In This Issue
From the strength of our church traditions has come a new ecumenical spirit for the 21st century.
Evangelical and ecumenical have been terms unfortunately
divided. The "evangel" is the uniter.
M y son Daniel asks me when he will have a bar mitzvah
like our friend’s son.
Jim Wallis has done an outstanding job of describing the
new ecumenism that is fostering dialogue among black,
mainline Protestant, Catholic, evangelical, and Pentecostal
churche
A few years back, after the Berlin Wall had fallen, George
Bush was talking about a new world order.
Columnists
The nation’s social welfare policy is changing
dramatically, and the religious community will play a vital
role in the transition to something new.
The hardest mothering of all is to give your children their own existence.
Ecumenism will happen not so much as a result of doctrinal discussions, but through real-life activities on behalf of a suffering world.
The loaves and fishes in the Bible story of the "feeding of the five thousand" (a major sandwich-making operation) should spring to mind whenever hungry people congregate.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
From the strength of our church traditions has come a new ecumenical spirit for the 21st century.
Evangelical and ecumenical have been terms unfortunately
divided. The "evangel" is the uniter.
M y son Daniel asks me when he will have a bar mitzvah
like our friend’s son.
Jim Wallis has done an outstanding job of describing the
new ecumenism that is fostering dialogue among black,
mainline Protestant, Catholic, evangelical, and Pentecostal
churche
A few years back, after the Berlin Wall had fallen, George
Bush was talking about a new world order.
Change agents often wish to make the church over in an
ideal image, and prematurely herald new Pentecosts.
Features
In the midst of contradictions, challenges, and divisions, Western believers and Muslims meet.
Commentary
Columns
The nation’s social welfare policy is changing
dramatically, and the religious community will play a vital
role in the transition to something new.
The hardest mothering of all is to give your children their own existence.
Ecumenism will happen not so much as a result of doctrinal discussions, but through real-life activities on behalf of a suffering world.
The loaves and fishes in the Bible story of the "feeding of the five thousand" (a major sandwich-making operation) should spring to mind whenever hungry people congregate.
This issue of Sojourners is sponsored by the good
folks at Procter & Gamble, makers of a respected line of
consumer products, including their popular fat substitute,
Olest
Culture Watch
The mass audience message is on the front page: "Rosenberg spied."
Two March events consistently wreak havoc on my Lenten
disciplines: the March Madness of NCAA men’s basketball
and the annual Academy Awards ceremonies.
Since 1991, Douglas John Hall has published three large
volumes (Thinking the Faith, Professing the Faith,
and Confessing the Faith--all Augsburg Fortess
Pub
Departments
In the spirit of St. Francis, the SouthWest Environmental Equity Project works for the poor and the Earth.
Northern cardinal chips away
at the blue light,
singing for his mate.
Sleepy-eyed houses
nod and drop their shades
into the dreams
Sometimes (well, occasionally) the words and image that we put on our cover come together quickly, seemingly with little effort on our part.
