<p><a href="http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=events.m2ep&amp;item=m2ep-home"></a>Some might say that this is the worst possible time to have a <a href="http://www.so ...

There are just a few days left to <a title="http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/20/share-your-strength/" href="../2009/03/20/share-your-strength/">share your thoughts</a> about eating ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>There's been quite a lot in the news recently about AIG and its concerns about retaining &q ...

In what ways do you find community and healing from our consumer culture's profoundly screwed-up body images, supersized portion size, and meals in front of the TV? Sojourners wants to know!</p> ...

As the engine of the American Economy coughs, sputters, and shifts to low gear (too soon to say "grinds to a halt"), another motor driving the American Dream is also running low on fuel: the food s ...

I have written about <a title="http://blog.sojo.net/2008/10/13/what-is-the-meaning-of-life-seeking-common-ground-on-abortion-reduction/" href="../2008/10/13/what-is-the-meaning-of-life-seekin ...

Jim Wallis wrote a great post last week entitled "<a href="../2009/03/06/6793/">Potluck Perspective</a>." Unfortunately, sharing food with 'the least of these' is aga ...

Several years ago over 100 of us were arrested for blocking a Capital building entrance and protesting tax cuts for the 5 percent wealthiest people and program cuts from WIC, food stamps, college a ...

This wasn't really a budget speech, or even a State of the Union. It was a call to rebuild a country -- from its infrastructure, to its economy, to its values. This wasn' ...

<p><a href="http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=events.m2ep&amp;item=m2ep-home"></a>I am the tenth of 17 children from a polygamous East African family. I hail from the village ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> The economy and the nation are at a crossroads. Unemployment, po ...

The first weeks of the Obama administration have been a whirlwind of appointments, and as advertised, "change," but the aspect most in evidence is the president's efforts at finding common groun ...

William O'Brien For years, I had fought against the stigmas that dehumanize people with mental illness. Now here I was on the inside. ...

<blockquote><p>"Either they don't know or they don't care."</p> <p>-Gracia Machel, referring to the government attitude on the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Z ...

This is the sequel to the original <a title="http://eugenecho.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/the-abortion-conversation/" href="http://eugenecho.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/the-abortion-conversation/&q ...

Yesterday our nation and world commemorated the 20th global observance of World AIDS Day. Yesterday our nation and world commemorated the 20th global observance of World AIDS Day. ...

Bonnie Urfer Every year, 1 million radioactive shipments crisscross the U.S. On May 31, a train left Wisconsin ...

Jim Wallis Scripture suggests a clear role for government in ensuring the common good. This month we look at c ...

Anonymous As the parent of a middle-schooler with Tourette's syndrome (TS), I was truly disappointed in the way Amy Sullivan so flipp ...

Ed Spivey Jr. One man's personal quagmire, and it has nothing to do with Iraq. Keep ’em laughing, I alway ...

Danny Duncan Collum 'You deserve a break today' can be a pretty appealing proposition. In his landma ...

om Philpott In a neglected neighbourhood, kids are growing produce and raising a community. Wander into Brookl ...

Rose Marie Berger Prayer can literally change our brain. For 15 years the Dalai Lama—whose title means Ocean o ...

Rose Marie Berger Brian Bolton The United Methodist Church has decided that its aging and medication- ...

Sharon H. Ringe A Bible study on health, healing and justice. The gospels all agree on two dimensions of Jesus ...

James C. Peterson You can't be laid off for bad genes. Can you? There are currently about 900 genetic tes ...

Joe Nangle Heart surgery opened my arteries---and my eyes. Recently I underwent open-heart surgery. The operat ...