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The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing published a report in January that found U.S. seminaries and rabbinical schools were sorely lacking in sexuality training.

Michaela Bruzzese 4-01-2009
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary for April.
Nicholas Samaras 4-01-2009

How the earth now
struggles into spring.

How the cold hangs on,
each morning cracking to begin.

Regarding Eboo Patel’s “Three Myths about Islam” (February 2009): I have to take issue with his simplistic attempt to debunk myth two.

Douglas Bakke 4-01-2009

Regarding “Make a Joyful Silence,” by Ruth Haley Barton (February 2009): We Quakers figured out more than 350 years ago that the presence of God is best understood through the “ga

Chris Budden 4-01-2009

It is sad to see that in an otherwise excellent editorial (“A New Faith Coalition,” January 2009), Jim Wallis reinforces racist discourse.

When two more African na­tions ratify the Pelindaba anti-nuclear weapons treaty, the globe’s Southern hemisphere will become a nuclear weapons-free zone.

John K. Stoner 3-01-2009

The memos to President Obama in the January issue are interesting for what they omit as well as for what they include.

David Buer 3-01-2009

During some moments of pre-Christ­mas calm, I had a chance to read the memos to President Obama (“Dear President Obama,” January 2009).

Brigit M. Barnes 3-01-2009

[Regarding “A New Faith Coalition,” by Jim Wallis, January 2009]: Those who characterize abortion as “single-issue politics” often use the goal to “reduce the number o

Victor Goering 3-01-2009

After reading (for the second time) the “Dear President Obama” letters, I was disappointed that no one mentioned the need to reduce the huge U.S. military budget.

In the wake of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depres­sion, tens of millions of Americans have suffered substantial financial losses, with many losing their savings, homes, and jobs.

Mary Cole-Duvall 3-01-2009

Thanks for Jim Wallis’ thoughts in “A Pastoral Strategy for Hard Times” (December 2008). Our church is gearing up to assist more folks in our church and local community.

Michaela Bruzzese 3-01-2009
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary for March.
Pamela Porter 3-01-2009
Five desert photographs taken by Thomas Merton.

Like many U.S. municipalities, Alexandria, Virginia, is facing financial cuts. But in an unusual move, city officials hired ethicist Michael A.

Joey Ager 3-01-2009

Eugenia Bonetti, a Cath­olic sister in Rome, is tackling a tough social evil: human trafficking.

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.