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Isn’t there something in the Bible about not bearing false witness? How is it then, whether in relation to the president’s religious affiliation, the health-care debate, and now the immigration debate as well, so many Christians do so by hitting…
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Tags: Africa, African, America, American, Asia, asian, attack, bearing false witness, chain, Children, chink, Christ, Christian, conspiracy theory, Corinthians, email, exclamation points, forward, government, Health, health care, health-care debate, human, hysteria, image of god, Immigration, immigration debate, immigration reform, Latino, marginalized, misinformation, neighborhood, perspective, Poor, power, President, Religious, religious affiliation, restaurant, Schools, sinner, socialism, solidarity, stereotype, Vote, White
 Whatever your political affiliation and opinions on health-care reform (really, just put them aside for a moment), I hope you’ll consider the questions Jim raised in his important blog post on war, health care, poverty, and debt.
Our current situation reminds me…
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Tags: activist, America, arrest, balance sheets, Christianity, cutting services, Debt, Economic, economy, financial institutions, Health, health care, health care reform, investment banking, Jesus, mary nelson, police, police officer, protest, Republican, richest americans, tax cuts, Taxes, trickle down economic theory, Washington, wise investment
It’s one thing to go to the “Holy Land” and see where Jesus worked and walked in the past. It’s another thing to combine that with seeing where the spirit of Jesus is working and walking in the present, teaching…
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What kind of place will gay people have in our society? The debate rages on–in the military as well as the church. Chris Matthews recently hosted an extended interchange on the subject between Aubrey Sarvis, a gay former military sharpshooter,…
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Tags: chris matthews show, Christianity, church, court martialed, debate, Family, Family Research Council, frc, gay behavior, gays and lesbians, GLBT, homosexual behavior, Homosexuality, interview, Jesus, law of moses, legislation, Media, Military, Moses, outlaw, Pro-family, Religious, Religious Right, Uganda, Video
 We have spoken with many Palestinians in the West Bank and in East Jerusalem so far in our pilgrimage, both Christian and Muslim. Their voices are seldom heard in our corporate media, so it has made sense to meet, listen…
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Tags: alibi, Apartheid, ashamed, blank check, border, Brian McLaren, Christianity, colonies, conversations, east jerusalem, Human Rights, Israel, Israeli, israeli jew, israeli policy, israelis, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jew, Jewish, jewish voices, land, Military, Military aid, money, Muslim, neighbors, occupation, palestinian territory, Palestinians, peace, peacemaker, peacemakers, reconciliation, security, Segregation, settlement, South Africa, tehran, territory, UN, Washington, West Bank
Friday night we were the guests of a synagogue in West Jerusalem. It was beautiful to see the room full of Jewish families honoring God in song, reading, silence, and prayer. It was clear they intended nobody any harm; they…
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Tags: bad guys, bondage, Christ, Christianity, conflict, enemy, faith, Families, good guys, hate, Israel, Israeli, israelis, Jerusalem, Jew, Jewish, Jews, justice, justice and peace, leaders, liberation, Muslim, narratives, occupier, Palestine, Palestinians, peace, pray, Prayer, principalities and powers, razor wire, Religious, religious leaders, Segregation, spirit of god, synagogue, tradition, west jerusalem
What a day it was. Halfway through, many in our group of twenty felt that we couldn’t take much more. We’d heard heart-shattering stories of Palestinians being arrested without cause, tortured, humiliated, re-arrested, re-tortured … told quietly and calmly by…
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Tags: Christian, Christianity, Christians, cynicism, God, greg barrett, hatred, Holy Land, Human Rights, Israeli, israelis, Jew, Jewish, land, Media, Muslim, muslims, occupied territory, Palestine, Palestinians, peace, reconciliation, refugee camp, settlement, synagogue, territory, torah, Torture, West Bank
 We arrived in Bethlehem with our wonderful group of pilgrims. Folks are getting acquainted, and in a few minutes, our journey begins. We’ll be meeting with and learning from peacemakers — some of whom are Muslim, some Christian, some Jewish…
