Compassion is, by one definition, “a deep awareness and sympathy for another’s suffering.”
Karen Armstrong, the former Roman Catholic nun and one of the foremost writers on religion of our generation, and the renowned African spiritual leader and peacemaker Archbishop Desmond…
For those who came to the Justice Revival’s free opening night program (featuring former United Methodist District Superintendent and Texas State House Rep. Dr. Zan Holmes and Latin Grammy-winning gospel musician Jaci Velasquez) the spirit of a “Big Tent” was…
In Crossing the Lines: A Novel, author Richard Doster enabled me to enter the world of Jack Hall, an idealistic white reporter based in the South during the late 1950s who struggled between his need to report the truth with…
There is a line in the Riga Veda, a collection of ancient Hindu scripture, that says “Truth is One, but the sages speak of it by many names.” I had heard of this before, but hadn’t given it much thought…
Every day churches across the country respond to the economic crisis by supporting families in need, assisting those in search of a job, and reaching out to people on the back streets of America. At no time is the credibility…
Climate change has become a major worldwide grassroots movement — one that doesn’t acknowledge geographic or sociological borders. This movement will blossom on Saturday for the International Day of Climate Action — a day to prove that our movement can show…
We are excited to announce the launch of One Day’s Wages — an international grassroots movement dedicated to ending extreme global poverty. We are certainly not the first and thankfully, not the last. We’re encouraged by organizations like Sojourners that remind…
The following is a message delivered at the “Stand for Freedom in Iran” rally that took place yesterday at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, across from the United Nations.
Hello! I’ve been deeply moved by this gathering. This is amazing! My name is…
In the nuclear security business, it’s a good day when nothing goes wrong. It’s a great day when something goes right. The latter can be few and far between, but this week we saw two great days back-to-back during President Obama’s time at…
Two hundred years after slavery was declared illegal in Great Britain, and 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, an estimated 27 million people remain enslaved around the world. And most people remain unaware of this reality.
Earlier this year, I was shown around Jayyous by Mohammad Othman, Youth Coordinator of the Stop the Wall campaign, a nonviolent grassroots movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. His community, like many others, has been hit hard by Israel’s Separation Wall,…
The Poverty Initiative, based at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, has a mission “to raise up generations of religious and community leaders dedicated to building a social movement to end poverty, led by the poor.” Recently, at Camp…
Forty-six years ago, on Aug. 28, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood and gave the “I Have a Dream” speech [full video below]. And even this sentence reveals one of the fundamental struggles that continues in our nation. Most…
Yesterday was the 64th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Here is an important piece worth reading from Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, an impressive young Christian leader who is a real sign of hope for me.
Debates on our national system of providing health care are raging in political and corporate offices around the country. Traditionally, however, churches and faith centers have been the sites of healing, health, and wholeness for a community.
, author Richard Doster enabled me to enter the world of Jack Hall, an idealistic white reporter based in the South during the late 1950s who struggled between his need to report the truth with…
Forty-six years ago, on Aug. 28, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood and gave the 
, a compelling memoir that highlights the…
