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Local residents of Kerala, India, are winning a battle against Coca-Cola India for clean ground water and soil, after months of collaboration with a BBC investigative reporter.

The Editors 4-01-2004

Our interns keep us going at Sojourners. This is not just idle praise; it is gospel truth.

Michaela Bruzzese 4-01-2004

"Only in our doing can we grasp you, only with our hands can we illumine you....

And shall I rise up

Karen Cobel 4-01-2004

The articles concerning "liberals" and "evangelicals" had many good points. 

J.G. Donders 4-01-2004

As regards your interesting remarks on "conservatives" and "liberals", it might be a help to look at the policy and company of Jesus. 

Nearly 100,000 people from around the world - including these activists from India - descended on Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India, in January for the World Social Forum

It's On Me. Canada has cancelled the $750 million debt owed it by Iraq to help put the war-torn country on a "better foundation" for economic development.

Joseph Ross 4-01-2004

My concern with "Should the Church Split Over Gay and Lesbian Christians?" (February 2004 cover) is simple: For gay and lesbian Christians, the church has been split for a long, long time.

Who ya gonna call? Ghost-bust…no, wait-the Holy Ghost!

The California state capitol building in Sacramento was transformed one morning in January into a tenement house strung with laundry lines.

Michaela Bruzzese 3-01-2004
Reflections on the Common Lectionary, Cycle C
The Editors 3-01-2004

Care of the environment has long been an issue of great importance to our readers.

Vicki Holland 2-01-2004
Rose Marie Berger's glib essay on hell

Most media tributes for former Illinois Sen. Paul Simon, who passed away in December following heart surgery, praised his political honesty, integrity, ethics, and commitment to the less fortunate, especially children living in poverty. But few noted the reason for these qualities—his Christian faith. A local TV station reported that his pastor, Rev. Robert Gray, "describes Simon as a man filled with care and compassion for the underprivileged.... And he said Simon took that same kind of compassion into the political arena."

After strong statements from the United Methodist Church and the National Council of Churches, Reuters’ advertising agency reversed its decision to exclude a 7,000-square-foot, 28-story Times Square billboard, part of the Methodists’ "Igniting Ministry" campaign. "You state on your Web site that your church should be given the same access and opportunity to speak in the commercial marketplace as corporate advertisers," wrote Reuters’ CEO Thomas Glocer.

Twenty-four years after the "Morningside Massacre" in Greensboro, North Carolina
Ethel Steadman 2-01-2004
Thank you for the powerful cover piece
Hungry for the holy land?