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Tragic Stats and Beacons of Hope in Zimbabwe

Nontando Hadebe 5-26-2010
During my recent visit to Zimbabwe, a headline caught my eye: "Worst Exam Results Ever!" The pass rate was 27% for national examinations held at the end of primary school (after seven years of scho
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The Inevitable Results of War: Sins as Well as Crimes

Arthur Waskow 4-08-2010
The end of Passover is said to mark the anniversary of the moment when Pharaoh's imperial horse-chariot army met disaster in the Red Sea.
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Mennonite College Follows First Playing of National Anthem with St. Francis' Peace Prayer

Sheldon Good 3-31-2010
From the beginning, I opposed Goshen's landmark decision to play the national anthem before selec
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Mennonite College Will Now Play National Anthem Before Sporting Events

Sheldon Good 3-01-2010
Goshen (Ind.) College recently unveiled its landmark decision to play the national anthem befor
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Beyond 'Diversity': New Creation and a Mestizo Vision

Chris Rice 12-01-2009
"Integration" and "diversity" do not express God's purpose for reconciliation deeply enough. What we need is a fresh paradigm that declares our new culture in Christ.

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Advent: Apocalypse Now?

Diana Butler Bass 11-30-2009
"There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations caused by the roaring of the sea and the waves," proclaims Jesus in the gospel of Luke.
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Christianity Today and Cultural Captivity

Soong-Chan Rah 11-02-2009
Last month's Christianity Today featured an article on the state of evangelicalism by
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We Need an Abrahamic Alliance of the 'Passionate Best'

Arthur Waskow 10-26-2009

For the next few days in Washington, D.C., 1,200 people are gathering in the name of a "pro-Israel, pro-peace" U.S. policy. Because of my broken leg, I can't be physically there. But my mind and spirit and 40 years of my work are there today.

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Singing and Praying Justice, Part 1

Jeremy Del Rio 10-01-2009

"He who sings prays twice." -- Saint Augustine

"What's going on?" -- Marvin Gaye

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Israel, Gaza, and the Goldstone Report: A Call for Self-Examination During the High Holy Days

Arthur Waskow 9-23-2009

During these days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Jews are called on to reexamine our own actions -- our "missings of the mark." The emphasis is on OUR sins -- not those of individuals alone, but of the community -- and the sins of ourselves, not of other people, even our en

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Hope is a Verb

Diana Butler Bass 9-09-2009
I was too young to remember President John F. Kennedy. My mother worked on his campaign and hauled her baby (me) along with her to pass out literature.
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Getting Beyond the Confession and Guilt Checklist

Julie Clawson 9-03-2009
Recently, while traveling through Michigan, I attended Mars Hill for church one Sunday.
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From Frozen Rebellion to Flowering Seed

Arthur Waskow 6-26-2009

As the band of runaway Israelite slaves wander in their search for freedom, again and again they grow rebellious. In the greatest of these rebellions, Korach criticizes Moses, claiming "The whole community is holy -- all of them! Why do you, Moses and Aaron, raise yourselves above them?" (Numbers 16: 1-3ff)

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God's Image and Caesar's Image: Torture and the Currency of Empire

Arthur Waskow 5-04-2009

One of the central teachings of Torah is that all human beings are made in the Image of God. That teaching and what flows from it are at the heart of Jewish prohibitions on the use of torture -- and perhaps at the heart of Christian opposition to torture as well.

Indeed, the Rabbis

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Jesus Wants to Eat With You

Eugene Cho 4-10-2009
There are numerous significant theological and biblical meanings behind the Last Supper (Passover Seder) and while the pursuit
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10 Reasons We Don't Like to Talk About Race

Eugene Cho 2-23-2009
Last week, I shared a post titled "http://blog.sojo.net/2009/02/19/eric-holder-on-america-and-race-a-nation..." href="https://sojo.net/%3Ca%20href%3D"http://blog.sojo.net/2009/02/19/eric-holder-on-america-and-r">http://blog.sojo.net/2009/02/19/eric-holder-on-america-and-r
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An Israeli Conscript's Mother Speaks Out

Ayelet Ophir-Auron 12-11-2008

It's hard to believe that people all around the world are learning about my 19-year-old son Yuval. I know that I'm proud of him. I just never expected the world to be proud of him. As I write this, Yuval's in jail, serving his second term. We don't know how or when this will end.

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