The Common Good

Table of Contents

Cover Story

The Power of Hope
by Jim Wallis
A sign of transformation

Features

When Body Meets Soul
by Julie Polter
Feminist theology seeks unity in diversity
Straight to the Heart
by David Batstone
Bruce Cockburn's songs of subversion

Commentary

Grateful for the Hands that Labor
by Julie Polter
Labor Day: Justice. Workers. Solidarity. Sweat of the brow. Sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. Or...Picnics. Beaches. Hot dogs. TV telethons.
Shifting Terrain in Korea
by Jim Rice
Imagine the situation if Jimmy Carter had not gone to North Korea this summer, and if Kim Il Sung’s death had come in the midst of a still-escalating crisis.
Are Women Redeemed?
by Kari Jo Verhulst
Four women sit, faces buried deeply in their hands, visibly anguished.
A Light on East Timor
by Aaron McCarroll Gallegos
Indonesia’s brutal 19-year occupation of East Timor has caused the deaths of one-third of the island’s population—some 200,000 people—and shows no sign of letting up soon.
On-Line Resistance
by Aaron McCarroll Gallegos
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Columns

Hearts & Minds:
Beyond the Christian Right
by Jim Wallis

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Signs & Wonders:
Crimes and Obsessions
by Joyce Hollyday

I’m not sure why I turned on the television that Friday
night. Mountains stand between me and most airwaves, and my old
TV set tunes into only two channels.

Simple Feast:
Texas Heat
by Carey Burkett

It’s hot. The yard needs mowing—the grass is so tall
I have to wear rubber boots in the morning dew.

New Wineskins:
The Long Shadow of El Mozote
by Rufina Amaya

Rufina Amaya is one of the few survivors of the 1981
massacre in the Salvadoran village of El Mozote, where at least
1,000 people were killed by Salvadoran army soldiers of the
Atlacatl Batta

Close to Home:
When Family Tests Our Theology
by Jonathan R. Anderson

As I yelled at Melissa and Gabriel for disobeying, a terrible
contradiction flashed before me, but I beat it down, intent on
winning this battle of wits.

H'rumphs:
Summer Lies and Weary Travelers
by Ed Spivey Jr.

People don’t always say what they mean (I meant to say
that). And this past summer brought several examples of the daily
"little white lies" we tell each other.

Culture Watch

Dreams Captured in Paint
by Martha Orianna Baskin
The civil rights struggle goes Cuban
The Sweet Sound of Money
by Bob Hulteen
1994 thus far has been a momentous summer.
Girls in the 'Hood
by David A. Fagan
When gangs become family.
Opening Our Ears to Hear
by Dan Heath
The value of continuing dialogue.
Changes in the Soul
by Shane Helmer
The truth of one's own life.
Lamenting the Loss
by Mark Gauvreau Judge
The blues met modernism.

Departments

Living the word:
Turned Upside-Down
by Verna J. Dozier
In September the ordered world of Proverbs and James is read against the cross of Mark’s world.
Community:
Raised in Community: Extending the
by Joe Nangle
The value of a faith-based community in children’s lives cannot be overestimated.
Groundswell:
For Love of Creation
by Jeff Shriver
One congregation's environmental program.
Seeds:
Resources for Renewal and Change
by Jill Carroll Lafferty
Connections:
Bringing people together
by Jennifer Johnson
Poetry:
At The Landing
by Rose Marie Berger
"I am mooring my rowboat at the dock of the island called God." —Anne Sexton The Awful Rowing Toward God
Inside Story:
Inside Story
by The Editors
Every so often, movements and communities, churches and societies (and individuals), need to pause and assess who they are and how to move forward. Hard questions must be asked.

Letters

Staying in the Church
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Jesus Set Us Free
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Worshipping the Temple
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Truth in Labeling
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Triflin' With the Word?
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Work With Dignity
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Film Angels Fall Flat

Between the Lines

A Model of How to Live