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Reflections on the Revised Lectionary, Cycle C

The U.S. provided nearly half of the conventional weapons sold to developing nations in 2005

Robert A. Mitchell 3-01-2007

In your January 2007 issue p.10 photo caption, your editors shoot a barb at the protesters for their sign misspelling the legal term "habeas corpus." Four pages later, in a sideline to the article

Harvey Yoder LMFT 3-01-2007

In "Breaking the Holy Hush" (January 2007), Gail Martin makes the astonishing claim (attributed to Catherine Clark Kroeger) that "The rate of abuse in Christian homes is exactly the same as in the

Cliff Kindy, a Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) member, stands outside Alliant Techsystems/Allegany Ballistics Laboratory in Rocket City, West Virginia, where radioactive depleted uranium is added to

There's no better way to prevent boredom than playing paddleball, and there's no better paddleball to remind you of your status with the Lord than the Inspirational Paddleball Game.

This afternoon, sir
we nailed God down
He's at the back of the property

He's going nowhere, sir
His feet are stuck
to a block of wood

It's comical, sir

  • Legal Aid. Dionisio Díaz García, a Christian labor lawyer for the Association for a More Just Society in Honduras, was assassinated in December on his way to court.
  • The management of the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina—where 25,000 to 32,000 hogs are slaughtered each day—and the lawyers of a local Catholic parish

    Three hundred Christian and Muslim religious leaders from 20 Arab countries met in Cairo to launch the region's first faith-based network focused on HIV/AIDS.

    There were no hanging chads to scrutinize on “undervoted” ballots in Florida’s 13th Congressional District during last November’s midterm elections.

    Climate change activists carried out what they called an “art attack” in November by screening political messages on the sides of several London landmarks.

    Deb Baker 2-01-2007

    I went there once,
    to the place you’re imagining.
    It was purple, with wild geraniums
    under green-bright stars.

    All the constellations spelled
    words, like &

    Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C.
    The Editors 2-01-2007

    Why is it that so many jobs in America don't pay the bills?

    Private military contractors have reportedly fired indiscriminately on Iraqi civilians hundreds of times throughout the U.S.

    Roger Brooks 2-01-2007

    Two articles in the November 2006 issue overlook a powerful old means of communication that is being rediscovered—face-to-face storytelling in circles (sometimes called “peacemaking cir