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Rose Marie Berger, Alexis Vaughan 4-01-2008
All the Democratic presidential candidates talked about “green-collar jobs.” But what are they?
Rose Marie Berger, Alexis Vaughan 4-01-2008
Despite protests at New Orleans City Hall last December, the city council voted unanimously for a federal plan that will demolish 4,500 public housing units in favor of developing fewer units on a
Rose Marie Berger, Alexis Vaughan 4-01-2008
As Kenya continues to transition from a one-party nation to a liberal democracy, churches from various traditions are coming together to encourage constructive dialogue between the two major polit
Celeste Kennel-Shank 3-01-2008
Christians opposed to research on human embryos are hoping a new technique will allow scientists to produce stem cells without destroying embryos.
Michael Berezowski, Alexis Vaughan 3-01-2008
For Iraqis, the scramble to find family members who are detained, kidnapped, killed, or simply lost is a harsh reality of war that often doesn’t make the headlines.
Gina Joseph 3-01-2008
I just finished Jim Wallis’ thought-provoking editorial “A Real ‘Values’ Agenda” (January 2008).
Larry Rankin 3-01-2008
In Jim Wallis’ article, “A Call to Repentance” (January 2008), he indicts all American churches as having lost their Christian consciences in regard to the U.S.
William Van Lopik 3-01-2008
I greatly appreciated the interview Michelle García conducted with Jon Sobrino (“Goodness Revealed,” January 2008).
Laurel A. Dykstra 3-01-2008
This month, as we enter the high season of the church year, the common lectionary offers an overwhelming number of biblical passages for our consideration.
Carol Tyx 3-01-2008
Like the iris
in the side yard,
I have stopped blooming.
Dig me up, O Spirit,
and split me; where I have grown
calloused, break me open;
Alexis Vaughan, Rose Marie Berger 3-01-2008
This Lent, Christians are invited to “Fast from Carbon.” The Regeneration Project’s Interfaith Power and Light carbon fast is a reminder that although global warming threatens
Andrew Cleves 2-01-2008
An estimated 25,000 people gathered in November at the gates of Fort Benning in Georgia as part of the 18th annual School of the Americas protest. The U.S.
Rose Marie Berger, Alexis Vaughan 2-01-2008
Twenty-first century technological advances make it possible to carry the ancient scriptures everywhere you go with the $10 Itty Bitty Bible!
Kathleen Hirsch 2-01-2008
I cannot tell you why
I taste death;
the cupboards
are reasonably
arranged,
the windows clean as rain.
June G. Vajda, Richard Babb 2-01-2008
The tide of political priorities among white evangelicals may be turning.
David Anderson 2-01-2008
Your magazine just brought me to tears. I was standing in front of the magazine display in the library of Montrose, Colorado, when I happened to see your latest issue.
Charles Courtney 2-01-2008
To your rich November 2007 special issue, “Telling Stories,” on books and theater, I’d like to add a brief but, to me, significant emendation.