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The Washington Post 04/05/2013
Rev. Cosby was considered a mentor to key figures, including Sojourners founder Jim Wallis, one of the country’s best-known evangelical progressives...
The Huffington Post 04/05/2013
A little over a year ago, during some of the most heated moments of the presidential election, the Rev. Jim Wallis went on a three-month sabbatical.
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly 04/05/2013
Jim Wallis on Serving the Common Good
Time Magazine (online) 04/04/2013
There is an ancient idea that we have lost, but can and should find again. It’s called simply the common good. It goes back many centuries, but the...
Gloucester Daily Times 04/04/2013
In the April issue of “Sojourners,” evangelical theologian Jim Wallis has written an essay called “A Gospel for the Common Good.”
Relevant Magazine 04/04/2013
A coalition of evangelical leaders are behind a massive radio ad campaign that encourages lawmakers in six states to look at immigration reform. The...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 04/03/2013
The Republican budget for 2013 is a moral document, as budgets always are, telling us who and what is most and least important to the budget-makers....
Outreach Magazine 04/03/2013
But then, last summer, more than 150 evangelical leaders signed a resolution that calls on the United States to have a more compassionate stance...
The Huffington Post 04/02/2013
"Our life together can be better." That's the opening sentence of an important new book by Jim Wallis called On God's Side: What...
The Washington Post 04/02/2013
“It’s been said that the most compelling voice a legislator hears is that of his own constituents,” said Tim King, communications director at...
WNYC 04/01/2013
Recent debates over gun control, the budget and gay rights have shown us that our nation cannot seem to agree on anything these days. Jim Wallis,...
The Washington Post 04/01/2013
“It’s been said that the most compelling voice a legislator hears is that of his own constituents,” said Tim King, communications director at...
This Week with George Stephanopoulos 03/31/2013
Discuss the role of religion in our civic debates. With our roundtable of Jim Wallis, Reza Aslan, Reverend Calvin Butts and Dr. Richard Land.
The Fiji Times Online 03/29/2013
Jim Wallis (2008), the founder of Sojourners in Washington, recalls an incident when he asked his students: "Why was Jesus crucified?"
The Huffington Post 03/28/2013
A revealing thing happens when you remove yourself from the daily drum of politics and become a mere observer. I did just that last year, during some...
McClatchy Newspapers 03/27/2013
Now, the evangelical community is putting its money and its political muscle into the debate. Ads are running on Christian radio stations, a website...
Real Clear Politics 03/26/2013
Their coalition, The Evangelical Immigration Table, wrote a letter to President Obama and congressional leaders asking that any plan include the...
The Huffington Post 03/26/2013
It's a constant story line involving powerful men in politics, sports, business, and even religion: they behave with utter disregard for the...
The Press-Enterprise 03/23/2013
An Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action for Immigration Reform announced on Friday is the latest effort by evangelical pastors and organizations to...
The Huffington Post 03/22/2013
After the Matzah, Rose Berger of Sojourners magazine shared Palm branches around the circle and with them, the meaning of Palm Sunday --...