Brian McLarens article, "Risky Business" (September 2004) is exceptional advice for the pulpit, for the politically active Christian, and for the prophetic voices of the kingdom of God.
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Kenneth C. Burt 10-01-2004
Thank you for the insightful article by Bill Moyers ("Democracy in the Balance," August 2004). He captured my own frustration with the ever-widening economic inequality and the "hijacking" of Jesus.
Larry Fuchs 10-01-2004
[Regarding "Risky Business," by Brian McLaren, September 2004], I cringe every time I think a priest is going to speak about politics. As a Catholic, I have been distressed to see how some of our bishops have misused even our most sacred sacrament to punish politicians whom they do not think are toeing the line.
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 10-01-2004
Five Ursuline sisters, wearing 19th-century-style habits, made a five-day float trip down the Ohio River from Louisville to Owensboro, Kentucky, in mid-August to re-enact the 1874 journey of their founders.
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 10-01-2004
A nonprofit, Christian-owned pharmaceutical factory in India will offer HIV treatment drugs at cost to hospitals and health organizations in India, according to Ecumenical News International.
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 10-01-2004
One year after the World Bank promised that revenues from the Chad-to-Cameroon oil pipeline would be directed toward local economies, education, and health care, African church leaders say they have not seen results.
Rose Marie Berger, Ryan Rodrick Beiler 10-01-2004
And you thought Mel Gibsons portrayal of Jesus crucifixion went too far.
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 10-01-2004
- Food Fight. Approximately 1,600 Palestinians in Israeli prisons went on a hunger strike in mid-August, demanding fair and humane treatment. Within days, they were joined by other prisoners, bringing the number of protesters to 2,264, according to the BBC.
- Fair Speech.
Linda Mills Woolsey 10-01-2004
At the regional airport in Waco, on the third day
of the war, we stand barefoot, as if on sacred ground.
As each in turn is beckoned, we file mutely past
the metal box that peers into our carry-ons and coats,
examines our watches, our wallets, our shoes.
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 10-01-2004
If a forest is chopped down and nobody hears about it, did it really happen? Yes, according to Christian Peacemaker Teams and the Anishnabek tribe of Grassy Narrows First Nation near Kenora, Ontario.
The Editors 10-01-2004
As we wrapped up this issue, summer was taking its final stroll into autumn. But like many people, we've been focusing for some time on the fall and the very important Election Day we're facing.
Karen Davison 9-01-2004
I was interested in your article reviewing comic books ("Holy Warrior Nuns, Batman!" by David Wade, July 2004).
Jene Beardsley 9-01-2004
"
as if religion were a state of shock,
deep, peaceful shock, that
men like these
are driven into by the spectacle of reality."
Peter Matthiessen in The Cloud Forest
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 9-01-2004
Kiwi Ban. New Zealands National Party gave up an attempt to rescind that countrys anti-nuclear law, indicating that they did not want to fight a popular law in an election year. The law prevents all nuclear-powered ships from entering New Zealand waters.
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 9-01-2004
Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world. With 1.4 million workers (all non-union), its also the largest employer in the United States. "Wal-Marts workers earn an average of $18,000 a year," reports the Labor Research Association. "Until Wal-Mart emerged as the largest U.S. company three years ago, General Motors held that spot.
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 9-01-2004
North Carolinians take pride in their "First in Flight" license plates. Now they can claim another firstthe first Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the United States.