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Sojourners Magazine: September-October 1995

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Cover Story

It's a misty morning on Big Chippewa Lake. An Anishinabeg couple drags their canoe toward the water's edge. The woman boards in front and sits on her haunches.
Creation's reliable testimony. A conversation with Christian environmental scientist Calvin DeWitt.
Reconnecting to roots at Fairview Gardens Farm
Following nature's lead at The Land Institute.
The business of rural America.

Feature

Celebrating the power and importance of Pentecostalism.
Reweaving Guatemala's violence-torn society.

Commentary

When the government of India launched a nationwide literacy campaign a few years ago, chances are alcohol abuse was not one of its targets.
The winds of change blowing on Capitol Hill and in state legislatures are making a cold world for those without power or wealth.
Last year I participated in an intensive, nine-month workshop called "Working From the Heart." I wanted to integrate two seemingly divergent eras in my life.
Lois Jemtegard wanted to sell a portion of her land along the breathtaking Columbia River Gorge, a national scenic area. Interested buyers wanted to build a house on the property.

Columns

"The door is locked!
EDITORS' NOTE: The above headline may not necessarily relate to the following article.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy creatures.
In large part because of my grandmother's North Dakota farm stories, I spent the first 30 years of my life wishing I lived on a farm so I could bake pies, make soap, churn butter...
In Oklahoma City, 168 people died because they were in the way of somebody's anger at the government.
The assistant district attorney cleared the courtroom, while two sheriff's deputies searched the defendant. He was known to own 13 guns.

Culture Watch

A war, a newspaper, and heroes.
Spirit of the West crosses borders.
We hear a lot today about how divided we Americans are on matters of culture.
History you won't find in Pocahontas.
Daniel Peters writes a good read.
In the 1960s, the Fellowship of Reconciliation prepared a comic book about the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr.
Ken Medema's gift of the gospel
A '90s vision for the labor movement.

Departments

I could not presume even to speak of it, were we to meet, were we to be trapped
Most of us have places that, for us, hold a special sense of the divine-sacred locations where we go for prayer, meditation, and reflection.
It is nice to know that the human touch is not totally obsolete.
What community is not.
THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Religious groups, non-governmental organizations, and governments from around the world have been mobilizing...
Global Exchange seeks volunteers for our International Peace Center in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, for a term of at least six weeks.
Members of SIPAZ (Servicio Internacional Para la Paz), an international coalition committed to supporting the peace process in Chiapas, Mexico, recently returned...
Child laborers, a human body stamped with an "HIV-positive" inscription, and a waterfowl stuck in an oil slick are three of the images used in controversial advertisements...
Reflections on the revised common lectionary (September 3 - October 29)
TWO THOUGHTS regarding the commentary on Promise Keepers ("Keeping the Promise," by David Wade, July-August 1995)
"I am determined to die where I am. In the little house that I rent from good friends, overlooking the sea....We grow toward death."
Jeff Heie and Cliff Kindy, two of the members of Christian Peacemaker Teams serving in the West Bank, were detained by Israeli authorities for nine-and-a-half hours this past July.
Learning to get along with all creation.