May 2009

In this issue of Touchstone Journal

Volume 27 May 2009 Number 2

Editorial

• A Healthy Case of Midrash

Articles

• Re-Digging AncientWells – R. Gerald Hobbs
• Beyond The Last Supper: The Institution Narrative Revisited – William S. Kervin
• Jazz: Human Transformation In A Musical Key – Thomas E. Reynolds
• “To Share In God’s Concern For All”. The Effect of the 1966 Report on World Mission – Hyuk Cho

From the Heart

• The Deposit We Leave In Each Other’s Lives – Lois Wilson

Profile

• Clarence Edwin Silcox (1881-1961): Brave and Resolute Champion of the City of God – Alan Davies

Reviews

• Divided Heritage: The Presbyterian Contribution to The United Church of Canada by John Webster Grant – Marilyn Fardig Whiteley
• Why John Wrote a Gospel by Tom Thatcher – Deborah Shanks
• Vulnerable Communion: A Theology of Disability and Hospitality by Thomas E. Reynolds – Ron McConnell
• Our Life Together: A Memoir In Letters by Jean Vanier – Jane Doull
• What Lies Behind The Picture by Vernon R. Wishart – Greg Parker
• Seeking The Identity of Jesus: A Pilgrimage Edited by Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Richard Hays – Don Schweitzer

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