Letter to the Editors
Departments
Julienne Gage, Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 9-01-1996
Chinese pro-democracy activist Harry Wu led 1,000 protestors to the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., to kick off Amnesty International's Annual General Meeting in June.
James W. Douglass, Shelley Douglass 9-01-1996
How shall we live as disciples of Jesus the Christ? The readings for these winding-down weeks of the year all address that question. These scriptures raise painful inner and outer questions of nonviolence. Many of them deal with gospel economics, the economics of the heart and the economics of the purse. The gospel is neither solely personal nor solely political. It embraces and transforms both—at the cross.
This is our sixth and final "Living the Word." We again alternate Sundays, this time with Jim doing the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth, and Shelley the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth.
Anne L. Simko 7-01-1996
I WAS DELIGHTED with the special section on creativity and faith in the May-June 1996 issue (“In the Image of God”).
Julienne Gage, Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 7-01-1996
Margarito and Maria Esquino, refugees in Washington, D.C., received death threats this spring that they suspect came from members of El Salvador’s ruling ARENA party.
Ben Lujin 7-01-1996
Thanks to your recent issue with articles on art and artistic creativity (“In the Image of God,” May-June 1996), I have realized my inner passion for poems and poetry that glorify the Lord.
Julienne Gage, Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 7-01-1996
British Parliament member John Hume received the International Human Rights Award this spring for his nonviolent reconciliation work in Northern Ireland. Awards were also gi