In This Issue
How to topple Saddam Hussein—nonviolently.
Recently a newspaper in Washington, D.C., carried a four-part series titled "Black Money." It said that life for African Americans has never been better, suggesting that the quest for racial equali
For Louisiana writer Ernest Gaines, home is the place where you're torn between the difficulty of leaving and the terror of staying.
Imagine a packed elementary school auditorium and only an hour between hundreds of kids and summer vacation. "Peace" isn't the word that comes to mind.
A Bible study on health, healing and justice.
Columnists
‘ Hear this, you that trample on the poor and take from them their jobs and
retirement funds.
At Wimbledon in 2002, tennis great Serena Williams was asked how it felt to be
number one in the world.
Those of you just back from vacation might need a quick reminder about the state of the
world. It's not good.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Features
Recently a newspaper in Washington, D.C., carried a four-part series titled "Black Money." It said that life for African Americans has never been better, suggesting that the quest for racial equali
For Louisiana writer Ernest Gaines, home is the place where you're torn between the difficulty of leaving and the terror of staying.
Imagine a packed elementary school auditorium and only an hour between hundreds of kids and summer vacation. "Peace" isn't the word that comes to mind.
Commentary
Attacks in both East and West Jerusalem damage and demoralize—but they're not the same.
Columns
‘ Hear this, you that trample on the poor and take from them their jobs and
retirement funds.
At Wimbledon in 2002, tennis great Serena Williams was asked how it felt to be
number one in the world.
Those of you just back from vacation might need a quick reminder about the state of the
world. It's not good.
Culture Watch
I'm reluctant to mouth off about something like the 30th anniversary of the
Watergate break-in and all that followed. It makes me feel old.
Leaving out my all-time favorites Carlos Santana and John Coltrane, whom I've written
about for Sojourners, here are a few cultural artifacts I'm currently excited
about.
Chris Rice, a former columnist for Sojourners, chronicles in Grace
Matters: A True Story of Race, Friendship, and Faith in the Heart of the South his
years living in Ant
Father John McNamee is a priest in the Philadelphia 'hood with a tough job. The boiler
at St.
Spokane Indian Sherman Alexie often snaps "that's personal" during
interviews, yet the characters in his books and films closely follow his own life growing
up on the Spokane Indian Reservati
John H. Timmerman's incisive look at poet Jane Kenyon could use a snappier title
because, more than a "literary life," it is a quintessential modern American
spiritual journey.
Departments
'Nonviolent resistance isn't about making a point, it's about taking power."
Even many people who believe deeply in nonviolence might be taken aback by the bluntness of such a statement.
