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Cover Story

Recipe for Disaster
Fighting global warming's effects on the world's poor.  by Jim Ball

Why Copenhagen?
The witness of Denmark.  by Bill McKibben

Watch a How-To Video on Composting with Worms

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
Are scare tactics the best tools in our work against climate change?  by Janet Parker

Priests in God's Garden
A biblical vision for saving the earth.  by Bishop James Jones

Features

Pay Attention to the Birds
A Bible study on Luke 12, ecology, and economics.  by Ched Myers

The Walls Come Tumbling Down
It's time for a new relationship with Cuba.  by Joyce Hollyday

Commentary

Resisting the Coup
"Strange bedfellows" denounce Honduran military overthrow.  by Ashley Morse

From the Archives -- December 1974
Imitating the Incarnation.  by John R. W. Stott

Beyond 'Engagement'
It's time for Obama to act on Sudan.  by John Prendergast and Maggie Fick

Columns

Hearts & Minds: The Urgency of Civility
Respecting the image of God in one another.  by Jim Wallis

Earth & Heaven: The Pastor's Dilemma
Addressing social issues with courage and compassion.  by Joel Hunter

Godstuff: Surprised by Motherhood
"Your plan," God laughs. "Your plan!"  by Cathleen Falsani

H'rumphs: What Would Jesus Prescribe?
by Ed Spivey Jr.

Culture Watch

Fat Cats and Failed Systems
Capitalism: A Love Story examines a "filthy, rotten system."  by Danny Duncan Collum

The Farmer in the Swell
Joel Salatin finds himself in the middle of the food debate, fighting for a better way.  Interview by Jeannie Choi

Audio Interview with Joel Salatin

A Solitary Witness
Franz Jägerstätter: Letters and Writings from Prison, edited by Erna Putz. Orbis.  reviewed by Christopher M. Zimmerman

Full Review of Franz Jägerstätter: Letters and Writings from Prison

Becoming David
Why David Sometimes Wins, by Marshall Ganz. Oxford University Press.  reviewed by Kevin Lum

Doing Justice
Harvard professor Michael J. Sandel on civility in public discourse.  Interview by Jim Wallis

Video Interview with Michael J. Sandel

On Film: Representations of War
Reexamining violence in entertainment.  by Gareth Higgins

New and Noteworthy
The Sant'Egidio Book of Prayer, by Angela Riccardi; Peaceful Heroes, by Jonah Winter; Bearing the Mystery: Twenty Years of Image, by Gregory Wolfe; Trails of Hope and Terror: Testimonies on Immigration, by Miguel De La Torre.  reviews by Molly Marsh

Six Questions for Rev. Laura Sumner Truax
Serving the community of LaSalle Street Church in Chicago.  Interview by Jeannie Choi

Departments

Letters
| Covering Palestine | Levels of Intimacy | Yearning for Connection | Off-Focus? |

Between the Lines
| Healthy Middle Class? | Changing Farmers’ Lives | Voting for Change | Is That Jesus in Your Pocket? | Churches Speak to G20 Leaders |

Poetry: This the Morning
by Scott Cairns

Audio Reading and Interview with Scott Cairns

Living the Word: Getting Ready for the Unexpected
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C  by Walter Brueggemann