Our Back Issues

The themes of our back issues give you an idea of the issues we deal with every month in The Witness. We think you'll find those are the concerns and matters that most of us deal with day to day. Real life!

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2000
Time and freedom January-February
March
No Easy Answers April

1999
Community food security January-February

HIV/AIDS: overcoming barriers to prevention March
A national disregard for children April
Aging: learning to be an elder May
Embracing a politics of place: the Penobscot watershed June
Journeys of the Spirit: the power and politics of pilgrimage July-August
Living in Debt September
Nuclearism today October
Harvest feast? November

1998
Sports as a principality: power, race and beauty January-February
Welfare 'reform' and poverty in the 1990s March
What do you do with what you don't believe? April
The Episcopal Church in conflict May
Christians and Buddhist wisdom June
Trickster spirit: a paradigm for social action? July-August
Who is mentoring today's young adults? September
Can Christians learn the earth's song? October
The prison-industrial complex November
Off-the-grid resistance: a reclaiming of soul December

1997
Raising kids with conscience April
Church structures and leadership: looking for spirit-filled change May
Unmasking the death penalty September
Allies in Judaism October
Northern Ireland: winds of peace November
Immigration: the flight into America December

1996
Silence January-February
American faces of Islam May
Hospitals: quality, access and spirit June
In need of a labor movement September
The Christian Right October
Fasting in Babylon December

1995
Economies of sin March
Resurrecting land April
Body wisdom May
Africa: Come, spirit, come June
Resisting sprawl October
The New Party November
Holy matrimony December

1994
The Left March
Economic justice May
Disabilities June
Women's spirituality July
Alternative ways of doing church August-September
Staying in my denomination October
Glamour November

1993
Perspectives on Aging January-February
Godly sex May
In defense of creation June
International youth in crisis July-August
Christians and animal rights October
The communion of saints November

1992
Ordination: multicultural priesthood May
When the church engages rage December
Raising kids with conscience April
Church structures and leadership: looking for spirit-filled change May
Unmasking the death penalty September
Allies in Judaism October
Northern Ireland: winds of peace November
Immigration: the flight into America December


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