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People of faith generally applauded the Republican leadership's backing of the Freedom From Religious Persecution Act.

But there is hope in working together.

The debate about the place of religion in the public sphere continues to be played out in all aspects of our society, even on the fields of America's national pastime, baseball.

Rebecca Howard 11-09-1997
A Peruvian school teaches possibility.

Starbucks workers in Vancouver, British Columbia, became the first employees in the 1,300-store coffee chain to unionize...

Michael Kelly, the editor of The New Republic, was fired by Martin Peretz, the owner of the magazine.

Daniel Mills 11-09-1997
Advent, 1996
Jim Rice 11-09-1997

Proper preparation for the incarnation does not include counting down the remaining shopping days 'til Christmas.

The Editors 11-09-1997

During the early '70s, some of the people involved with the founding of Sojourners Community and magazine went on a road trip from Chicago  to Washington, D.C.

THERE HAVE BEEN many times over the many years of my membership in Sojourners that I have almost written—articles that moved, inspired, amused, or delighted me.

Eddie Soto 11-09-1997

I WAS VERY, very pleased with "Turning the World Upside Down," by Aaron Gallegos, in the September-October 1997 issue.

Carolyn Strader 11-09-1997

YOUR EDITORIAL ON Promise Keepers prompted me to respond with some very strong negative feelings that I have about this increasingly popular men's organization.

Dee Aker 11-09-1997

AS YOU SAY in your explanation about Sojourners, "We refuse to separate personal faith from social justice...."

Jeanne Parsley 11-09-1997

I READ DUANE Shank's commentary in the September-October 1997 Sojourners and my feeling is that it is a balanced, fair presentation that raises honest issues...

IN SCOTT ROBINSON'S "Where Have all the Choirs Gone?", the author makes the same mistake that most people make when defending the conservation of all things old and traditional.

Shawn Means 11-09-1997

A WORD OF thanks for the timely article on Miriam Therese Winter ("From the Inside Out," by Julie Polter and Anne Wayne, July-August 1997).

THANK YOU FOR Raphaelle Kosek's poem "What Van Gogh Saw," which was presented so effectively against the blue background of his self-portrait ("Poetry," July-August 1997).

They say that politics makes strange bedfellows, and apparently so does the media business.

Under pressure from conservative Christian organizations, the International Bible Society has scrapped its plans to publish a gender-neutral version of its popular NIV bible.

Kimberly Burge 9-01-1997
A tough and compassionate approach holds offenders accountable while seeking reconciliation.