The Common Good

God's Politics Blog

Family Values: Ministry or 'Just Life'

by Leroy Barber 09-19-2008
I believe that every dedicated family following Jesus is a great instrument for the kingdom of God. A family serving together is a picture of God's love and grace.
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Fomenting a Fair Trade Chocolate Revolution

by Becky Garrison 09-19-2008
During a recent trip to Seattle, I took a tour of Theo Chocolate, the first and only organic and fair trade chocolate factory in the United States.
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Zimbabwe's Leaders Sign Compromise Agreement

by Nontando Hadebe 09-19-2008
The agreement we sign today is a product of painful compromise.
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My Struggle with New Monasticism

by Chanequa Walker-Barnes 09-18-2008
[Read all posts in this conversation on New Monastics and race.]
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Vote Out Poverty: 'That's Just How We Roll Around Here'

by Alan Clapsaddle 09-18-2008
I dropped by the office at Discovery Church on Orange Avenue in Orlando yesterday to deliver some posters and flyers for the Poverty Sunday premiere of the film
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God's Politics Has Moved!

by Ryan Rodrick Beiler 09-17-2008
Please change your bookmarks to: http://www.godspolitics.com
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Fair Questions for Sarah Palin

by Jim Wallis 09-17-2008
After Sarah Palin was selected by John McCain as the Republican vice-presidential candidate, reporters asked me whether the pick was desperate, brilliant, or risky.
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Hispanic Heritage Month, Immigration, and the Presidency

by Gabriel Salguero 09-17-2008
This week is significant in the lives of the more than 40 million Hispanics in the United States in that it marks the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month.
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Just the Facts

by Jim Wallis 09-16-2008
Most of you are too young to remember Joe Friday, the tough inner-city police sergeant on the old television series Dragnet, which I still see sometimes in syndication.
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