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Feeling a sense of superiority over and against another is, of course, a sign of our own weakness. We need someone to fail to know that we are successful. We need someone to be bad to know that we are good. We need someone to make an “insanely idiotic” statement to know that we are smart.

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Within five years, the Bush administration's misguided invasion of Iraq has transformed under the Obama administration into preemptive assassinations halfway around the world. Dirty Wars author Jeremy Scahill sat down with Sojourners to discuss his book, documentary, and the moral implications of drone warfare.

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The CBO found that bipartisan immigration reform in the Senate would trim nearly $1 trillion off the federal deficit, while spurring the economy and creating jobs.

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The audience (or the congregation) brings so much to any performance (or liturgy). As the people of the earth can enter into the city of God bringing what they have (Rev. 21) so too does the congregation bring all that they are to worship.

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Luke makes it clear: Jesus is not the Lord of Empire, Jesus is The Lord of Compassion. And in this story Jesus reached out and defiled himself as he so often did, by touching and loving and resurrecting that which is considered unclean. 

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by Jim Wallis
In December of last year, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. ... Surprise was not the right word — not even shock. The news felt incredulous to me. ... [But] during this whole process, I’m learning more and more lessons about losing control and learning to trust instead.

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Jim Wallis' latest book On God's Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn't Learned About Serving the Common Good explores what would happen if, instead of focusing on partisan bickering and personal gain, we elevated the common good — in our politics, our family lives, our communities, and throughout each cross-section of our lives. 

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