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John Gehring 2-19-2010
The recent blizzard of bunk coming from climate change deniers giddy over the recent Snowmageddon that paralyzed the nation's capital is a classic case of putting ideology and politics before scien
Shane Claiborne 2-08-2010
At about midnight we heard the shots ring out. My friend ran to the door and I heard him yell, "Shane, a kid has been shot, come down." As we looked down the street we could see a young man staggering as he walked down our block. Then his knees gave out and he fell to the ground. We called for an ambulance and ran outside to be with the boy.
Brian McLaren 2-04-2010
What kind of place will gay people have in our society? The debate rages on--in the military as well as the church.
Jim Wallis 2-04-2010
President Obama spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast this morning, with a plea for civility in
Jim Wallis 1-28-2010
After one tumultuous year in office, President Barack Obama used his first State of the Union address
Juliana Schnur 1-22-2010
While the recent crisis in Haiti has spurred many Americans to action -- through donations, public service, humanitarian aid, etc.
Valerie Elverton Dixon 1-21-2010
The people of Massachusetts already have near universal health care. Too many of the rest of us do not.
M. Daniel Carroll R. 1-08-2010
There is an old saying that can be quite appropriate at this time of the year: Cold hands, warm heart.
Multiple Authors 12-21-2009
Advent is with us again, calling us to reflect and review, and the Sojourners policy team wants to thank you for walking with us in 2009.
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).
Jim Wallis 12-11-2009
There are times in the "culture wars" when a very diverse group of religious leaders can come together across the political spectrum in a common cause.
Charles Gutenson 11-25-2009
Well, they were all brought to you be political progressives, they were all opposed by political conservatives, and they all are now viewed as fundamental presuppositions of a healthy society by vi
Elizabeth Palmberg 11-18-2009
The World Summit on Food Security ended today in Rome, with words about cutting hunger, but no real progress on one of hunger's key causes: specula
Valerie Elverton Dixon 11-10-2009
There comes a moment when we can say a word or speak a concept so often that it loses meaning and simply becomes sound. The concept becomes exhausted, thin, one-dimensional.
Jim Wallis 10-21-2009
After nearly two years of collective scripture study, discernment, and dialogue, on Oct.