In recent years a great many Christians, disturbed by the absence of a vital witness to Christ in his churches, have prayed something to the effect, “Lord, revive thy church beginning with me."
Commentary

As some of you have no doubt already heard, the Post American and our entire community will be moving, in early September, from Chicago to Washington, D.C.

“Kids are dying who shouldn’t die,” said Robert Beck, a World Vision doctor. “They die in our arms. It’s hard to believe.

By this time, the Hartford Affirmations -- or Heresies, depending on how you read them -- will have been viewed with alarm or thanksgiving by most theologians in the country.

Last month, the government again sought to use its food aid programs more for the political requirements of American foreign policy and the interests of agribusiness rather than to meet the needs of starving people.

As American power has grown, so, too, has the arrogance of power. Contained within this attitude of arrogance are irrationality, insecurity, and abusiveness of power.

The threat of global hunger looms more ominously than at any time in human history.

For the moment the proposals have subsided that President Ford might pardon not just Richard Nixon, but all those linked to the Watergate crimes.

If Watergate has pointed out the need for repentance among our national leaders, it also has exposed the stark inequality in our nation’s administration of justice.

The community, which has gone through many growing pains, is in a period of building and growing in the confidence that God has a future for us together.

When the military junta in Chile seized power 13 months ago, its most outstanding characteristic was the complete repression of human rights.

In his first public appearance since granting a full and unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon, President Gerald Ford was booed by an angry Pittsburgh crowd carrying signs reading “Justice Died.”



