In This Issue
The BP catastrophe invites us to take a hard look at ourselves. We invited eight writers to offer their reflections on images from the Gulf Coast disaster.
Atlanta does battle against the sex trafficking of kids.
An economist explains why reducing the deficit will require big cuts in military spending.
The Israeli group Zochrot seeks to introduce fellow Israelis to the people who lived on the land before them -- and to engage Jews and Palestinians in an open recounting of their painful common history.
A New York cabbie offers food, and more, to the city's homeless.
Columnists
An ethic of endless economic growth, powered by fossil fuels, is ultimately unsustainable.
Dragonflies have a way of turning up at threshold moments -- like God's early warning system for amazing grace.
For David Fraccaro, the immigration debate isn't just politics: It's faith.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
The BP catastrophe invites us to take a hard look at ourselves. We invited eight writers to offer their reflections on images from the Gulf Coast disaster.
Extended Format: Voices from the Gulf: Victims of the BP Oil Spill Respond
Features
An economist explains why reducing the deficit will require big cuts in military spending.
The Israeli group Zochrot seeks to introduce fellow Israelis to the people who lived on the land before them -- and to engage Jews and Palestinians in an open recounting of their painful common history.
Extended Format: Resources on Christians and the Middle East
Commentary
Columns
An ethic of endless economic growth, powered by fossil fuels, is ultimately unsustainable.
Dragonflies have a way of turning up at threshold moments -- like God's early warning system for amazing grace.
For David Fraccaro, the immigration debate isn't just politics: It's faith.
Culture Watch
It’s ironic that the explosive, high-budget thrill rides understand so little about their own themes.
Departments
The hospital chaplain who sits in the room of a sick child
in Chicago and brings the child to God—not with words
but by her quiet presence.
