From far-out depths they come,
swell swelling swell,
'til cresting they salute the sky
and tumble towards sand that waits immemorially
to receive them.
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Departments
Donald W. Shriver Jr. 8-01-2007
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 8-01-2007
Promoting "green industry" can foster an economy that benefits all Americans and is strong enough to lift people out of poverty, according to "Community Jobs in the Green Economy," a new report fro
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 8-01-2007
The Editors 8-01-2007
"You have a glowing future." That nice sentiment becomes a little ominous when you think of it in terms of nuclear technology.
Mark Tyndall 8-01-2007
In "With Eyes to See" (by Bob Smietana, April 2007), megachurch leaders Kay Warren and Lynne Hybels appear to have discovered the devastating AIDS epidemic that has been raging in Africa for more t
Eileen Norringtion 8-01-2007
I read with interest Jesse Holcomb's commentary "Tortured Logic" (June 2007) on the television series 24. During its first season, my husband and I were avid watchers, sitting on the edge of
Corbey Dukes 8-01-2007
Like many in the Christian community, I became greatly disillusioned with the Religious Right.
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 8-01-2007
A Brazilian landowner known as the mastermind behind the murder of 73-year-old Catholic nun Dorothy Stang was sentenced in May to 30 years in prison.
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 8-01-2007
The United Church of Christ has been on the forefront of environmental justice since the 1980s, when it published Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States. That report revealed the disprop
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 8-01-2007
The new global anti-trafficking movement is expanding in Europe, where churches have joined a coalition to advocate for an end to human trafficking within European Union member states.
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 8-01-2007
Sojourners hosted in June a first-of-its-kind, live special edition of CNN's "The Situation Room." Jim Wallis, CNN's Soledad O'Brien, and national religious leaders questioned leading Democratic presi
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 7-01-2007
Members of Reef Relief in Key West, Florida, dove down to the Sand Key reef to join in the national day of climate action held April 14 in the U.S.
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 7-01-2007
Poor Diet. In April, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski encouraged all Oregonians to take the "Food Stamp Challenge" by living on an average food stamp budget of $21 per person per week.
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 7-01-2007
Finally, researchers have harnessed the fruit of the spirit into a new kind of energy drink!
Rose Marie Berger 7-01-2007
The narcotraficante commanded me
in gestures, take off your blouse.
Then he jerked it, scattering buttons—
smooth and pink—along the ground.
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 7-01-2007
American theists perceive God in four general ways, according to findings from the Baylor Religion Survey.
Kim Szeto 7-01-2007
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Google Earth recently launched the Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative, starting with a focus on the genocide in Darfur.
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 7-01-2007
In the public debate over immigration reform, President Bush has been pushing a guest worker program that would allow immigrant workers to apply for temporary employment in certain sectors.