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Three Steps Toward a Balanced Budget

Jim Wallis 11-18-2010
There has been a lot of talk about deficits lately. This is for good reasons. Our personal and national relationship to debt is indeed a moral issue.
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We're Sick of the Attack Ads

Jim Wallis 10-28-2010

Every time I see a negative ad these days, I think one thing: What a waste! In such tough economic times, I cringe at all the money being spent on throwing mud at the other side. In fact, that gives me an idea: All of you who keep making arguments about why we should never trust the other side with our tax dollars -- how about you show us that you can be responsible with your own money now?

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An Open Letter to Glenn Beck

Jim Wallis 9-02-2010
Dear Glenn,

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The War in Iraq: At What Cost?

Jim Wallis 9-01-2010
The emotion that grips me this morning, after watching President Obama's speech last night and listening to the commentary about the "end of our combat mission in Iraq," is a deep sadness.
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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.
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BP's Betrayal of Its 'Beyond Petroleum' Branding

Margaret Benefiel 5-25-2010

As BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico worsens by the day, the world's eyes are on the http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9014510&contentId=...

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'God's Maternal Nature': One of the Best Mother's Day Sermons I Can Remember

Jim Wallis 5-10-2010
Yesterday I heard one of the best Mother's Day sermons I can remember. It was by the pastor at our family's church, Rev. Jeff Haggray of First Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.

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Toyota: Can a Corporation Repent?

Margaret Benefiel 4-28-2010
Will Toyota repent?
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Wall Street and the Crisis of Urban Violence

Chris Butler 4-27-2010
As an urban minister and a political professional, there have been two big news stories that I have followed with some level interest recently.
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Putting 'Collateral Murder' in Full Context: Rotten Fruit and the Tree From Which It Fell

Josh Stieber 4-19-2010

Recently, Wikileaks, an online whistleblower site, released a video which was dubbed "Collateral Murder." I write as a former member of the Infantry c

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Finding Watchtowers and Blind Spots in Bethlehem

Troy Jackson 3-26-2010

From the window of my hotel room in Bethlehem, I could see the "security" wall that separates the West Bank from the rest of Israel.

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Maybe It's Not Supposed to Feel Right

Eugene Cho 3-09-2010
I wanted to share a bit with my blog community about the ongoing tension of balance, priorities, schedules, focus, goals, etc.
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What if the Church were Christian?

Becky Garrison 2-15-2010

As I stated in an earlier blog post, the juxtaposition of reading Philip Gulley's book http://www.amazon.com/gp/p

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Cut the Deficit--Cut Military Spending

Jim Wallis 2-04-2010
President Obama's 2011 budget, submitted to Congress this week, totals $3.8 trillion and projects a deficit of $1.6 trillion.
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The State of the Union: Unfinished Business

Jim Wallis 1-28-2010
After one tumultuous year in office, President Barack Obama used his first State of the Union address
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The Nazareth Declaration

Multiple Authors 12-30-2009
On November 20, 2009, to considerable media fanfare, a group of 140 senior Christian leaders issued 'The Manhattan Declaration.' In brief, it calls fo
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'The Three Most Important Issues'?: What the Manhattan Declaration Gets Wrong

Brian McLaren 11-25-2009
As I said in my previous post, I can find things to applaud in the recent
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Affirming the Footnotes: What the Manhattan Declaration Gets Right

Brian McLaren 11-24-2009
Although there are several points I find troubling, inaccurate, or misleading in the recent Manhattan Declaration, and although I noticed the relative
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Reduce the Danger of Nuclear War and Help Feed Hungry Kids

Multiple Authors 11-24-2009
Nowadays everyone's talking about nuclear disarmament.
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What's Wrong with a 'Taxpayer Bill of Rights'

Bob Greenstein 10-26-2009
Voters in Maine and Washington state are being asked to vote this November on whether they want impose a rigid formula limit on state and local revenues and services.
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