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Kari Jo Verhulst 2-01-1994
The Rise of a Global Peace Service

On the third anniversary of Jean-Bertrand Aristide's landslide election to the presidency, 16 U.S.

Loris Masterton 2-01-1994

MUCH AS I ADMIRE your magazine, I do take exception to the recipe in November 1993's "Simple Feast" (by Carey Burkett).

Kelly Hayes 2-01-1994

IN RESPONSE TO your November 1993 issue ("Economics as if Values Mattered"): I heard the writers asking for ways to implement biblical economics.

Richard Deats 2-01-1994

HEARTFELT THANKS for the wonderful articles on Howard Thurman (December 1993).

David Clements 2-01-1994

I AM WRITING FROM way down South in a little old place called Australia regarding a letter ("Postmark") from Eleanor O. Smith in your September-October 1993 issue.

Tom Sine 2-01-1994

I AM NOT SURPRISED by the recent CIA "leaks" regarding President Aristide, given the track record of American intelligence services over the past 50 years, but...

Prior to Constantine, when the church was outlawed and, with some regularity, systematically persecuted, the reception of members was a rigorous and risky proposition.

Gayle Elen Harvey 2-01-1994

Soon it will snow but the stars...

Lay Volunteer Opportunities

This month's "Seeds" focuses on voluntary service programs. Each one here is open to all Christians regardless of denominational affiliation.

The Clinton administration has dropped hints that it may be backing off its support for exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, but members of the U.S.

Joe Nangle 1-01-1994
When community is disrupted
Chris Herman 1-01-1994
Members of "Simple Living" start their activism at home.

For some religious leaders, spending hundreds of dollars for Christmas gifts - ostensibly to honor the birth of one who had "no place to lay his head" - is not merely ironic, it's sinful.

Tim Bascom 1-01-1994

The old one sits with limp hands, closed eyes.
She is gone, out there singing softly
And making love to God.

This season begins and ends in light.

Money Matters

How do Christians respond to consumerism, the global economy, housing issues, and food crises?

The U.S. government took hundreds of thousands of square miles from native people. In a recent ceremony in Alaska, the church gave a small portion of that land back.

While many denominations across the globe have opened the door to the ordination of women, none have taken as resolute an action for equality as the Lutheran bishops of Sweden.