Advent

Friday Links Round Up: Jumo. Pro-Beef. DREAM Act.

Jeannie Choi 12-03-2010

Jumo. Pro-beef. DREAM Act. Here's a little round up of links from around the web you may have missed this week:

To Our Supporters: Thank You

Jim Wallis 12-02-2010

"I thank my God every time I think of you.

For the DREAMers, The Waiting Must End Today

Jennifer Kottler 12-02-2010

In this season of Advent, we in our Christian churches speak often about how this is a time of waiting and preparation leading up to t

Another Advent of 'Waiting' for Undocumented Students

Sheldon Good 12-02-2010

This Advent season, "waiting" has new meaning for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrant students.

Global AIDS Day and Advent

Ruth Hawley-Lowry 12-01-2010

"It gets better." Those are the words of promise that many of us spoke to Internet audiences this past autumn to encourage adolescents who are considering suicide.

Buy Nothing Day as Advent Activism Against the Demon Mammon

Shane Claiborne 11-26-2010

As per usual, on Friday, we had all sorts of Buy Nothing Day festivities (check out the video here). But that's not what I want to talk about. I read recent posts on consumerism and Buy Nothing Day by Eugene Cho and Rachel Anderson here on God's Politics, and I admire the optimism and nuanced critiques. But this past weekend folks around the world stared in embarrassment, pity, and horror as people killed each other for bargains –- literally.

This Thanksgiving, Enough is Enough

Jim Wallis 11-25-2010

The political ads are finally off the air. (We can all give thanks for that!) But now there is a new wave of advertisements hitting all of us. Each one will give us a different reason to consume.

This Christmas, Do We Go Local, Fair Trade, or Make Our Own?

Christine Sine 11-10-2010

Christmas is a month away and Christmas music is already playing, guaranteeing that by the time the season actually arrives, we will be so heartily sick of it that we take no notice -- and in the p

Who's Holding Back U.S. Aid to Haiti?

Ben and Katie Kilpatrick 10-07-2010

On Friday, September 24, at 3 p.m. a violent and terrifying storm erupted over Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Eat, Pray, Love ... Yourself?

Debra Dean Murphy 8-27-2010

Eat Pray Love the movie has the makings of a summer hit, with Julia Roberts as its star and Elizabeth Gilbert's bestselling book as its source material.

The book was something of a phenomenon when it was published in 2006: instantly popular and penned by an accomplished writer (a finalist for the National Book Award in 2002) who was immensely likeable on the talk-show circuit.

Faith, Hope, and the Advent of Health-care Reform

Valerie Elverton Dixon 12-14-2009

Biblical wisdom teaches us to "give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you" (I Thessalonians 5:18).

Rediscovering Values: A Book I Didn't Plan to Write

Jim Wallis 12-10-2009

Seeing Christ in Human Rights

Donn Mitchell 12-10-2009

Today, Dec. 10, is Human Rights Day, an annual observance commemorating the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

How 'Scroogenomics' Is Saving My Christmas

Helen Lee 12-09-2009

Advent: Hope for Immigrants Too

Crissy Brooks 12-08-2009

Last year at Christmastime one of my neighbors was deported. The next day his mother showed up to volunteer as a gift wrapper at our annual community Christmas Store.

I've Done It. I've Reclaimed Christmas.

Lynne Hybels 12-08-2009

I refuse to write a blog about how overwhelmed I am by the holiday season. I'm not going to wax eloquent about how the season I loved most as a child has become the source of excruciating stress.

Advent Echoes: Checkpoints and Childbirth on a West Bank Winter Night

Phil Haslanger 12-07-2009

Although Hani Abu Haikal is a Muslim, he probably can identify with the sense of panic Joseph and Mary must have felt as they searched for a place to stay as the time of Jesus' birth drew near.

Christmas Toy Drives Bring Protests of Anti-Immigrant Discrimination

Larry James 12-04-2009

Last week we received word from Houston, Texas, that some charitable organizations would screen out the children of undocumented residents of the city when it comes time to distribute toys and othe

Christmas is Supposed to Be Crusty

Tracey Bianchi 12-02-2009

It's time to haul out the Christmas lights and stockings, Advent calendars, and odd-shaped Santa pillows from grandparents. Every year I sort of dread dragging all the chaos out of the basement.

Advent, Mary, and Sudan

Melanie Weldon-Soiset 12-02-2009

The season of Advent always invites me to contemplate many facets of Christianity: the contrast between what God extols versus the world's values, the power of patience, and the strength of hope. While important in all times and places, each of these themes can especially speak this year to the current situation in Sudan.