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Cover Story

Grieving as Sacred Space
How these anxious and ambiguous days might offer up the most holy of gifts.  by Richard Rohr, OFM

Eyes Wide Open
Apocalypse grabs us by the shoulders and says, 'Look at what matters in life.'  by Kathleen Norris

Hard Questions for Peacemakers
Theologians of nonviolence wrestle with how to resist terrorism.  by Jim Wallis

The Tonto Principle
by Stanley Hauerwas

Change from Within
by John Paul Lederach

The Bonhoeffer Assumption
by Walter Wink

Features

United We Stand
Responding with kindness and solidarity.  by Rose Marie Berger

A Passionate Education
Shrimp feasts, rifle training, and jail time: The peaks and perils of growing up with activist parents.  by Stacia M. Brown

A Dangerous Discipleship
by Joan D. Chittister, OSB

Commentary

Down on the Farm
Too often, farm bill dollars land in the wrong hands.  by Bethany Spicher and Jodi Hochstedler

A New Old Glory?
Does it stand for nationalistic militarism or grief-humbled unity?  by Julie Polter

Going for Broke
As the economy heads south, it's the poor--as usual--who bear the brunt.  by Nathan Wilson

A Candle on a Hill
Getting supplies there was the easy part.  by Doug Hostetter

Columns

Hearts & Minds: Report from Ground Zero
by Jim Wallis

Macrowave: Stem Cell Politics
by David Batstone

The Hungry Spirit: The Silence of Cain
Are we cannon fodder in a cosmic war of good and evil?  by Rose Marie Berger

H'rumphs: Dateline: Our Nation's Capital
by Ed Spivey Jr.

Culture Watch

Why "Imagine"? Why Now?
The song has again become a vital statement of hope and even a resource for resistance.  by Danny Duncan Collum

What Words Cannot Capture
Artists speak the language of the heart.  by Kimberly Burge
Art Review: The Art of War and Peace: Toward an End to Hatred

A Few of My Favorite Things
by Marie Dennis

A Year of Living Dangerously
by Bob Hulteen
Book Review: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich.

Discovering New Life
by Wayne A. Holst
Book Review: Seeing Beyond Depression by Jean Vanier.

Seeing the Other Sides
by Molly Marsh
Review: The Search for Common Ground Film Festival

Family Songs
by Beth Isaacson
Music Review: HARP--A Time to Sing! Featuring Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, and Pete Seeger If I Had a Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2

Fiercely Loves Us All
by Carrie Newcomer
Music Excerpt: I Heard an Owl by Carrie Newcomer.

Readings on Islam
Compiled by Daniel Tepfer

New and Noteworthy
Compiled by Molly Marsh

Departments

Inside Story
by The Editors

Between the Lines
| How About Your Backyard? | If These Walls Could Talk | Aftershocks of the Attacks | Did You Hear? | In Good Times and in Bad | News Bites | Heads or Tails… | Pharaoh Factor | How much does "free" trade REALLY cost? | Real World? | Resources: Building Supplies |

Living the Word: Remembering Who We Are
by Kari Jo Verhulst

Taking Action: Reading the Tea Leaves
A tribute to LISTEN founder Lisa Sullivan  by Angela Ards

Poetry: Peasants Around Small Fires
along the Volga River, Russia 1993  by Therese Halscheid

Connections
Compiled by Bethany Spicher

Letters
| Missing in Action? | Anti-Semitic | Different Names, Same Love | Left Way Behind | On Second Thought |