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The Editors 3-01-1998
Some say chaos brings creativity.
Larry Brown 3-01-1998

My Lord has lifted been in blackest blue...

Jim Rice 3-01-1998

A few years ago televangelist Robert Schuller proposed that we take another look at the meaning of Lent.

Jesse C. Jones 3-01-1998

Our existing public school systems have better schools in more affluent neighborhoods, and parents choose those schools by buying houses there, usually paying premium prices. 

Dave Graber 3-01-1998

THE ARTICLE in the January-February 1998 issue by Dale Aukerman ("The Heart of Faith") is powerful and direct, but its 16-cylinder vocabulary, pronouns with unclear antecedents, and run-on sente

Wayne A. Pelly 3-01-1998

IT WAS A great disappointment that your first article to address the "shatter the silence" movement would rebuke the "clan politics" of others, rather than examine your own.

Jennifer Wheeler 3-01-1998

THANK YOU FOR the November-December 1997 issue and its focus on the faithful work and witness of Mary and Gordon Cosby ("Mission: Possible").

Kali Kucera 3-01-1998

WHAT A WONDERFUL article on Mary and Gordon Cosby. I felt their convictions and assessments were right on everything...

Jeff Warden 3-01-1998

I JUST FINISHED reading "A Community That Endures," by Jim Forest (January-February 1998).

Jennifer L. Joslyn 3-01-1998

I AM WRITING in response to Harry C. Kiely’s article on the movie Sling Blade (November-December 1997).

IN 1994, FORBES listed 358 billionaires whose combined net worth equaled the combined income of the bottom 45 percent of the world's population.

I MUST WRITE to disagree with "Time for New Tools," by David McReynolds ("Commentary," November-December 1997).

Wendy Lehman 3-01-1998

I APPRECIATED the much-needed article, "A Collaboration Against Hatred," by Jim Hodgson ("Commentary," January-February 1998).

While some might question Promise Keepers' stated intention of "taking back America's cities," few can criticize the volunteer labor the group has offered to the urban areas...

Carol Fennelly 3-01-1998
Some Michigan churches provide hands-on support to families in transition.
Patricia Rourke 1-01-1998

The book of the Persian poet covered in red amber
promises riches, gold that filters through the cracks...

Anna Citrino 1-01-1998

Tufa twists into the sky...

Today I received the November-December 1997 issue of Sojourners with the cover photo of Gordon and Mary Cosby...

Suzi Yu 1-01-1998

I APPRECIATE Kathy Killian Noe’s "The Story Told Through Our Lives"...

Mark Nelson 1-01-1998

Although I am not a movie critic, nor can I assume I understand what messages the director and writers wanted to impart in the movie Sling Blade, I believe that Harry Kiely missed the essential point.