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Laurel A. Dykstra 4-01-2008
The books of Luke, Acts, and 1 Peter dominate the readings this month; Peter and Paul are key players.
The Editors 4-01-2008
It's easy-and human-to apply labels according to our assumptions. But we know that categorizing anything, especially whole groups of people, is risky business.
Alexis Vaughan, Rose Marie Berger 3-01-2008
This Lent, Christians are invited to “Fast from Carbon.” The Regeneration Project’s Interfaith Power and Light carbon fast is a reminder that although global warming threatens
Celeste Kennel-Shank 3-01-2008
Christians opposed to research on human embryos are hoping a new technique will allow scientists to produce stem cells without destroying embryos.
Michael Berezowski, Alexis Vaughan 3-01-2008
For Iraqis, the scramble to find family members who are detained, kidnapped, killed, or simply lost is a harsh reality of war that often doesn’t make the headlines.
Gina Joseph 3-01-2008
I just finished Jim Wallis’ thought-provoking editorial “A Real ‘Values’ Agenda” (January 2008).
Larry Rankin 3-01-2008
In Jim Wallis’ article, “A Call to Repentance” (January 2008), he indicts all American churches as having lost their Christian consciences in regard to the U.S.
William Van Lopik 3-01-2008
I greatly appreciated the interview Michelle García conducted with Jon Sobrino (“Goodness Revealed,” January 2008).
Laurel A. Dykstra 3-01-2008
This month, as we enter the high season of the church year, the common lectionary offers an overwhelming number of biblical passages for our consideration.
Carol Tyx 3-01-2008
Like the iris
in the side yard,
I have stopped blooming.
Dig me up, O Spirit,
and split me; where I have grown
calloused, break me open;
Charles Courtney 2-01-2008
To your rich November 2007 special issue, “Telling Stories,” on books and theater, I’d like to add a brief but, to me, significant emendation.
Edward R. Schreiber 2-01-2008
I just read Ed Spivey Jr.’s piece about his first public recital (“Seriously, Is This What Hell is Like? December 2007), and I have to say it was inspired.
Rose Marie Berger, Alexis Vaughan 2-01-2008
Color of Money. In 1974, the U.S. median black income was 63 percent of that of whites.
Rose Marie Berger, Alexis Vaughan 2-01-2008
If you don’t want to drink milk from cows injected with hormones, then be careful buying milk in Pennsylvania. As of Feb.
Rose Marie Berger, Alexis Vaughan 2-01-2008
The 2007 reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) brought together a diverse, bipartisan coalition to encourage Congress to improve the bill.
Laurel A. Dykstra 2-01-2008
Christians tell the same story over and over even though we know how it ends. We dread the execution even as we anticipate the resurrection.