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The nonprofit status of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California, is being challenged by the Internal Revenue Service because of a sermon in which parishioners were asked to imagine a

James Ferguson 2-01-2006

A recent poll conducted for PBS’s Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly surveyed 1,130 adults about faith and family.

James Ferguson 2-01-2006

The “Open Bethlehem” international campaign was launched in November to bring international attention to the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, which has suffered greatly as a result of th

Robert Roth 2-01-2006
Is 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' just a current movie or is it also a national mantra?
The Editors 2-01-2006

With all the bad news of late, it's heartening to read some hopeful news, especially about poverty. Stephen C.

Katina Rogers 2-01-2006

I wanted to thank you for the thoughtful content of the December 2005 issue. As I turned the pages, I encountered so many articles that struck a chord with what I have been thinking.

William Glasner 2-01-2006

As I read Sojourners, I am struck by how often the real issue seems to come down to one simple question: What is a Christian?

Robert D. Williams 2-01-2006

I just read “Vital Signs,” by Diana Butler Bass (December 2005). It is interesting, and I know two of the three churches featured.

Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2006

More than 100 Palestinians from the village of At-Tuwani, including these children, attended a vigil in December for four members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams.

James Ferguson 2-01-2006

In these high-tech days, anyone could just copy the Bible onto any old USB memory stick, but that would be wrong wouldn’t it?

James Ferguson 1-01-2006

The recently released 2005 yearbook from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reviews armament, disarmament, and international security.

Luci Shaw 1-01-2006

“Two weeks on, the Earth is still vibrating from the massive undersea earthquake off Indonesia Sunday…reverberations like the ringing of a bell….” —AOL News

Wesley Winslette 1-01-2006

I read with great interest the article about the homeschooling parents who found themselves among the conservative Christian homeschooling culture (“When Them is Us,” by Danny Duncan C

Timothy Ray 1-01-2006

Regarding the boot marks on Brian McLaren’s backside (“A Bridge Far Enough?” September-October 2005), I would suggest that to be condemned by the right wing for truth-telling is

Murray Bodo 1-01-2006

beneath debris and stench
a hand

your hand withered
stretched forth

waiting for someone’s
be healed

Robert Roth 1-01-2006

In Kashmir, Niger, Honduras, and parts of every U.S. city, the situation is urgent. Thankfully, so is God’s persistent love.

James Ferguson 1-01-2006

Many mainline churches see multimillion-dollar advertising campaigns as the latest evangelistic tool, but none hit the news like the “God is Still Speaking” campaign from the United Ch

When Hurricane Stan hit the Gulf of Mexico last October, it deluged Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras before losing its power.

Deanna Wylie Mayer 1-01-2006

The Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission held three public hearings between July and October last year to look at what happened at the November 3, 1979, Greensboro Massacre, when America