Two weeks ago during the Sojourners Truth and Civility Election Watch, Rev. Jim Wallis warned about the connection between “violence of tongue, fist and heart.” This connection was made after a Move On staff person was dragged to the ground and stomped in the head by a Rand Paul campaign coordinator.
Dear Candidate, Party Organization, PAC, Super-PAC or anyone Committee that happens to be contributing to the non-stop political ads that have flooded my TV,
Give us all a break!
Just in time for the election, one of the nation’s leading public theologians analyzes what some Tea Partiers think about God and why it will matter on Election Day.
One in four Christian conservatives claim to be a part of the Tea Party movement, according to a recent survey, but Sojourners President Jim Wallis gives seven reasons that Jesus might not sign up among their ranks.
WASHINGTON, DC –– Just before the congressional recess, Sen. Robert Menendez(D-NJ) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced comprehensive immigration reform legislation in the United States Senate. The following is a statement from Rev. Jennifer Kottler, director of policy and advocacy at Sojourners:
WASHINGTON, DC – Sojourners, the country’s largest network of Social Justice Christians, launched a “Truth and Civility Election Watch” on Thursday, September 23. The campaign is highlighting media figures and politicians who leave both truth and civility behind during the election season. Rev. Jim Wallis said, “The level of our public discourse has hit new lows. From politicians to commentators, I keep hearing the same thing, ‘We’ve never seen it get this bad.’”
As the U.S. Senate passed the conference committee report on the financial regulatory reform bill today, Rev. Jim Wallis – an evangelical leader, author of Rediscovering Values, and president of Sojourners (the largest network of social justice Christians in the United States) – praised the new law, saying...
After the U.S. Senate passed its financial regulatory reform bill, Rev. Jim Wallis – an evangelical leader, author of Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street and president of Sojourners (the largest network of social justice Christians in the United States) – said in a statement today that though “the legislation still contains some weaknesses … it is nonetheless a historic accomplishment.”
Rev. Jim Wallis – an evangelical leader, author of Rediscovering Values and president of Sojourners (the largest network of social justice Christians in the United States) – is responding to Glenn Beck’s claim that “churches are being used by progressives to help bring about the fundamental transformation of America.” Rev. Wallis responded in a statement today by saying, “It is actually the other way around – the faith community is pushing the government, rather than the government using us.”
Jim Wallis will join leaders from religious, national security, development and conservation organizations will come together Thursday to call on Congress to improve the lack of immediate and significant investments for adaptation solutions in countries hardest hit by climate change.
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