Graphic Gospel: Steve Ross's New Take on the Gospel in Marked
What if the media hounded Jesus, shysters hawked his healing powers, and a former leper rapped over the airwaves about his healing experience? Karen A. Keely reviews Steve Ross's graphic novel version of the Gospel According to Mark.  [posted 8/15/06]

Stations of the Cross in Jail: Part 2
Joseph Mulligan penned reflections on the Stations of the Cross while jailed from late January to late April 2004 for "crossing the line" onto Ft. Benning, Georgia, in a November 2003 protest against the U.S. Army's School of the Americas. He offers these reflections now among The Witness' new Resources for Communities as a stimulus to reflection and a potential resource for liturgy.  [posted 4/4/06]

Congregations as Lively as They Are Liberal
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of mainline denominations' death have been greatly exaggerated. In this contribution to The Witness's new Resources for Communities section, Karen A. Keely reviews Diana Butler Bass's The Practicing Congregation: Imagining a New Old Church and Butler Bass and Joseph Stewart-Sicking's edited collection From Nomads to Pilgrims: Stories from Practicing Congregations, both of which argue that intentional, liberal congregations can be vibrant, lively, and growing churches.  [posted 3/18/06]

Stations of the Cross in Jail: Part 1
Joseph Mulligan penned reflections on the Stations of the Cross while jailed from late January to late April 2004 for "crossing the line" onto Ft. Benning, Georgia, in a November 2003 protest against the U.S. Army's School of the Americas. He offers these reflections now among The Witness' new Resources for Communities as a stimulus to reflection and a potential resource for liturgy.  [posted 2/28/06]

Notes Toward a Biblical Theology of Human Sexuality
Our new Resources for Communities section will provide stories, materials, and reviews to assist justice-oriented leaders in congregations, chaplaincies, and other communities of faith in their ministries. In this entry, Sarah Dylan Breuer provides an antidote for a misleading "concordance theology" on human sexuality in these notes from her presentation to an adult forum at St. Paul's, Richmond.  [posted 2/28/06]