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In past years, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, focused primarily on business and politics as usual. Any talk of the World Economic Forum’s soul would have fizzled quickly.

But this year, in its 40th gathering of 2,500 international VIPs, something…

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Categories: Economics

The day the Murphy Report on clergy sexual abuse of children in Dublin, Ireland was recently released found me teaching ethics to clergy (among others) in a Dublin Roman Catholic theological school.   Immersed in the shock, horror, and anger surrounding the…

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091130-malalai-joyaThe media coverage of Afghanistan focuses, on the one hand, on the evils of the Taliban and, on the other hand, on the necessity of rooting out corruption in the current U.S.-backed government.  Where are the leaders we can admire? …

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In the midst of the hate speech that’s surfacing in the public square these days, I’ve been asking myself how I can respond to such speech nonviolently.  How can I engage with compassion those who sling word-arrows, inviting the slingers…

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Thousands of protesters converged on Chicago last week to demand banking reform, challenging bankers gathered at the annual meeting of the American Bankers Association.  Chanting “the bankers got bailout, we got sold out,” the protesters, representing unions and community and religious…

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Categories: Economics

At a major conference at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Massachusetts recently, 500 evangelicals met to discuss how to “renew the evangelical mission.”

Why this conference at this time?  In the words of Os Guinness, co-founder of the Trinity Forum and…

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Categories: Faith and Politics

Sen. Lindsey Graham demonstrated recently what soulful leadership looks like in the Republican Party.  Republicans have been in danger recently of losing their party’s soul.  With talk-show hosts playing on the fears of the fringes, Republicans are running the risk…

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