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Jody Nonnemacher 2-01-2009

We just adopted two little girls, and I anxiously pored through the TV guide for the time(s) Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood would be on.

Margaret Wilde 2-01-2009

Last night in the theology class I teach on peace and justice, I said there were better ways than military intervention to solve the problems in Darfur and

Dennis Semprini 2-01-2009

Sojourners, thank you, by God’s grace, for what you do! In a God coincidence, many years ago a friend had recycled a copy of your magazine at the local library.

Thanks for the work you do. There are plenty of good ministries in the world, for which I am grateful.

Dave Gradwell 2-01-2009

I enjoyed Ed Spivey Jr.’s dry sense of humor in his video about the economy (“It’s All His Fault,” December 2008 Web Extras).

I was deeply disappointed in Sojour­ners’ guidance on voting in regard to abortion (“Principles and Policies for Christian Voters,” December 2008).

“Thy word is a [USB flash drive] unto my feet” is the good news that the folks over at The Amazing Bible Cross are singing.

Michaela Bruzzese 2-01-2009
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary for February.

Violet, whispered Eve, because
saying the names aloud

made the act too real. Pansy
and woodruff, the flowers so small

In October, the families of crime victims and the families of perpetrators came together for a common cause: Abolish the death penalty in Montana.

More than 300 religious and political leaders met in New York in September to break bread with an unlikely dinner guest: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

In November, the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reported that John Lennon is officially forgiven for his 1966 quip that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus,&rdquo

Actor Paul Newman, who died in September, founded the only global forum of business CEOs focused on increasing corporate philanthropy.

Michaela Bruzzese 1-01-2009
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary for January.

A 2008 study commissioned by Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good found that social policies that increase economic support to women in the U.S.

Tom Hubers 1-01-2009

I was struck by the letter from Richard Tillinger regarding his love of machine guns (“Misfire?” September-October 2008).

In September, hundreds of churches nationwide joined in Poverty Sunday, part of Sojourners’ Vote Out Poverty campaign, to preach justice for the poor from the pulpit.

Katherine Primus 1-01-2009

“Life-Changing Experience” (by Aaron Graham) in the September- Oc­t­­ober 2008 issue of Sojourners highlights an important part of the journey that we strive to challenge ou