Christian community

Should Christians Celebrate Passover?

Duane Shank 4-21-2011

This evening I will lead a Passover Seder observance in my Christian community. We've done it for years and always find it inspiring to reflect on God's liberation from slavery. And it's the occasion for a delicious potluck feast.

This week I saw an article written last spring on Jews' concerns over Christians celebrating Passover. It seems that more Christian churches are using "Christianized" versions of the seder, reinterpreting the meal's symbols to reflect Christian beliefs. Said one rabbi, "They take our symbols, our holiday, our ritual and start investing them in Christian meaning."

Read More

Meet the Martinezes: One Family's Reach For the American Dream

Noel Castellanos 3-10-2011
"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the [Lord], is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world." (James 1:27)

Read More

This Lent -- Looking Inward, Looking Outward

Jim Wallis 2-17-2011

Congress is working on the federal budget for the rest of the fiscal year 2011.

Read More

Budget Cuts and Bad Faith

Jim Wallis 2-10-2011

House Republicans announced a plan yesterday to cut $43 billion in domestic spend

Read More

How I've Learned to Talk About Race

Melanie Weldon-Soiset 1-17-2011
I confess: I used to cringe every time I heard the "R" word.
Read More

Come Celebrate With Us Where You Are

Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 11-29-2010
A few years ago, a bunch of activist-types and a bunch of prayer-warriors got together to create a prayer book with the goal of bringing together the Bible and the newspaper.
Read More

5 Books on the Nitty-Gritty of Nonviolence

Rose Marie Berger 10-28-2010
In the November issue of Sojourners, Rose Marie Berger reviews seve
Read More

Christians and Bullying: Standing with Gays and Lesbians

Jim Wallis 10-21-2010
My mother used to give us kids two instructions:

Read More

Grass-Roots Practitioners, in Their Own Words

Becky Garrison 10-06-2010
From September 7 to 11, the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) celebrated 20 years of restoring under-resourced communities.
Read More

"Oh Say Can You See": Shane Claiborne and Jim Brenneman's Email Exchange (Part II)

Shane Claiborne 9-28-2010

Read More

DREAMS Are Not Made to be Broken

Christina Rufenacht 9-24-2010
I am an educator. As with any profession involving children and politics, my job can be simultaneously grueling and rewarding.
Read More

God Loves Gays, and So Should We

Ronald J. Sider 9-23-2010

This summer, while at my favorite lake in Maine, I read Andrew Marin's powerful book,

Read More

My Phone Conversation with Terry Jones

Geoff Tunnicliffe 9-14-2010
When the story of the fringe Florida pastor and his proposed burning of the Quran broke back in July, we intentionally decided not to give oxygen to the story.
Read More

The Fair Sentencing Act: A (Small) Step Towards Making Things Right

Johnathan Smith 7-29-2010
I want to tell you a story. It's a tale about drugs, prison, race, and justice (or the lack thereof).

Read More

Mother of Exiles

Lynne Hybels 7-07-2010
Bill and I were vacationing in Michigan when we received the call from the White House asking if Bill would in
Read More

Imagining a New American Church Response to Immigration

Noel Castellanos 6-07-2010
This week, a group of 150 Christian leaders committed to the ministry of reconciliation in their churches, communities, schools, and organizations gathered at Duke Divinity School to explore how th
Read More

How Christian is Tea Party Libertarianism?

Jim Wallis 5-27-2010
The insurgent Tea Party and its Libertarian philosophy is a political phenomenon, not a religious one.
Read More

Arizona's Immigration Bill is a Social and Racial Sin

Jim Wallis 4-21-2010

I got up at 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning to fly to Phoenix, Arizona, to speak at a press conference and rally at the State Capitol at the invitation of the state's clergy and other leaders in the immigration reform movement.

Read More

Singing in Exile: An Arizona Church Responds to Immigration Enforcement Action

Ian Danley 4-16-2010

Read More

Sudanese Churches' Four Key Concerns on Troubled Elections--and Four Ways We Can Help

Celestin Musekura 4-15-2010
Sudan's impending presidential and parliamentary elections have degenerated into a chaotic mixture of fraud accusations, boycotts, political assassinations, intimidation, abuses of power by the rul
Read More