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The Editors 1-01-2001
We've "renovated" [our print version] and you're invited to check out every nook and cranny. We are excited about the colorful new presentation, fresh layout, and debut offerings.
Larry Bellinger 1-01-2001
"Art has the power to heal spiritual, emotional, and physical brokenness."
David Strand 1-01-2001
READING YOUR November-December 2000 issue, I wondered why I hadn't encountered more people in the Green Party movement speaking from a place of faith.
Pat Mitchell 1-01-2001
I JUST READ Elizabeth Newberry's article ("Almost Heaven," November-December 2000). I am also from Bland, Virginia, and it was a very beautiful article.
Mike Mitchell 11-01-2000
ROSE MARIE BERGER'S Commentary "Conduct Unbecoming" (September-October 2000) was a provocative and thoughtful piece.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 11-01-2000
The movement against land mines has achieved moderate success since the mine ban treaty became international law in March 1999.
Rod Jellema 11-01-2000
Poetry is like prayer in that it is most effective in
solitude and in the times of
solitude as, for
example, in the earliest morning. —Wallace Stevens
Elizabeth Newberry, Beth Isaacson 11-01-2000
Employment Opportunities
- Christians for Peace in El Salvador (CRISPAZ) seeks U.S.
The Editors 11-01-2000
Full disclosure must be made: Cheryl and Ralph Broetje once sent us a box of apples after a visit to our office.
Larry Boudreau 11-01-2000
RYAN BEILER'S Commentary "It's A Start" (July-August 2000) identified the members of the human family that were responsible for the IMF/World Bank protest in Seattle and D.C.
Mary McDonough Harren 11-01-2000
DOROTHY DAY is fine where she is ("'Don't Call Me a Saint,'" by Rose Marie Berger, July-August 2000). Look what we've done to Francis of Assisi—he's ended up in a bird bath!
Jeffrey R. Davis 11-01-2000
I WOULD LIKE to respond to some of Ann McClenahan's concerns regarding the "simple living movement" ("Lives of Compassion and Meaning," July-August 2000).
Stephen J. Carr 11-01-2000
I HAVE BEEN a reader of your magazine for many years. I was therefore disturbed by Jim Rice's Commentary on the threat to U.S. workers...
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 11-01-2000
Despite presidential apologies and lip service to human rights, the Clinton administration continues to offer aid to the Guatemalan and Colombian militaries...