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Celeste Kennel-Shank, author of What You Sow Is a Bare Seed: A Countercultural Christian Community During Five Decades of Change, is an ordained Mennonite minister living in Chicago.

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Good Samaritans

by Celeste Kennel-Shank 03-01-2006

Shanti Sellz and Daniel Strauss, both 23, face felony charges for aiding people in the Arizona desert who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. Their appeal to have the case against them dismissed was denied in January. Sellz and Strauss are volunteers with No More Deaths, a Tucson, Arizona-based coalition of faith-based groups that advocates for immigrant reform and provides food, water, and medical care to migrants crossing the desert.

IRS vs. Pulpit

by Celeste Kennel-Shank 02-01-2006

The nonprofit status of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California, is being challenged by the Internal Revenue Service because of a sermon in which parishioners were asked to imagine a

Hurricane Stan Ignites Churches

by Celeste Kennel-Shank 01-01-2006

When Hurricane Stan hit the Gulf of Mexico last October, it deluged Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras before losing its power.

13 Children

by Celeste Kennel-Shank 01-01-2006

...one moment at a time.

Many Cultures, One Spirit

by Celeste Kennel-Shank 12-01-2005

Southside Presbyterian Church, Tucson.

Principled Immigration Reform

by Celeste Kennel-Shank 12-01-2005
Principled Immigration Reform

A Place of Their Own

A Nicaraguan church helps its community build for the future.

Java Justice

by Celeste Kennel-Shank 04-01-2004
The difference that fair trade makes.

Goshen College: Teaching Peace

by Celeste Kennel-Shank 05-01-2003
Integrating justice in all fields of study.

School House Lock

by Celeste Kennel-Shank 01-01-2000
A school system cannot hope to solve school violence simply by increasing security.

A Youthful Voice for Justice

by Celeste Kennel-Shank 05-01-1999
A 15-year-old activist fights against child abuse.