As I read Sojourners, I am struck by how often the real issue seems to come down to one simple question: What is a Christian?
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Robert D. Williams 2-01-2006
I just read “Vital Signs,” by Diana Butler Bass (December 2005). It is interesting, and I know two of the three churches featured.
Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2006
More than 100 Palestinians from the village of At-Tuwani, including these children, attended a vigil in December for four members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams.
James Ferguson 2-01-2006
In these high-tech days, anyone could just copy the Bible onto any old USB memory stick, but that would be wrong wouldn’t it?
Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2006
• Golden Deal. McDonald’s will sell fair trade coffee in more than 650 of its restaurants in the northeastern United States.
Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2006
A dozen years after Ruben Cantu was executed by the state of Texas for capital murder, the only witness to Cantu’s alleged crime came forward in November to recant his testimony, saying Ca
Celeste Kennel-Shank 2-01-2006
The nonprofit status of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California, is being challenged by the Internal Revenue Service because of a sermon in which parishioners were asked to imagine a
James Ferguson 2-01-2006
A recent poll conducted for PBS’s Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly surveyed 1,130 adults about faith and family.
James Ferguson 2-01-2006
The “Open Bethlehem” international campaign was launched in November to bring international attention to the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, which has suffered greatly as a result of th
Robert Roth 2-01-2006
Is 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' just a current movie or is it also a national mantra?
Robert Roth 1-01-2006
In Kashmir, Niger, Honduras, and parts of every U.S. city, the situation is urgent. Thankfully, so is God’s persistent love.
James Ferguson 1-01-2006
Many mainline churches see multimillion-dollar advertising campaigns as the latest evangelistic tool, but none hit the news like the “God is Still Speaking” campaign from the United Ch
Celeste Kennel-Shank 1-01-2006
When Hurricane Stan hit the Gulf of Mexico last October, it deluged Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras before losing its power.
Deanna Wylie Mayer 1-01-2006
The Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission held three public hearings between July and October last year to look at what happened at the November 3, 1979, Greensboro Massacre, when America
Rose Marie Berger 1-01-2006
JPII Double. Actor Jon Voight plays the title role in the new CBS miniseries Pope John Paul II
The Editors 1-01-2006
Parents often feel like theyre swimming upstream when it comes to raising their kids and protecting their family life.
Matt Martson 1-01-2006
Julie Polter’s thoughtful piece (“Replacing Songs With Silence,” November 2005) is a helpful reminder of how influential music can be and how dangerous it is to overlook this art form as a vehicle for change. However, Polter seems to suggest that the power of music lies in its direct engagement with issues such as poverty and war and that music itself may be a “secondary concern.” In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches us that seemingly small things, such as keeping our promises, are as important as big things, such as the refusal to kill.
Rose Marie Berger 1-01-2006
Members of Women’s Will, an Iraqi human rights organization, demonstrate outside the Ministry of Human Rights in Baghdad for better treatment of prisoners.
James Ferguson 1-01-2006
The recently released 2005 yearbook from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reviews armament, disarmament, and international security.