Letters

I MUST WRITE to disagree with "Time for New Tools," by David McReynolds ("Commentary," November-December 1997).

Jeff Warden 3-01-1998

I JUST FINISHED reading "A Community That Endures," by Jim Forest (January-February 1998).

IN 1994, FORBES listed 358 billionaires whose combined net worth equaled the combined income of the bottom 45 percent of the world's population.

Wendy Lehman 3-01-1998

I APPRECIATED the much-needed article, "A Collaboration Against Hatred," by Jim Hodgson ("Commentary," January-February 1998).

Jesse C. Jones 3-01-1998

Our existing public school systems have better schools in more affluent neighborhoods, and parents choose those schools by buying houses there, usually paying premium prices. 

Greg Rolland 1-01-1998

THANKS FOR providing consistently vital articles and commentary. With limited time for magazine reading, you are my one and only regular subscription.

Today I received the November-December 1997 issue of Sojourners with the cover photo of Gordon and Mary Cosby...

Suzi Yu 1-01-1998

I APPRECIATE Kathy Killian Noe’s "The Story Told Through Our Lives"...

Mark Nelson 1-01-1998

Although I am not a movie critic, nor can I assume I understand what messages the director and writers wanted to impart in the movie Sling Blade, I believe that Harry Kiely missed the essential point.

Kurt Brummert 1-01-1998

AFTER READING "Life on the Streets" ("Commentary," by Joan Connell, November-December 1997), I was reminded of how much this whole dismantling of the safety net puzzles me.

Larry Boudreau 1-01-1998

EDDIE SOTO’S LETTER ("Letters," November-December 1997), commenting on "Turning the World Upside Down" by Aaron Gallegos, surfaces an issue that is quite relevant to the discussion about the role of liberation theology in the practice of our faith today.

Jeremy Ireland 1-01-1998

Jim Wallis’ interview of criminologist John DiIulio was commendable ("With Unconditional Love," September-October 1997).

Lou Torok 1-01-1998

Jim Wallis’ interview of criminologist John DiIulio was commendable ("With Unconditional Love," September-October 1997).

Diane Nunnelee 1-01-1998

As a United Methodist minister serving with the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in two townships outside of Cape Town, you can well understand my interest and empathy with "Signs & Wonders".

Polly Holmes 1-01-1998

YOUR ARTICLE "Can Justice Heal?" ("Groundswell," by Kimberly Burge, September-October 1997) is an excellent report of a model program that should be used all over the country.

Shawn Means 11-09-1997

A WORD OF thanks for the timely article on Miriam Therese Winter ("From the Inside Out," by Julie Polter and Anne Wayne, July-August 1997).

THANK YOU FOR Raphaelle Kosek's poem "What Van Gogh Saw," which was presented so effectively against the blue background of his self-portrait ("Poetry," July-August 1997).

THERE HAVE BEEN many times over the many years of my membership in Sojourners that I have almost written—articles that moved, inspired, amused, or delighted me.

Eddie Soto 11-09-1997

I WAS VERY, very pleased with "Turning the World Upside Down," by Aaron Gallegos, in the September-October 1997 issue.