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Kurt Brummert 1-01-1998

AFTER READING "Life on the Streets" ("Commentary," by Joan Connell, November-December 1997), I was reminded of how much this whole dismantling of the safety net puzzles me.

Cardinal John O’Connor of New York announced that he is preparing to propose sainthood for Dorothy Day.

Larry Boudreau 1-01-1998

EDDIE SOTO’S LETTER ("Letters," November-December 1997), commenting on "Turning the World Upside Down" by Aaron Gallegos, surfaces an issue that is quite relevant to the discussion about the role of liberation theology in the practice of our faith today.

On October 27, longtime activist Philip Berrigan was sentenced to two years in jail for his role in a Plowshares peacemaking action in Maine.

Jeremy Ireland 1-01-1998

Jim Wallis’ interview of criminologist John DiIulio was commendable ("With Unconditional Love," September-October 1997).

Greg Rolland 1-01-1998

THANKS FOR providing consistently vital articles and commentary. With limited time for magazine reading, you are my one and only regular subscription.

Lou Torok 1-01-1998

Jim Wallis’ interview of criminologist John DiIulio was commendable ("With Unconditional Love," September-October 1997).

Murray MacAdam 1-01-1998
A chance for a new beginning.
Diane Nunnelee 1-01-1998

As a United Methodist minister serving with the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in two townships outside of Cape Town, you can well understand my interest and empathy with "Signs & Wonders".

How will your community participate in the second annual "Pentecost to Overcome Poverty"?
Polly Holmes 1-01-1998

YOUR ARTICLE "Can Justice Heal?" ("Groundswell," by Kimberly Burge, September-October 1997) is an excellent report of a model program that should be used all over the country.

Marian Abrecht 1-01-1998

TOWARD ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE

Germantown Mennonite Church, the oldest continuous Mennonite congregation in North America, has been ousted from its regional conference because of its stand on covenanted gay and lesbian couples in membership.

Art Laffin 1-01-1998
A vigil for Mordechai Vanunu.
Kristin Brennan 1-01-1998

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Jim Rice 1-01-1998

Just Who is Transformed?
Psalm 99; Exodus 34:29-35; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-43

The Editors 1-01-1998
Several people from Sojourners attended the October 1997 Promise Keepers' "Stand in the Gap" gathering here in Washington, D.C.
Julie Polter 11-09-1997

As part of a worldwide boycott of all old-growth redwood products, the World Stewardship Institute is urging faith communities to ban the use of redwood in the construction of worship facilities.

Anne Wayne 11-09-1997
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