Features
Religious truce: A funeral and a healing
I think they lived their whole 55 years together feeling rejected by their respective religions. They met at a free concert in Central Park during World War II. He was a handsome young Catholic Italian-American in uniform, she a shy Jewish girl out with her friends for the evening. They were immediately attracted. She always would light up when telling that part of the story.
The fullness of time: Reflections on the millennium: Living in God's time
As we approach the turning of the calendar to the year 2000, there is likely to be intense speculation among some Christian groups about the end times. Many will be inspired by the Book of Revelation to look for particular signs of the end.
On the run
Endurance (1999), directed by Leslie Woodhead
Run Lola Run (1998), directed by Tom Tykwer
Books
Globalization with a human face
The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization, by Thomas L. Friedman...
Patients, ethics and power
The Body of Compassion: Ethics, Medicine, and the Church, by Joel James Shuman...
Red-Hot and Righteous, by Diane Winston
To the beat of their drums, missionaries from the "Save-a-Soul Mission"—a dead ringer for the Salvation Army—march onstage in Guys and Dolls, the 1950 Broadway musical comedy....
A Guide to the Sacraments, by John Macquarrie
John Macquarrie's small book on the sacraments offers everything those who know his work have come to expect....
Is America Breaking Apart? by John A. Hall and Charles Lindholm
The short answer to the question posed by the title of this insightful and persuasive book is no. John A....
Ethics for the New Millennium, by the Dalai Lama
St. Augustine told Christian pastors that their most eloquent instruction would lie not in their words but in their lives. The Dalai Lama's new book is an example of that principle still at work....
Departments
Divine subtraction
Recently I received a letter from the CEO of a not-for-profit corporation that is dear to my heart. After seven years of leadership, he said, he believed it was time for him to step down....
Say it with color
Crayola's recent announcement that it will change the name of its Indian red crayon to avoid misunderstandings about the color's origin (it comes from a reddish-brown pigment found in India) made me reflect about what color changes marketers might...
Tribal conflict
There is a story in the Book of Genesis, rarely examined by modern readers, that is so pertinent to today's headlines that it should be required reading for any journalist reporting on the tribal conflicts that are at the heart of modern warfare....