Sabbath, by Dan Allender; Fasting, by Scot McKnight; The Church on Dauphine Street, by Ann Hedreen and Rustin Thompson; Engaged Spirituality, by Joe Nangle; and March On! by Christine King Farris.
Culture
Jody Nonnemacher 2-01-2009
We just adopted two little girls, and I anxiously pored through the TV guide for the time(s) Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood would be on.
Wendy Bilen 1-30-2009
I took my 11-year-old daughter to the Cheetah Girls concert a week after Election Day. Stood in line for 20 minutes with other moms to buy her overpriced popcorn and soda. Forked over the rest of the money in my pocket for a poster and some laminated thing dangling from a lanyard. Sat through throngs of tweens screaming "girl power" in upper octaves.
Duane Shank 1-30-2009
Getting time to read is always a challenge, but here are the top 10 books I read this year:
Matthew Hildreth 1-29-2009
Last week, the SojoTube team had a chance to sit down with DJ, songwriter, and musician Moby
Martin Smith 1-29-2009
I am very honoured and excited to be invited to the Mobilization to End Poverty in April.
Julie Clawson 1-28-2009
In December an Australian cell phone company refused to sell a phone to a stay-at-home mom because she didn't have a real job.
Molly Marsh 1-28-2009
As you've probably surmised over the last few weeks, we asked God's Politics contributors to send us some of their favorite books of 2008. Here are a few more to add to your list:
Charles Gutenson 1-26-2009
As a former theology and philosophy professor at Asbury Seminary, Sojourners' COO, Chuck Gutenson, is a walking encyclopedia of all things theological
Joseph D'souza 1-23-2009
The movie Slumdog Millionaire and the Booker Prize-winning novel http://www.amazon.com/White-Ti
Elizabeth Palmberg 1-14-2009
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Jonny 5 1-13-2009
When Corporations Rule the World, by David Korten. In 1999, I participated in protests that shut down the WTO meeting in Seattle. In 2008, I read this book and finally understood why!
Gareth Higgins 1-12-2009
The other day I heard a 78-year-old man sing, through a cracked voice, one of the most moving and gentle jazz melodies, as the iconic image of a fetishized sports car being driven into the sunset was projected. And, not for the first time in recent years, I was crying at the end of a Clint Eastwood film.
Julie Clawson 1-08-2009
Although I didn't read as much or as widely as I would have liked this past year (having a baby and moving cross-country had something to do with that), I did encounter quite a few good books.
Becky Garrison 1-05-2009
As 2008 came to a close, I found myself mourning the unexpected loss of several people I thought were friends. Simply put, they chose to do venture down some very self-destructive paths.
Brian McLaren 1-05-2009
Matthew Parris is a self-confessed atheist, but he writes with extraordinary candor and insight about the role of faith in social transformation in a recent http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t