VERBATIM."The church has long served as a broker between rich and poor. As a distribution center, its where the wealthy leave stuff for the destitute to take away. The rich get a good feeling, and the poor get fed and clothed clothe tr.v. clothed or clad , cloth·ing, clothes 1. To put clothes on; dress. 2. To provide clothes for. 3. To cover as if with clothing. , but neither one gets transformed." --Writer Shane Claiborne Shane Claiborne is one of the founding members of a New Monastic community called The Simple Way in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This organization was featured on the cover of Christianity Today. (The Other Side, November/December 2000) "The difference between young people today and young people of my generation is the accessibility of guns. There's no need for the American people An American people may be:
--Retired United Methodist pastor Jim Lawson (quoted in the Dallas Morning News, Oct. 7, 2000) "The hand which signed the letter ... is the same hand which signed Plan Colombia The term Plan Colombia is most often used to refer to controversial U.S. legislation aimed at curbing drug smuggling by supporting different Drug War activities in Colombia. for the destruction of our people, the intensification of the war, for the destruction of the peasantry and the land, and for the creation of even more displaced persons." --Colombian Presbyterian pastor Milciades Pua commenting on President Andres Pastrana's greeting to the Latin American Council American Council may refer to: In linguistics:
"All who believe and think about what they believe are theologians." --German theologian Jurgen Moltmann (Christian Century, Dec. 20-27, 2000) |
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