Columns

Jim Wallis 1-01-1983

We were busily working toward the magazine deadline when the news came.

In this issue of Sojourners, we have reprinted Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1967 speech "Beyond Vietnam" and Vincent Harding's reflections on its significance today.

Joe Roos 12-01-1982

Last year Advent was a very special time for me. A child taught me, in a way only a child can, something precious, something true about the birth we all await.

Jim Wallis 12-01-1982

I have a habit of turning on the radio for the news first thing in the morning. 

Danny Duncan Collum 12-01-1982

We present Fannie Lou Hamer's story as a simple reminder that God's light of love and justice shines in the midst of the most terrible darkness.

Joyce Hollyday 12-01-1982

Unpredictability is a mark of life in Central America.

Joyce Hollyday 11-01-1982

The ride to work is a bit different now.

Joe Roos 11-01-1982

The Peace and Justice Revival

Jim Wallis 11-01-1982

Unemployment. Last month it reached the "double digits": 10.1 per cent of the American labor force is out of work; more than 11 million people are without jobs.

Jim Wallis 11-01-1982

A group of Scandinavian women recently made a pilgrimage for peace by walking to Minsk, in the Soviet Union.

Jim Wallis 10-01-1982

I received a phone call from my younger brother Bill the night of August 5.

Danny Duncan Collum 10-01-1982

One of the first theological and pastoral issues to face the early church was that of race.

Danny Duncan Collum 10-01-1982

Every summer there seems to be one song that dominates the atmosphere in our mostly black, low-income neighborhood. 

Joyce Hollyday 10-01-1982

At our most recent Sojourners staff meeting, we were reviewing the content of this month's issue: "...and there will be an editorial on the justification of aid to El Salvador." 

Joyce Hollyday 9-01-1982

Dawn. We begin our trek to merge ourselves with the thousands of other cars converging on the tunnels and bridges that lead into New York.

Jim Wallis 9-01-1982

The following is taken from a sermon drawing from 2 Corinthians 4:1-15 and preached on June 13, 1982.

Rene Padilla 9-01-1982

The Argentine takeover of the Malvinas (the Falkland Islands)

This past May I had the opportunity to visit the Holy Land for a week.

I recently heard a retired British diplomat tell of a cable he sent years ago to a colleague at the United Nations who was embroiled in sensitive negotiations over Cyprus.

Jim Wallis 7-01-1982

One morning a few weeks ago I opened the Washington Post to one of the most extraordinary newspaper headlines I have ever read: "Billy Graham: 'I Am Not a Communist.' "