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Greed is God: Exporting the Values of America's Prosperity Heresy

Sondra Haaga 1-27-2010

America, dominating the global economy, imports more goods than it exports. What is less tangible, but possibly more important, is how America exports its values to a rapidly interconnecting global society.

What Would Jesus Do in Palestine?

Stephen Flohr 1-25-2010

tional/Palestine-and-Israel/9000011_7mJL3#598941252_ZXPyp">It was 3 a.m. when they came barreling into town -- Israeli jeeps and tanks preempting the dawn and hollering menacing messages over their loudspeakers.

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'We Hunt People for Jesus': Are U.S. Soldiers Proselytising in Afghanistan?

Heather Wilson 1-22-2010

While the story of bible-verses-on-gun-scopes is getting more press, I am just (if not more) disturbed to read of a U.S.

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Report from Haiti: Poverty and the Earthquake Collided

Minyon Moore 1-21-2010

We landed in Haiti about five hours ago. It has been approximately a week after the major earthquake struck this country.

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Five Steps to Avoid Financial Disaster (Inflated Expectations, Part 2)

LaVonne Neff 1-20-2010

[Continued from part 1] I have no idea how the United States will or can get out of the economic mess we've spent the last 50 years getting ourselves into. As individuals, though, we can take steps to avoid disaster.

An Activism that Loves its Enemies

Jarrod McKenna 12-29-2009

Sad news from Sydney as a headline for the ABC read, "Abusive letter suspect 'a peace activist'".

A Bottom-Up Perspective on Obama's Nobel Speech

Aaron Taylor 12-22-2009

I didn't get a chance to watch Barack Obama's Nobel speech live, but I've read the transcript and found very little in the speech that couldn't have been given by any number of past presidents-incl

Stepping Back from Bethlehem

Phil Haslanger 12-21-2009

For much of the world, the heart of Bethlehem is found down a narrow stairway in a small cave area under a huge church where a 14-pointed silver star marks the spot that, for at least 17 centuries, Christians have honored as the place where Jesus was born.

Advent and Advocacy: A Year of Activism in Review

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.

Obama's Nobel Speech: Reflection and Response

Jim Wallis 12-14-2009

President Obama laid out a moral defense of the use of force in his acceptance speech in Oslo

U.S. Military Aid and the Paramilitaries Behind the Philippine Election Massacre

Katrina Abarcar 12-11-2009

For many of us in the U.S., the sometimes vicious attack ads of last year's presidential election are more than just a recent memory.

Climate Justice Clips: The Real Conspiracy at Copenhagen

Jarrod McKenna 12-08-2009

This is analogous to the indulgences that the Catholic Church sold in the middle ages. The bishops collected lots of money and the sinners got redemption. Both parties liked that arrangement despite its absurdity. That is exactly what's happening...

We Needed a New Approach in Afghanistan -- and This Isn't It

Jim Wallis 12-02-2009

The decision by President Obama to send additional troops to Afghanistan saddens me. I believe it is a mistake, it is the wrong direction for U.S.

The U.S. Shouldn't Bless Honduras's Flawed Elections

Lisa Haugaard 12-01-2009

Elections took place Sunday, Nov. 29 in Honduras with National Party leader Porfirio Lobo declared the winner.

Build, Don't Destroy in Afghanistan: An Open Letter to President Obama

Jim Wallis 11-19-2009

Your voice is being heard. Already, thousands of you have signed a letter and contacted the White House urging a new way forward in Afghanistan.

New Tools for Peace in Afghanistan

Jim Wallis 11-12-2009

When all you have is a hammer everything seems like a nail. No famous line more aptly applies to the president's current dilemma of seeking the best solution for Afghanistan.

An Evangelical Trojan Horse in the Democratic Party?

Brian McLaren 11-12-2009

A recent Daily Kos post asks this question: Does the Evangelical movem

Beat the Defense Budget into a Plowshare

Shane Claiborne 11-11-2009

Almost exactly 4 years ago, more than 100 faith leaders from around the country went to jail together as we prayed for a moral budget and lamented the current one.

Will Violence Have the Last Word at Fort Hood?

Logan Isaac 11-09-2009

Like so many across our country, I have been reeling about the news coming out of Ft. Hood, TX.

Fort Hood Shootings and the Prophetic 'IF'

Arthur Waskow 11-06-2009

One reader wrote me to ask: " "What effect will the Fort Hood shootings have on the American public's perception of Islam?" That question asks us to be foretellers, fortune tellers, to predict.