“The shirtless and barefoot people of the earth are rising up as never before.” ~Martin Luther King Jr.~ from Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? The shirtless and barefoot people of the earth are rising up as never before and they walk past signs that say NO SERVICE and they walk past lines […]
TOJ: Gary, could you say something about the involvement of the Evangelical church in the world—I know there is sometimes criticism, especially in America, of Evangelicalism being more concerned with saving souls than with working for social justice. As an Evangelical, what would you say about that criticism? GT: Do you really think so? I […]
TOJ: When did your interest in poetry begin? DR: I was first conscious of the magic of poetry in middle school when a student teacher asked us to read Tennyson’s “The Eagle.” The sound effects in that little poem blew me away—so much power in so few words. But I think by that age I […]
The AIDS Awareness Campaign (AAC) is a team of three American journalists, writers and photographers who began an eight-month overland journey through the heart of Africa in July 2005 to examine the impact of HIV/AIDS in rural and urban communities. Through the stories of the African people whom they meet along the way, Sean Blaschke, […]
Come walk with me along the way, that turns and winds so we can’t see the end, through bends, alluring in their folds and shadows. When the path seems to fade I’ll follow you up the mountain and over rocks since you like to go where there is no trail. And when we’re led to […]
Money is everything, Alex said. I opened my mouth to disagree, but stopped. I looked directly at his face and saw that he meant what he said. He doesn’t have the luxury to think that money isn’t everything. Like most of the other one-billion people in China, his sole purpose is to get enough money […]