• 17

The Old Testament recognizes that riches can be gained through wickedness and oppression, but it also teaches and exemplifies that those to whom God grants more than ordinary wealth can and should make use of it in ways that are righteous before God, both in attitude and in practice.

• 17

A mother reflects on the opportunities for moral growth, generosity, and compassion presented by our current economic crisis.

• 16.5

In response to the earthquake’s devastation in Haiti, the church must look to its constitutive story—the cross and resurrection of Jesus—in order to speak and act faithfully in solidarity with those who are suffering.

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In this targum of Romans 1:16-32, Brian J. Walsh offers a creative and contemporary interpretation of a portion of the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Christian community in Rome.

• 16.5

In this interview, nurse and aid worker Brooke James recounts her experiences in Port-au-Prince during the earthquake and reflects on life in Haiti now, five months after the catastrophe.

• 16.5

In this essay, Nadine Pinède reflects on a 2003 trip to Haiti and on a gathering of the MPP, Haiti's largest grassroots organization, which focuses on food production and peasant mobilization as a response to poverty in Haiti.

• 17

In this interview, Sister Marilyn Lacey of Mercy Beyond Borders discusses her new memoir, *This Flowing Toward Me*, her fear of spiders, her work with refugees, and the surprising movement of God’s grace.

• 17

Dubai and Nairobi represent two ends of the poverty/wealth spectrum, but which one is really wealthy?

• 17

In this interview, Lisa Sharon Harper discusses her evangelical faith and the relationship between evangelicalism and politics, the economy, and social justice activism.

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In this interview, Lisa Sharon Harper tells of the work her organization, New York Faith and Justice, is doing to bring economic and social justice to the powerless in New York City.