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Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C.
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.

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.

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

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.

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

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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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

  • Travel Bans. The Treasury Department dropped the threat of a $34,000 fine against five Alliance of Baptists churches for allegedly violating the U.S.
  • 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.

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    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.

    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.

    Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary Cycle C.
    The Editors 7-01-2007

    Say "suburbs" and most people picture sprawling neighborhoods of identical homes filled with upwardly mobile status-seekers.

    Herman E. Daly 7-01-2007

    Danny Duncan Collum got it right in his article on media and academic bias in the service of free trade and globalization ("One Side to Every Story," May 2007).