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Vote in Sojourners' Election Issues Poll

by God's Politics 11-04-2008

Sojourners is interested in hearing about the issues you care most about in this historic election. Take the quick poll and find out how others voted as well.

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Still Hungry

by Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves 11-04-2008
This weekend I found myself irritable, tired, and hungry. Not hungry for food, but with an ache in my spirit. A burdensome kind of discontent not easily soothed by quick fixes.
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Religion in the Race for the White House

by Becky Garrison 11-04-2008
As part of my coverage of the American Academy of Religion's annual meeting, I attended a day-long workshop titled "Religion in the Race for the White House." Fo
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A Consistent Ethic of Life from the Unborn to Baghdad

by Omar Al-Rikabi 11-04-2008
Two pictures rotating on my laptop's screen-saver instantaneously rotate in my mind each time I hear a candidate or a preacher address the "value of human life."
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Fasting for Immigrant Justice this Election Season

by Glen Peterson 11-04-2008
Activists, evangelical Christians, and Catholic Workers have joined in a hunger strike in downtown Los Angeles to expose the plight of immigrants in the United States and to motivate 1 million peop
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My Prayer for Election Day

by Jim Wallis 11-03-2008
On the eve of this historic election, let us pause for a moment of thanks.
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Outlawing the Symptom: Our Broken Abortion Strategy

by Matthew Dunbar 11-03-2008
Every election year the urgent call to vote our evangelical pro-life values is sent out to all the faith.
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Seeking Reconciliation Before and After the Election

by Melvin Bray 11-03-2008
As the 2008 presidential campaign draws to a close, I've become increasingly less concerned about the specific outcome of election night and more concerned by what we will have positioned ourselves
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Fighting Tears as the Election Approaches

by Abayea Pelt 11-03-2008
I have been fighting tears for the past few days. And as Tuesday draws closer it becomes harder and harder to keep those tears at bay.
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Why Mavis is Voting

by Tim Kumfer 11-03-2008
I work in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of northwest Washington in a building called The Festival Center.
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