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Sep 22, 2009

Vol. 126 No. 19
Cover Story

News filter

Navigating the new media

Sep 22, 2009 by Mark Silk, Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, Stephen Prothero, Melissa Rogers, Jeff Sharlet, J. Brent Walker and Martin E. Marty
From the Editors

A vote for gay clergy

In the ELCA
Sep 22, 2009
Editor's Desk

Calvin at 500

A reformer's legacy
Sep 22, 2009 by John M. Buchanan
Features

Health-care option

A Mennonite plan for mutual aid
Sep 22, 2009 by Amy Frykholm
Features

Life expectancy

On not praying for a miracle
Sep 22, 2009 by Dayna Olson-Getty
Features

Bodies at worship

Formed by liturgy
Sep 22, 2009 by Scott Walters
Features

Parting shots

When church members leave

Sep 22, 2009 by Gordon Atkinson
Living by the Word

Called to be a family

Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12; Mark 10:2-16

Sep 22, 2009 by Christine R. Bartholomew
Living by the Word

The fire that refines

James 5:13-20; Mark 9:38-50

Sep 22, 2009 by Christine R. Bartholomew
Faith Matters

Old-fashioned love song

"Ah, you are beautiful"

Sep 22, 2009 by Stephanie Paulsell
American Soundings

Health money can't buy

Beyond the purview of the market
Sep 22, 2009 by Rodney Clapp
Century Marks

Century Marks

Sep 22, 2009
Books

Sitting with Sufis/ The Garden of Truth

Sep 22, 2009 reviewed by Marcia Hermansen
Books

Jesus on Death Row: The Trial of Jesus and American Capital Punishment

Sep 22, 2009 reviewed by Tobias Winright
Books

Life after L'Abri

Sep 22, 2009 reviewed by Linda Mercadante
Books

Bold apology

Sep 22, 2009 reviewed by Jason Byassee
Books

Betrayal of Spirit: Jew-Hatred, the Holocaust, and Christianity

Sep 22, 2009 reviewed by Steven Bowman
Film

Funny people

Sep 22, 2009 reviewed by Steve Vineberg
News

Study process aided ELCA gay breakthrough

Third denomination to accept gay clergy
Sep 22, 2009 by John Dart
News

ProgressiveBaptists elect new top executive

Walter Parrish III
Sep 22, 2009
News

People

Sep 22, 2009
News

Briefly noted

Sep 22, 2009
News

Lutherans OK communion pact with Methodists

Many practical benefits
Sep 22, 2009
News

Obama asks church help to debunk health-care 'lies'

An unusual appeal
Sep 22, 2009
News

Texas enacts law to aid human-trafficking victims

Republican governor signs landmark law
Sep 22, 2009
News

Norwegian picked to lead WCC

To succeed Samuel Kobia
Sep 22, 2009
News

Church embezzlers also rob congregations of trust

"More than just an injury"
Sep 22, 2009
News

Religious foes of torture want culprits pursued

Appointment of special prosecutor is not enough
Sep 22, 2009