Apr 05, 2005

Vol. 122 No. 7

From the Editors

Good Sports

Integrity of baseball

Apr 05, 2005

Editor's Desk

Graceful presence

Funeral hospitality

Apr 05, 2005 by John M. Buchanan

Features

Shared solitude

My life as an oblate

Apr 05, 2005 by Deborah Douglas

Features

Gathering in expectation

Worship: Act one

Apr 05, 2005 by Samuel Wells

Features

Where I'm at Sunday

The church year, new and improved

Apr 05, 2005 by Lillian Daniel

Features

Slow to answer

The reticence of Jesus

Apr 05, 2005 by Garret Keizer

Features

Video ventures

Two alternatives to 'Alpha'

Apr 05, 2005 by Jason Byassee and Debra Bendis

Living by the Word

Consorting with aliens

Luke 24:13-35; 1 Peter 1:17-23

Apr 05, 2005 by Edgardo Antonio Colon-Emeric

Living by the Word

Flocking together

John 10:1-10

Apr 05, 2005 by Edgardo Antonio Colon-Emeric

Faith Matters

Practicing incarnation

Becoming God's Easter people

Apr 05, 2005 by Barbara Brown Taylor

M.E.M.O.

Virtual spirituality

A programmable friend

Apr 05, 2005 by Martin E. Marty

Century Marks

Apr 05, 2005

Books

Examined lives

Apr 05, 2005 reviewed by Richard A. Kauffman

Books

On a mission

Apr 05, 2005 reviewed by Lloyd Steffen

Books

Occasional prayers

Apr 05, 2005 reviewed by Jason Byassee

Books

Selling Ourselves Short

Apr 05, 2005 reviewed by Arthur Paul Boers

Books

The Word Made Flesh

Apr 05, 2005 reviewed by William McDonald

Books

The Middle of Everywhere/Living on The Borders

Apr 05, 2005 reviewed by Helene Slessarev-Jamir

Books

The Battle for Middle-Earth

Apr 05, 2005 reviewed by Rob Spach

Film

Hidden lives

Apr 05, 2005 reviewed by Steve Vineberg

Poetry

Intercession

Apr 05, 2005 by Jean Janzen

Poetry

Now we see . . . darkly

Apr 05, 2005 by G. Wayne Glick

Poetry

Spring inventory/Ursuline Mother House/Paola, Kansas

Apr 05, 2005 by Tim Bascom

News

Church leaders decry Bush budget

Ecumenical Advocacy Days

Apr 05, 2005

News

Impact possible, hard to gauge, says analyst

Progressive religious leaders' advocacy efforts

Apr 05, 2005

News

Episcopal Church to forgo new bishops for year, leaders say

A time for healing

Apr 05, 2005

News

Gay marriage conflict renewed in California

Judge overturns marriage ban

Apr 05, 2005

News

Baptists in Texas, Virginia may join world alliance

Southern Baptists asserting independence

Apr 05, 2005

News

Peace churches warn of 'back door draft'

Draft official visited Brethren facility

Apr 05, 2005

News

Oregon reports drop in doctor-aided suicide

Low numbers unlikely to defuse issue

Apr 05, 2005

News

Labor agreement ends boycott of Taco Bell

Fast-food giant to increase payments to tomato pickers

Apr 05, 2005

News

Briefly noted

Apr 05, 2005

News

People

Apr 05, 2005

When bad theology happens to good people

May 21, 2013 by MaryAnn McKibben Dana

The hospice pastor with a church on life support

How can we move beyond our walls when our congregations need so much care?

May 20, 2013 by Carol Howard Merritt

Cover Story

Embrace & abandonment

A pastor and a poet talk about God

May 29, 2013 Matt Fitzgerald and Christian Wiman

Remembering Will Campbell

Jun 06, 2013 by Frank G. Honeycutt

Notes from the Global Church

Armenia’s survivors

Jun 06, 2013 by Philip Jenkins

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