In This Issue
The good news: God's sustaining power is not tied to the Dow.
Honest preaching in difficult days.
Being vessels of that perfect love that casts out fear.
When President Bush leaves office in January, he’ll take with him the cadre of neo-cons who shaped the administration’s foreign policy over the last eight years.
Why Africa is a land of endless possibilitiy -- and how that should guide U.S. relations with the continent.
Columnists
The great wheel of the Christian liturgical year is turning once again.
The following is an excerpt from economic philosopher Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations treatise, one of the driving intellectual forces behind contemporary market theory.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Features
When President Bush leaves office in January, he’ll take with him the cadre of neo-cons who shaped the administration’s foreign policy over the last eight years.
Why Africa is a land of endless possibilitiy -- and how that should guide U.S. relations with the continent.
Forming relations with people of faith in the Holy Land could help transform the U.S. role in the region.
Short fiction on new life in a new country.
How a Howard Thurman lecture series has transformed a university -- and much more.
Columns
The great wheel of the Christian liturgical year is turning once again.
The following is an excerpt from economic philosopher Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations treatise, one of the driving intellectual forces behind contemporary market theory.
Culture Watch
Fred Rogers, the creator and host of the children?s TV show, Mister Rogers?
Saving a Kentucky community and its culture, one kid at a time.
Video: Cowan Creek Video
In Disciples of the Street, Eric Gutierrez weaves three storylines into a narrative about the role of hip-hop in Christian ministry.
Departments
Imperfection is the place where the spirit enters,
the small hole in your shirt, the loosening threads
of carpet, the ache in your soul for forgiveness.
The economic crisis presents particular challenges and questions for people of faith: What is the appropriate Christian response?
