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

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

Features

Health-care option

A Mennonite plan for mutual aid

Sep 22, 2009 by Amy Frykholm

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

Sep 22, 2009

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

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

Film

Funny people

Sep 22, 2009 reviewed by Steve Vineberg

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

News

Study process aided ELCA gay breakthrough

Third denomination to accept gay clergy

Sep 22, 2009 by John Dart

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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