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What we fear

Have our security measures cast out our fears? Or have they only diminished our capacity for love?

by L. Gregory Jones

December 4, 2002

The signs on Michigan Avenue: A change of heart about the commercialization of Christmas

by John Buchanan

December 4, 2002

Protestantism, American style

by W. Clark Gilpin

December 3, 2002

My Brother's Keeper, by Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen

reviewed by Ruth Groenhout

December 3, 2002

Buddhism, by Donald W. Mitchell

reviewed by Leo D. Lefebure

December 3, 2002

Experimental Americans, by George L. Hicks

reviewed by Christopher H. Evans

December 3, 2002

Transforming the City, by Eldin Villafane

reviewed by Carl S. Dudley

December 3, 2002

The ties that bind

by Steve A. Vineberg

December 3, 2002

Trapped in the '50's

by John Petrakis

December 3, 2002

Stammering praise: In good and not-so-good times

by John Buchanan

November 20, 2002

From the Editors

Good news: Sharing the gospel is easier than you think

November 20, 2002

Stopping traffic: What would Jesus drive?

by Katherine Ellison

November 20, 2002

Musical lives: Don and Emily Saliers on the religious power of song

by Amy Plantinga Pauw

November 20, 2002

Way of life: Intentional reflection on the life of faith

by Miroslav Volf

November 20, 2002

Into the niche: Targeted marketing

by Martin E. Marty

November 20, 2002

In the Lectionary

Messianic complex: John 1:6-8, 19-28

Who am I? Who are you? Not the Messiah.

by John K. Stendahl

November 20, 2002

In the Lectionary

On your mark: Mark 1:1-8

In my Swedish childhood, the signature image of Advent was Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

by John K. Stendahl

November 20, 2002

Back to the future: Fourth-century style reaches Bay Area seekers

November 20, 2002

It’s all relative?

By Albert W. Alschuler

November 19, 2002

Paul in the Roman World, by Robert M. Grant

reviewed by David Mosser

November 19, 2002