The war in Iraq was fundamentally a war of choice, and it was the wrong choice.
Evangelicals run the political gamut from conservative and moderate to progressive and decidedly liberal. To suggest that most evangelicals reside on the far right is simply not true.
Nonviolence is not just a critical tactic but a necessary commitment.
For 40 years, Sojourners has been fighting the good fight. Where do we go from here?
People of faith, at our best, are the ultimate independents.
A conservative Republican member of Congress talks about his journey of repentance for supporting the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
America should be a safe place for people of all faiths.
It's a consistent storyline in the media, involving powerful men in politics, sports, business, and religion: Men behave with utter disregard for the dignity and humanity of women -- using and abusing them at will, and acting as if they believe that they are entitled to do so.
In this fallen world we are often faced with imperfect choices in response to clear evil.
Tough choices are now upon us -- but they must be smart, courageous, and compassionate.
Though the fast ended on Easter, it helped to spark a broad and united movement for a moral budget.
Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen talks with Jim Wallis about ice cream, Oreos -- and how the bloated military budget is destroying our economy and making us all less secure.
The leadership of both our countries has preferred stability to democracy for a long time.
Time and again, we heard from President Obama on the campaign trail that Washington was broken and he was running for president to fix it.
In politics there is always a spiritual choice to be made -- a choice between hope and fear.
This fall we saw a disturbing rise in religious intolerance in the U.S.
Can libertarianism be reconciled with Christian faith?
President Obama announced at the end of August that "the American combat mission in Iraq has ended." Watching the speech and listening to the commentary, I was gripped by a deep sadness.
Soldiers are dying for a failed, arrogant, theologically unjust, and immoral war policy.
An ethic of endless economic growth, powered by fossil fuels, is ultimately unsustainable.
This law would force us to disobey Jesus and his gospel. We will not comply.
We need to behave differently, for the sake of our spiritual integrity and the health of our democracy.
Jesus said to love our enemies, so no matter what Glenn Beck does we will not attack him personally.
Dr. Elizabeth Warren -- head of Congress's TARP watchdog and veteran Sunday school teacher -- talks with Sojourners about facing down the Goliaths of Wall Street.
It’s the largest federal budget in history. President Obama’s 2011 budget totals $3.8 trillion and contains a deficit of $1.3 trillion.
The banks must be sent a message: We find their behavior unacceptable.
I have written a new book—one I didn’t plan to write, but which emerged as we responded to the economic crisis that has gripped the nation and the world.
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock is not afraid to get messy.
Harvard professor Michael J. Sandel is used to playing to large crowds—his undergraduate course on justice enrolls more than 1,000 students each year.
In recent days, people of faith have raised their voices in the health-care reform debate and started talking about moral values.
On a personal, national, and global level, the physical well-being of all God’s children is close to God’s heart and should be close to ours as well.
Every weekday evening, viewers across the nation tune in to their local public television station to watch Tavis Smiley interview guests from every walk of life on his PBS show, Tavis Smiley
Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, speaks truth to power with silliness, outrage, and a whole lotta laughs. But is he a prophet?
Our Mobilization to End Poverty this spring brought together nearly 1,200 Christian leaders and grassroots activists from around the country committed to overcoming poverty.
On ominous red-on-black lettering, a recent Newsweek cover carried the headline, “The Decline and Fall of Christian America.” The magazine’s cover story by editor Jon Mea
Several years ago, faced with a disastrous federal budget proposal, Sojourners started using the phrase “budgets are moral documents.” That phrase has now entered the com
If we can learn new habits of the heart from this economic crisis, perhaps the suffering can be redemptive.
Here's an opportunity to help make social change happen: Join us in the nation's capital in April.
Memos to the new president from political, cultural, and religious leaders.