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Tags: bethlehem, Christ, Christianity, Despair, development, economic development, faith, God, humanitarian, humanitarian aid, Jesus, Jew, Jewish, journey, lutheran, mitri raheb, Muslim, optimism, pastor, peace, peacemaker, peacemakers, pilgrims, Religion
Tags: bonus, book, budget, business, business leaders, Christ, Christianity, church, Community, conversations, Corporations, decisions, disappointment, Economics, economy, faith community, Families, Finding Our Way in the New Economy, government, jim wallis, leaders, Main Street, moral compass, moral values, Politics, recession, Sojourners, Theology, values, Wall Street
Tags: Afghanistan, american exceptionalism, Cold War, culture, Dick Cheney, enemies, God, good neighbor, government, head of state, International Criminal Court, JFK, Kennedy, neighbor, Nuclear Weapons, oslo speech, Politics, President Obama, Privilege, Rome, Surge, Torture, United Nations, use of force, War, weapons
The president’s campaign speech in Philadelphia on race and his speech earlier this year to the Muslim world from Egypt were, in my mind, two of the most important presidential speeches of my lifetime. I had tears streaming down my…
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Tags: candidate, community organizer, cynicism, engagement, head of state, History, hitler, humility, intelligence, jim wallis, Martin Luther King, moral force, muslim world, nobel peace prize, nobel speech, Nonviolence, oslo speech, President, presidential speech, realism, Reflection, Violence, Violence and Nonviolence, world war ii
Tags: atrocities, Children, chuck colson, commitment, common good, Corporations, dignity, Economic, economy, Evangelical, Evangelicals, faith, fear, government, greed, hierarchy, human, jonathan merritt, malaria, manhattan, marriage, orientation, power, priorities, Religious, sexual orientation, sin, system
Although there are several points I find troubling, inaccurate, or misleading in the recent Manhattan Declaration, and although I noticed the relative homogeneity of age, race, and gender of its signors, I want to focus on a section of the…
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Tags: Abortion, abuse, AIDS, big three, Children, chuck colson, civil unions, culture, Environment, ethnic cleansing, Evangelical, Evangelicals, footnote, Gay Marriage, Genocide, hierarchy, jonathan merritt, Labor, leaders, marriage, oppression, Persecution, preventable diseases, priorities, Pro-choice, Pro-life, Race, racial, racial oppression, Religious, sanctity, sanctity of human life, Scripture, Sex Trafficking, tradition, unions, Violence, Women
It’s been said that conservatives are people who honor the tombs of dead progressives. If that’s true, then within the Democratic movement, even with its progressive reputation, there could be a wing of conservative progressives, those who remember the good…
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Tags: Abortion, abortion reduction, accountability, agendas, Catholics, Conservative, conservative wing, Democracy, Democrats, Environment, Evangelicals, Faith-based, Gay Marriage, government, justice, litmus test, Poverty, Progressive Evangelicals, Religious, Republican
Tags: Abortion, accountability, civil unions, Conservative, daily kos, Democrat, Democrats, Diversity, equality, Evangelicals, Gay Marriage, health care, health care bill, leaders, litmus test, marriage, Military, moral issues, Movement, peace, Pro-choice, progressive, progressives, Religion, Republican, republican party, trojan horse, union, values
Tags: Anna Balzer, Israel, Jew, joe wilson, Jon Stewart, Media, Mustafa Barghouti, Nonviolence, occupation, Palestine, Video, Violence
Tim Costello of World Vision Australia and I have been working behind the scenes to compose a prayer that could be used by individuals and groups leading up to the Copenhagen gathering on climate change Dec. 6. Click here to read…
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Tags: Children, climate change, climate crisis, common good, consumption, copenhagen, creation, crisis, earth, Environment, Liturgical, planet earth, Prayer, resurrection, science, stewards, tradition, water
I am a loyal supporter of your presidency. I worked hard in the campaign and have never been as proud of my country as I was when we elected you.
I’m writing to ask you to find another way ahead in…
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Tags: Afghanistan, bomb, common good, Desmond Tutu, development, escalation, extremists, Global, God, infrastructure, International, international cooperation, Jesus, Military, moral principle, Nelson Mandela, Pakistan, peacemaker, police officers, President Bush, President Obama, progressive, public opinion, United Nations, Violence, War, war in iraq
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