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2012
 | February - Opportunities for explorers |
| January - Thought-provoking new books |
2011
| December - Charity is not enough |
| November - Does love move us into need? |
| October - Communicating with church decision-makers |
| September - A hard job that requires a choice |
| August - A story churchgoers need to examine |
| July - Looking at fundamentalism |
| June - Living in the wilderness |
| May - Is your church Christian? |
| April - Connections readers speak |
| March - How can we protest effectively? |
| February - The insight that age can bring |
| January - Time to stop getting it wrong |
2010
| December - Connections Live! 2010 and Barbara's new book, Misfits |
| November - An unbridgeable gulf? |
| October - Vessels that don't hold treasure |
| September - Opinions that need examining |
| August - A plea for prophetic voices |
| July - Trying to describe Christianity |
| June - Progressive Christians' dilemma |
| May - Belief and faith |
| April - A theologian's story |
| March - Reflections |
| February - Finding kindred spirits |
| January - Asking about war and peace |
2009
| December - Peace, comfort, and truth |
| November - I believe . . . |
| October - Has your time to blossom come? |
| September - PCCS—action close to home |
| August - More intriguing books |
| July - A fork in a long road |
| June - A courageous book |
| May - Curiosity that led to growth |
| April - Jesus's way of life is what matters most |
| March - Afraid of what we'll see? |
| February - Warned against life-saving books |
| January - Reading the Bible selectively |
2008
| December - The Bible's Christmas stories--the gospel in miniature |
| November - Noticing and acting |
| October - A family of Christian dynamos |
| September - Connections readers speak |
| August - Rethinking Connections |
| July - Community organizing—What is it? Why do it? |
| June - Welcoming worship for today |
| May - Thinking about war |
| April - Using the strategies Jesus used |
| March - Jesus's politics and ours |
| February - Nets that can't hold water—images for God |
| January - Hearing the spiritually homeless |
2007
| December - What should seminaries do? |
| November - A vision that became reality—"Living the Questions" |
| October - Empire and the realm of God |
| September - Empire—still present today |
| August - Empire, then and now |
| July - A time that changed the world |
| June - What makes someone a Christian? |
| May - Vital signs |
| April - Our pictures of God—reasonable, or just comfortable? |
| March - More signposts of renewal |
| February - Signposts of renewal |
| January - Wrappings, old and new |
2006
| December - Worship that revives |
| November - Purpose driven? Undriven? |
| October - Leaving without leaving |
| September - Making disciples |
| August - Church conflict--how can we help? |
| July - Becoming the healers we need |
| June - Empowered by God to resist |
| May - What kind of God? |
| April - Giving money to God |
| March - The shock of the truth |
| February - Churches hiding the truth |
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January - A welcome book about prayer |
2005
| December - Seeking community and truth |
| November - Worship at different stages of faith |
| October - Personalities influence worship |
| September - Connecting with worship |
| August - A disturbing disconnection |
| July - God and politics |
| June - Vitality in turmoil |
| May - Wisdom—a life-transforming tradition |
| April - What is effectiveness? |
| March - Loving and serving—pastors' first responsibility? |
| February - The search for the Real |
| January - Reaching today's people |
2004
| December - Which moral values? |
| November - Seeing the Bible with open eyes |
| October - Thinking about prayer |
| September - Personal stories in the church |
| August - Joining God on the margins |
| July - Mainline or margins? |
| June - Pebbles and steamrollers |
| May - Surviving through thick and thin |
| April - Covenants with God and each other |
| March - Dropping out, staying in |
| February - Prophetic voices in the wilderness (The Unauthorized Bible) |
| January - Why I am a United Methodist |
2003
| December - Why I am a Christian |
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November - The unheard minority |
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October - Looking at what connects us |
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September - Walking a path to God |
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August - The journey toward mature faith |
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July - Responding to anger in the church |
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June - Anger in the church |
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May - Should culture and the arts matter to Christians? |
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April - Affirming and dissenting |
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March - Connecting religion with reality |
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February - A great separation |
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January - Who's entitled to throw stones? |
2002
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December - Wondering about peace |
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November - Standing by a river, dying of thirst |
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October - Ten years of Connections |
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September - Communion, change, and community |
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August - Food for the journey--favorite books |
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July - Patriotism and Christianity |
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June - Misfits again |
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May - The most divisive issue for Christians |
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April - Christian misfits--lifelines for each other |
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March - War--a hot-button topic for Christians |
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February - The missing misfits |
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January - Pluralism--sinful or faithful? |
2001
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December - Christians relating to other religions |
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November - What kind of school prayer? |
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October - Disaster raises questions |
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September - Sermons--views from a pro |
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August - Thinking about sermons |
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July - Joining what God chooses to bless |
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June - Why Connections? |
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May - Which worldview do you choose? |
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April - Finding hope in change |
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March - Ideas for reading |
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February - Fundamentalism in the church |
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January - Pilgrims, tourists, and wise travelers in search of God |
2000
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December - What would Jesus do? |
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November - Journeys, physical and spiritual |
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October - What to do with money--an easy question or a hard one? |
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September - Money talk--taboo for churches but not for God |
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August - Seeing how faith grows |
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July - Sharing spiritual family trees |
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June - Choosing bishops--whom shall we send? |
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May - Letting our lives speak |
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April - Hearing all the voices |
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March - The insider-outsider gap |
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February - Thinking about prisons and prisoners |
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January - Y2K--a time for seeing clearly |
1999
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December - The most important holiday |
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November - A personal story |
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October - Two systems in tension |
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September - All spirituality isn't the same |
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August - Jesus talk and Jesus pictures |
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July - Picturing Jesus |
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June - Sending horses against tanks |
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May - A dangerous policy |
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April - Kicking harmful church habits |
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March - What's missing? |
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February - Our most important activity |
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January - Thinking about worship |
1998
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December - Searching for unity |
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November - Birthdays—times for growing |
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October - By our love or by our clothing? |
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September - Dialogue, discussion, debate, discernment |
1996
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February - Seeking God's will about homosexuality |
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January - God isn't one of the guys |
1995
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August - Finding the real Jesus |
| December - Women aren't second-class people in God's sight |
1993
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June - God creates us with differences |
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September - Prayer in a busy world |
