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All Lawyered Up
More than 70 Christian bankruptcy attorneys issued an open letter to religious leaders, urging them to take action against Senate Bill 256. The bill would overhaul U.S. bankruptcy law - ostensibly to address fraud and corruption but in reality making
Black Baptist Power
Ten thousand African-American Baptist ministers, lay leaders, and activists met in Nashville in January for what has been hailed as a watershed gathering. The meeting marked the first time that the four prominent American black Baptist conventions, representing a community of 30 million people, met together. In
Free At Last
Haitian priest Gerard Jean-Juste addresses a counter-inaugural gathering in Washington, D.C. Jean-Juste, pastor of Sainte Claire Catholic Church in Delmas, Haiti, was arrested while feeding poor children in his parish. He was illegally detained for seven weeks in 2004 and released after churches around the world pressured
Toronto Blessing
When Father Roberto Ubertino blessed his Orthodox parishioners homes with holy water during the January Feast of Theophany (which marks the baptism of Jesus), he ducked under a bridge to bless the tarp-and-sleeping-bag shelter of Tom, a
Honoring the Elders
James Forman, who led the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the early 1960s era of freedom rides and freedom schools, died of cancer January 10 in Washington, D.C. He was 76. A Chicago native, Forman became involved in the civil rights movement in 1958 when he went to Little Rock, Arkansas, to cover
Avast Me Meek Ones
Looking for something to wear on Talk Like A Pirate Day? Whether ye be a landlubbin pencil-pusher or a true salty sea dog, Pirate Jesus, with his parrot, patch, and lopsided grin, is concerned for your salvation. You too can own a jolly piece of
Who's There? Selective Service
The Church of the Brethren Service Center in Maryland, site of Anabaptist organizing around issues of conscientious objection to military service, received a surprise visit last October from the director of the Selective Service Systems Alternative
Catholic Sisters Implement Living Wage
The Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, Michigan, decided to back up their advocacy with action on the issue of a livable family income. The sisters sought to match what they pay their own employees with the wage-and-benefit structure for which they advocate nationally. "We established guidelines to measure
Truth-Telling Time
Several hundred people marched through Greensboro, North Carolina, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Greensboro Massacre and to complete the 1979 anti-Klan march that was cut short when Klansmen
Catholics Take On Single-Issue Bishops
Catholic reform movement Call To Action - a national 25,000-member group of laity, religious, and clergy-is challenging U.S.
All Work, No Pay
While President Bush pledges to reduce poverty through tax reform, the number of low-income Americans-especially the working poor-continues to skyrocket, according to the "Working Hard, Falli