In This Issue
Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, speaks truth to power with silliness, outrage, and a whole lotta laughs. But is he a prophet?
Ancient Christian practices are finding a home in post-modern Christianity.
Seventeen activists and church leaders talk about the disciplines that keep them girded for the struggle.
How I learned the real meaning of strength -- from the unlikeliest of people.
Columnists
Our Mobilization to End Poverty this spring brought together nearly 1,200 Christian leaders and grassroots activists from around the country committed to overcoming poverty.
I loved that movie with Mandy Moore about a terminally ill preacher’s daughter who tutored a rebellious peer.
Winning can be nearly as hard as losing. Everything changed for the American environmental movement with Barack Obama’s victory.
Patience may be a virtue, but it’s definitely not my strong suit. I hate to wait. H-A-T-E it.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, speaks truth to power with silliness, outrage, and a whole lotta laughs. But is he a prophet?
Extended Format: The Truth Smirks (Extended Interview Content)
Features
Ancient Christian practices are finding a home in post-modern Christianity.
Seventeen activists and church leaders talk about the disciplines that keep them girded for the struggle.
How I learned the real meaning of strength -- from the unlikeliest of people.
Commentary
Columns
Our Mobilization to End Poverty this spring brought together nearly 1,200 Christian leaders and grassroots activists from around the country committed to overcoming poverty.
I loved that movie with Mandy Moore about a terminally ill preacher’s daughter who tutored a rebellious peer.
Winning can be nearly as hard as losing. Everything changed for the American environmental movement with Barack Obama’s victory.
Patience may be a virtue, but it’s definitely not my strong suit. I hate to wait. H-A-T-E it.
This is my first column in our bold new magazine design, which was created to bring state-of-the-art publishing innovations to our readers. Also, we were bored with the old design.
Culture Watch
Contesting Patriotism: Culture, Power, and Strategy in the Peace Movement, by Lynne M. Woehrle, Patrick G. Coy, and Gregory M. Maney. Rowman & Littlefield.
When I began writing this column back in 1985, my page could hold up to 1,000 words. Over the years that number has shrunk, first to 800, then 700.
Now that most filmed records of human life are made by amateurs—the growth of YouTube and other forms of uploading moving images is the most influential recent development in cinema—we
Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings, by Francis McDonagh; Where Mercy Fails: Darfur's Struggle to Survive, by Chris Herlinger; The Economics of Honor, by Roelf Hann; and Albert Schweitzer: Call to Africa, by Martin Doblmeier.
Departments
To you who are lost today
like a needle in a haystack, reading this poem alone.
Alone, brother island, sister moon. The ocean is big,
Audio: Richard Schiffman Reads
“Food deserts,” neighborhoods where people must walk at least a mile or drive 30 miles to access a grocery store, are rife in both urban and rural areas throughout the U.S.
