OCTOBER 2012: INSIDE OUT by Carol Westphal “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…” Hebrews 13:1 I’ve been married to

OCTOBER 2012: REVIEW by Johnathan Kana Atonement, Justice, and Peace: The Message of the Cross and the Mission of the Church Darrin W. Snyder Belousek

OCTOBER 2012: REVIEW by Jay D. Green Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics Ross Douthat Free Press, 2012 $26.00. 352 pages. Among

OCTOBER 2012: POETRY by Daniel Bowman Jr. The thought that she can’t stay beautiful much longer on cigarettes and coffee nags at her a little

OCTOBER 2012: ESSAY by Janel Curry Moments of great stress such as natural disasters illuminate underlying theological constructs and worldviews. Extreme natural events bring to

OCTOBER 2012: ESSAY by J. Todd Billings In 2010, my wife Rachel and I traveled to Ethiopia to adopt a lovely little girl. We know

OCTOBER 2012: RESPONSE by Scott Hoezee In his attempt to bolster the contention that all of creation is a “text” on which pastors should preach

OCTOBER 2012: AS WE SEE IT by Jack Du Mez I grew up in a socially and politically conservative small town in Wisconsin—very conservative. In

OCTOBER 2012: AS WE SEE IT by Jack R. Van Der Slik It is one of the most precious rituals of American democracy. On November