Almost 2,000 years ago, Jesus rode toward Jerusalem in what has come to be known as the triumphal entry.
Columns
Dennis Marker 5-01-1987
On April 28, 1986, Chernobyl became a household word. On that day the world learned some frightening new lessons about nuclear power.
Joe Roos 5-01-1987
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the U.S. government conducted a well-orchestrated campaign of intimidation and harassment against opponents of the Vietnam War.
Linda Davidson 5-01-1987
Today, Good Friday, I went out to Peetz, the missile silo site, again. I don't like going, nor do I like staying home.
Jim Rice 4-01-1987
When 1,400 evangelical Christians gathered in Pasadena, California, in 1983 to consider various "biblical perspectives on peacemaking," a wide range of views was expressed from the pulpit.
Vicki Kemper 4-01-1987
Late last September it looked like so-called immigration reform, a veiled attempt to deny immigrants' rights, was finally dead.
Joyce Hollyday 4-01-1987
In the world of the last few decades, work and family patterns have undergone dramatic upheaval.
Joyce Hollyday 3-01-1987
To look into the eyes of Gustavo Parajon is to see compassion and integrity.
Danny Duncan Collum 3-01-1987
In Washington these days, the great unanswered question about the Iran-contra scandal is the nostalgic Watergate favorite, "What did the president know, and when did he know it?"
Joyce Hollyday 3-01-1987
It was an unusual sight--40 people walking through our neighborhood, from house to house, carrying forks.
Jim Wallis 2-01-1987
When I look into the eyes of Eugene Hasenfus, I see a man who is scared, helpless, and trapped. Eugene Hasenfus [was] the first American caught in the net, the first American who [fell] into the pit we dug in Nicaragua...[and he wasn't] the last.
Dana Mills-Powell 2-01-1987
An afternoon meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, discussing religious affairs was not unlike many meetings I go to.
Danny Duncan Collum 2-01-1987
The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the focus of this issue of Sojourners, is the most pervasive historic fact of our time.
Vicki Kemper 2-01-1987
There is something mystical about the empowerment of formerly powerless people.
Dennis Marker 2-01-1987
For the past six years, Ronald Reagan and his administration have virtually controlled Washington.
Danny Duncan Collum 1-01-1987
The last months of 1986 saw a steady stream of seemingly positive headlines related to South Africa. The U.S. Congress passed a sanctions bill and overrode the president's veto.
Joyce Hollyday 1-01-1987
The sun was about to slip behind a grove of Ponderosa pines, the sweet-smelling bark of which tinged the air with a scent like butterscotch.