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Love in Syria
Upon accepting the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Muslim writer Navid Kermani tackled some contested questions. Syria and Iraq, persecuted Christians, the true nature of Islam: Will Western Christians respond, or stay indifferent?
Navid Kermani
Essay
Detailed black and white drawing of a man with a scarf wrapped around his neck looking to the side.
Hope in the Void
How can war veterans come to terms with the moral guilt they may feel after serving active duty? And how can they help us face the reality of our own need for God? Yandell writes from personal experience.
Essay
Abstract painting of a colorful, geometric castle-like structure with arches and towers.
Did the Early Christians Understand Jesus?
The kingdom Jesus proclaimed was coming – not just soon or in the near future – but now.
Gerhard Lohfink
Essay
Smiling woman wearing a green and yellow patterned headscarf and dress standing by a tree.
Neighbors in Rwanda
One million Tutsis were killed in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. A yearly commemoration begins each April 7, the day the genocide started. Reflecting on the faith that held her through those days, a survivor expresses her hope for Rwanda’s future.
Denise Uwimana
Interview
Boy dribbling basketball on a city sidewalk with people and parked cars nearby.
Needing My Neighbor
“The struggle I was experiencing mirrored what I’d seen my neighbors go through in dealing with their addictions. I found myself making the same excuses I’d heard them make, yet I was still faster to recognize their pride than my own...”
Matthew Loftus
Essay

From the Editor

Close-up of an artwork showing various rooftops in shades of brown, gray, black, and red tiles.
Who Is My Neighbor?
Love of neighbor is not an exalted feeling. It’s tough love. It means accepting risks and sometimes even suffering. But love of neighbor can bring about a shared life of mutual care when our neighbors become our brothers and sisters...
Peter Mommsen
From the Editor

Insights

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Insight: Loving Your Neighbor

Our Lord expects works from us. If you see a sick sister whom you can relieve, show compassion to her.

Teresa of Avila
Inklings

Arts & Letters

Painting of a man with a staff reaching out to two people in a green field under a colorful sunset sky.
The Coming of the King
In this short Easter story, some children prepare for the arrival of a king and receive someone quite different.
Laura E. Richards
Fiction
Two swallows flying above a wildflower field with white, yellow, orange, and blue flowers.
Poem: No One Wrings the Air Dry
A swift builds her nest, raises her brood, and readies her offspring for the first shock of quiet, dry air.
Poem
Young woman holding a glowing paper lantern in the dark, with blurred lights in the background.
The Danger of Prayer
Do we have the faith that through our prayer the status quo can be shattered? That Christ will come among us to judge and save? It is dangerous to call on God in this way, for it means we are ready not only to be lifted up but to be hurled down...
Eberhard Arnold
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