in this issue:
"Building Community Activism"

Contextualizing the church
An interview with Geoffrey Curtiss / An Episcopal priest sees community organizing through a gospel lens. – by Julie A. Wortman Spanish-Language Version Here.

Sharing resources to build a community that is the church
The diocese should be a resource broker, says the Bishop of Maryland. – by Robert W. Ihloff

'Family, church and neighborhood'
Latinos of faith exercising collective power to improve daily life / Latinos take to their communities’ streets with ritual and justice activism. – by Timothy Matovina Spanish-Language Version Here.

Entitled neighbors
A biblical perspective on living wage / A biblical theologian says faith’s call to living-wage activism is clear. – by Walter Brueggemann

A movement pushing a 'winnable issue'
Church-labor coalitions for living-wage legislation are gaining momentum. – by Ethan Flad

Air-wave neighborhoods
Community radio making a difference / Local communities gain voice through non-commercial, volunteer-dominated radio. – by Charlie Bernstein

Truly public television
A how-to for claiming equal time. – by Bruce Campbell

Editorial notes
Building community activism
by Julie A. Wortman

The church’s call in difficult times
by Richard Bower

Poetry
Pentecost Psalm
by John Paul Davis

Short Takes

Since 1917, The Witness has been examining church and society in light of faith and conscience – advocating for those denied systemic power as well as celebrating those who, in theologian William Stringfellow’s words, have found ways to "live humanly in the midst of death." With deep roots in the Episcopal Church, we are a journal of spiritual questing and theology in practice, always ready to hold our own cherished beliefs and convictions up to scrutiny.

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