To Be Uninsured-Dangerous to Your Health

Access to health-care providers is a matter of justice. Justice is a core Christian value and the cornerstone of the United States’ political system. Yet, it is clear that whatever measures of justice in health-care one claims, our system is not meeting those...

Top Religion Stories of the Coming Year

Other writers will look back at the year just coming to a close and offer judgment about the top religion stories of the year. Such a list will no doubt include things like the 9-11 memorial services, clergy sex scandals, and religion and violence. Rather than...

Sharing the Light

The creative act of separating light from darkness is ongoing. As long as darkness is present in the form of evil, chaos and confusion, God will be working to create light and separate the light from the darkness, bringing order to a disordered world. Tent by tent,...

“Nicholas Nickleby”

Hathaway is just one member of a young but exceptional cast in this adaptation of Charles Dickens’ lengthy novel Nicholas Nickleby. Hathaway plays Madeline Bray, a destitute young woman who captures the attention of Nicholas Nickleby (Charlie Hunnam), recently...

Death Not Too Much to Pay for Peace

Christian Peacemaker Teams was founded in 1988 by members of the Mennonite Church. Its purpose: to offer “an organized, nonviolent alternative to war and other forms of lethal conflict.” “You will die today,” said its owner, an Israeli soldier...