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Cover Story

Scared to Talk Politics in Church?
You don't need to be partisan to be prophetic.  by Brian McLaren

Features

E-Mail from Hell
Words of wisdom for a devil-in-training  by Jim Forest

Arm in Arm, Hand in Hand
Volunteers from around the world work for peace in Palestine simply by being there.  by Rachel Medema

A Passion for Peace
Even as atrocities in western Sudan have drawn the world's focus in recent months, there are signs of hope elsewhere in the nation, which has been ravaged by civil war for three or four decades.  by Elizabeth Palmberg

Commentary

American Mythology
Every culture needs a scapegoat.  by David Hilfiker

SUV, You're Fired!
You are what you drive.  by Jim Ball

Playing Doctor, Playing God.
Should embryos be created for stem cell research?  by Bob Smietana

Columns

Hearts & Minds: Take Back the Faith
The best contribution of religion is precisely not to be a loyal partisan.  by Jim Wallis

The Hungry Spirit: The Sabbath Sweet Spot
Don't 'whistle while you work'; just whistle because it makes you happy.  by Rose Marie Berger

Macrowave: The Machine Ate My Vote
E-voting may make us nostalgic for hanging chads.  by David Batstone

H'rumphs: And Finally...
Funerals need to be a little more balanced, with time for rebuttal.  by Ed Spivey Jr.

Culture Watch

Michael Moore Brings the War Home
It's the stuff the mainstream mass media won't tell you.  by Danny Duncan Collum

Fightin' Words
Liberals rediscover their moral backbone.  by Amy Sullivan

Life on the Edge
by Chuck Collins
Book Review: The Working Poor: Invisible in America

Truthful Testimony
by Jess O. Hale Jr.
Book Review: Performing the Faith: Bonhoeffer and the Practice of Nonviolence by Stanley Hauerwas.

Who's Saving Whom?
by Brent Coffin
Book Review: Saving America? Faith-Baed Services and the Future of Civil Society

New and Noteworthy
Compiled by Molly Marsh

• Music: The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family
• Book: Hunger for the Word: Lectionary Reflections on Food and Justice
• Television: Lost Boys of Sudan
• Book: Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution

Departments

Inside Story
by The Editors

Between the Lines
| Perception or Paranoia? | Bearing Another's Burden | First in Truth | Fighting the Power | News Bites |

Living the Word: The Cost of Love
by Mchaela Bruzzese

Poetry: A Desert Father Looks Back
by Jene Beardsley

Letters
| One-Sided Views? | Less Talk, More Action | Nonviolent Superheroes? |