Interfaith Dialogue Atlanta

Steroid use investigation is a carnival show

Steroid use investigation is a carnival show
By Bob Barr
For the Journal-Constitution
Dec. 19, 2007
Even federal law enforcement agencies can't seem to resist the urge to dip their investigative toes into the shallow water of major league sports scandals.
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American Dream a nightmare for black America?

The American Dream, or a nightmare for black America?
By Joshua Holland
AlterNet
Dec. 17, 2007
Thirty years after the civil rights era, middle-class African-American families face a grim reality: their kids are far more likely to experience downward mobility in today's economy than they are to move up.
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Why I believe Bush must go

Why I believe Bush must go: Nixon was bad. These guys are worse.
By George McGovern
Washington Post
Jan. 6, 2008
As we enter the eighth year of the Bush-Cheney administration, I have belatedly and painfully concluded that the only honorable course for me is to urge the impeachment of the president and the vice president.
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A child's view of the $100 laptop

A child's view of the $100 laptop
BBC News
Dec. 12, 2007
What will a child in the UK make of a laptop designed to help children in the developing world? Rory Cellan-Jones brought an XO home to find out.
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Border crossings: A global trek to poor nations

Border crossings: A global trek to poor nations, from poorer ones
By Jason DeParle
New York Times
Dec. 27, 2007
There are 74 million “south to south” migrants, according to the World Bank, which uses the term to describe anyone moving from one developing country to another, regardless of geography.
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U.S. well-served by Saudis

U.S. well-served by Saudis: Rulers are key to Mideast peace, keep oil spigots open
By Wyche Fowler Jr. and Mark Weston
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jan. 7, 2008
America's 60-year friendship with the Saudi government needs to be nurtured, not censured. Without Saudi Arabia as an ally, the world's oil supplies would be less secure, and peace between Israel and Palestine is improbable.
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What’s your consumption factor?

What’s your consumption factor?
By Jared Diamond
New York Times
Jan. 2, 2008
The average rates at which people consume resources like oil and metals, and produce wastes like plastics and greenhouse gases, are about 32 times higher in North America, Western Europe, Japan and Australia than they are in the developing world.
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Finding Alzheimer’s before a mind fails

Finding Alzheimer’s before a mind fails
By Denise Grady
New York Times
Dec. 26, 2007
Five million people in the United States have Alzheimer’s, most of them over 65. By 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, 11 million to 16 million Americans will have the disease.
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Megachurches: Faith And The City TV Program

"Megachurches" is topic of Faith And The City Forum TV program
Faith And The City e.Newsletter
Dec. 14, 2007
When Sen. Grassley requested financial information from six prominent megachurch ministries, including two based in metro Atlanta, he fueled a long-standing controversy. Faith And The City Forum's currently airing public affairs dialogue is titled, "Megachurches: Ethics, Law, and Money," airing four days each week on Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters Inc. cable television network.
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Church on the Edge of Somewhere

Church on the Edge of Somewhere: Ministry, Marginality, and the Future
Book Review
Alban Institute
Oct. 14, 2007 (posted by FATC)
Most congregations today exist in what George Thompson calls the "middle of anywhere." They live comfortably with their surrounding culture, focusing their energies on serving the needs of the current members. These congregations have many strengths and gifts that they can exercise without changing a thing. But Thompson envisions a deeper, more prophetic call for congregations to explore the meaning of being in the world but not of it—a church on the "edge of somewhere."
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