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Nov 29, 2003

Vol. 120 No. 24
Cover Story

Transparent lives

The slow but urgent work of contemplation

Nov 29, 2003 by Eugene H. Peterson
From the Editors

Disabled state

The Terri Schiavo case
Nov 29, 2003
Editor's Desk

Lights out

Waiting in lonely exile
Nov 29, 2003 by John M. Buchanan
Features

Stressed out

Why pastors leave
Nov 29, 2003 by John Dart
Features

Fragile condition

Brutalized Liberia rebuilds
Nov 29, 2003 by Chris Herlinger
Features

Truth, lies and the media

Wartime misperceptions
Nov 29, 2003 by William F. Fore
Features

Pulpit supply

A clergy shortage?
Nov 29, 2003 by Patricia Mei Yin Chang
Features

Lay pastors here to stay

Roots in the early church
Nov 29, 2003 by Lawton W. Posey
Living by the Word

Night music

Zephaniah 3:14-20; Isaiah 12:2-6
Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18

Nov 29, 2003 by Herbert O’Driscoll
Living by the Word

Opening act

Malachi 3:1-4; Luke 1:68-79; Philippians 1:3-11

Nov 29, 2003 by Herbert O’Driscoll
Faith Matters

An open heart

God "made hearts one by one"
Nov 29, 2003 by Carol Zaleski
M.E.M.O.

Good gaffe

Blush-worthy moments
Nov 29, 2003 by Martin E. Marty
Books

Lost in translation

Nov 29, 2003 by David Stewart
Books

Secular Steeples, by Conrad Ostwalt

Nov 29, 2003 reviewed by Daniel Born
Books

Creating True Peace, by Thich Nhat Hanh

Nov 29, 2003 reviewed by Michael G. Long
Film

Scarred for life

Nov 29, 2003 reviewed by John Petrakis