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Daniel Skach-Mills 12-01-2007

My breath pluming white into December
could, to God, be incense rising out
of the puffing thurible of my body.
Up here, it’s impossible to tell for the fog
Diana Trepesowsky 12-01-2007

Sojourners magazine was recommended to me by my brother-in-law, so I sent away for a free trial issue.

Rose Marie Berger 12-01-2007

Between 1950 and 1970, the U.S.

Alexis Vaughan 12-01-2007

Thousands of protesters marched through Jena, Louisiana, on Sept.

Bob Blackburn 12-01-2007

With deference to Alexia Salvatierra (“Sacred Refuge,” September-October 2007), I do not believe that our current laws regarding “illegal aliens” (securing our borders, pena

Ride the Curl Jesus is cool again! He rides a motorcycle, plays soccer and football, enjoys the occasional rodeo—plus, he surfs!

In Ceremonies of the Seasons, Jennifer Cole writes, “All calendars are founded upon a wish to organize our experience of time into manageable units—especially the year, with i

Winton Boyd 9-01-2007

I am disappointed in Jim Wallis' commentary about Jerry Falwell ("Falwell's Legacy," July 2007).

Residents of East Houston's Manchester neighborhood were joined by hundreds of riders from the People's Freedom Caravan as they placed 300 white crosses, representing cancer victims in the communit

Janet Dorman 9-01-2007

I was pleased to see your special May 2007 issue on trade justice and applaud your coverage of fair trade.

Laurel Rae Mathewson's article "Lord, What Shall I Eat? How Much Should I Weigh?" (July 2007) is a good reminder about the mind/body/spirit connection and relationship.

More than 9.25 million people in the world are held in penal institutions, according to the 2007 edition of the World Prison Population List, produced by the International Centre for Prison Studies

"From the time of Moses' stone tablets, man [sic] has searched for a better way to store, study, and share God's work," preaches the press release for the newly released GoBible.

Pax Christi International, the Brussels-based Catholic peace movement, elected a lay woman and an archbishop as co-presidents.

Colin Mathewson 9-01-2007

More than 10,000 labor, environmental, and social justice activists from across the country converged on Atlanta in late June for the first U.S. Social Forum.

  • Praise Band. The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, which networks with 15 million U.S.
  • Just before 3 a.m. on June 14, intruders forcibly entered Justapaz, the justice and peace office of the Colombian Mennonite Church in Bogotá. The burglars took two desktop computers.

    The eightieth soldier was blown up in Salahuddin Province.

    Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary Cycle C.
    The Editors 9-01-2007

    Thousands of immigrants and their supporters have attended rallies throughout the United States in the past year, calling attention to the broken system in which many undocumented immigrants langui