God's Politics Blog http://blog.sojo.net A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:00:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fashion as a Social Justice Vehicle, Part 2 banner-Finding-Your-Way-in-the-New-Economy

Continued from part 1 of an interview with Shannon Hopkins of Sweet Notions and Alissa Moore of Nomi Network.

How did you get involved in ministries aimed at helping those involved in sex trafficking?

SHANNON: In early 2004 Si Johnston and I were talking…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/09/fashion-as-a-social-justice-vehicle-part-2/ Prayer of the Day: Weather God, we remember all those who have been adversely affected by inclement weather, including heavy rain in California, heavy snow in the D.C. area in particular. We pray for all those who have lost electricity and whose homes have been…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/09/prayer-of-the-day-2010-02-09/ Verse of the Day: Instruction from Zion Many peoples shall come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that the Lord may teach us the Lord’s ways and that we may walk in…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/09/verse-of-the-day-2010-02-09/ Voice of the Day: James Baldwin Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/09/voice-of-the-day-2010-02-09/ Beyond a Predictable Script: Dialogue with Comments on My Israel/Palestine Posts 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…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/08/beyond-a-predictable-script-dialogue-with-comments-on-my-israelpalestine-posts/ Victory for Haiti Debt Cancellation! For those of us who work for social justice, victory can seem elusive.  But then there are times when we mobilize at the right time with the right message and our leaders cannot help but listen and respond.

This weekend was…

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On his blog, international missiologist Andrew Jones made this prediction: “Emerging church energies will be re-directed from creative worship arts to creative social enterprises which will enable long term sustainability. In both realms, women will come to the front as…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/08/fashion-as-a-social-justice-vehicle/ One More Gun Death Too Many–and Three Things You Can Do About It 100208-vigilAt about midnight we heard the shots ring out.   My friend ran to the door and I heard him yell, “Shane, a kid has been shot, come down.”  As we looked down the street we could see a young man…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/08/one-more-gun-death-too-many-and-three-things-you-can-do-about-it/ Book Sales, Best-Seller Lists, and Why They Matter Yes, this is an unabashed request for you to buy a copy of Jim’s new book, Rediscovering Values, but let me take a minute to tell you why this is so important to our mission and work at Sojourners.

First, consider…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/08/book-sales-best-sellers-lists-and-why-they-matter/ Tim Tebow’s Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad Brouhaha Is nothing sacred anymore?

With the exception of one Super Bowl in the 80s, I’ve generally looked at Super Bowl Sunday as an excuse to eat chips and watch the commercials. During the regular season, football commercials tend to bore me.…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/05/tim-tebows-pro-life-super-bowl-ad-brouhaha/ The Injustice of an 800 Mile Wall 100205-border-wallI was born in Tijuana, Mexico, and grew up in San Diego, California, only a few hundred yards from the actual borderline. As a kid, there were always border patrols around but I never felt like my birthplace offered any…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/05/the-injustice-of-an-800-mile-wall/ What Is and Isn’t Socialism When President Obama took questions from Congressional Republicans recently, he spoke about Republican characterizations of his health-care reform plan as something akin to a “Bolshevik plot.” There was a smattering of applause.  I did not know what to make of…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/05/what-is-and-isnt-socialism/ Faith Beyond Belief: Dogma Without Deeds is Dead In a recent interview with Commonweal magazine, renowned Catholic theologian David Tracy argued that theological discourse, with its accompanying jargon and disputes about certain doctrinal assertions, is “not the key to religion.” Essential to religion, according to Tracy, is the…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/05/faith-beyond-belief-dogma-without-deeds-is-dead/ Examining El Salvador’s Past and Potential Tomorrow, Jamie Moffett, director of The Ordinary Radicals will debut the first seven minutes of his documentary Return to El Salvador.  This release will be posted immediately on the film’s Web site following Moffett’s interview with Derrick Ashong on Oprah Radio (XM channel…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/05/examining-el-salvadors-past-and-potential/ Is George W. Bush Pro-Life? Is Any Politician? 100205-george-w-bushFormer President George W. Bush receives a pro-life award this weekend from Legatus, an organization of Catholic business professionals. The group cites his administration’s opposition to embryonic stem-cell research, an executive order barring federal funds from international family planning groups that…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/05/is-george-w-bush-pro-life-is-any-politician/ The latest news on Job Creation, Banking Reform, Tea Party Convention, Haiti, Bombings-Pakistan & Iraq, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Select Op-Eds. Bank of America Charged with Fraud. Bank of America and two of its former bosses have been charged with fraud for allegedly misleading shareholders during the takeover of Merrill Lynch.

Obama & Dalai Lama. The sudden deterioration in US-Chinese relations is set to accelerate after the White House confirmed today that Barack Obama will meet the Dalai Lama in Washington later this month in defiance of Beijing.

Unemployment. The United States economy shed 20,000 jobs in January, the government said Friday, deepening concern that relief from the deepest economic downturn in a generation would be slow to come. But even as the economy struggled to start creating jobs again, the unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent from 10 percent in December.

Quote of the Day. "Like polar bears, these high-elevation butterflies were already living in extreme environments, and now they don't have any options … Their environment is changing so quickly that they just can't cope.”  Matthew Forister, a biologist at the University of Nevada-Reno who led a study of beleaguered butterflies in California. (USA Today)

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/05/daily-news-digest-2010-02-05/ Prayer of the Day: For the immigrant Impress upon us again, Lord, the call to do justice, the call to practice reconciliation, the call to seek shalom. Today we remember this in the context of immigrants, asking that we would acknowledge before all else our common humanity…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/05/prayer-of-the-day-2010-02-05/ Verse of the Day: Understanding Loss The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart;

the devout are taken away, while no one understands.

For the righteous are taken away from calamity,

and they enter into peace;

those who walk uprightly will rest on their couches.

- Isaiah 57:1-2

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/05/verse-of-the-day-2010-02-05/ Voice of the Day: J.M. Coetzee Justice: once that word is uttered, where will it all end? … Where can that lead but to laying down our arms?

- J.M. Coetzee
from his novel, Waiting for the Barbarians

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Most of my recent posts pointing out how greed misled us recently in the Great Recession have been met with criticism of being anti-capitalism and anti-American. I have shared true stories of greedy hospitals, of greedy bankers, of greedy golfers and…

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