in God's service.

The Book and the Silver Screen

by Arthur P. Boers

Biblical stories as movie scripts.

Hip and Holy

by Bob Hulteen

Debate over the relative merit of different Bible translations is so commonplace it is normally ignored but by a very few. Recently, however, ecclesiastic, and even secular, attention has been c

Departments

Poetry:
The Growing Seed

by Rose Marie Berger

This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed upon the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

Community:
Community As Home

by Joe Nangle

Sustaining the witness of the faithful.

Groundswell:
The Essence of Good Parenting

by Ruth B. Moynihan

Barnabas House teaches many lessons

Seeds:
Resources for Renewal and Change

by Jill Carroll Lafferty

Connections:
Bringing People Together

by Jennifer Johnson

Living the word:
The Spirit's Call of Freedom

by Bill Wylie-Kellermann