Repentance

The Evil Insurance Company Repents, But the Stuggle for Reform Continues

LaVonne Neff 10-26-2009

Never underestimate the power of a determined family, the press, the internet, and an outraged public. Guardian Life has changed its policy and apologized to the Pearl family.

'Apology Porn' and Yom Kippur

Cathleen Falsani 9-28-2009

If there had been a way to power-wash my brain, I would have done it.

Proclaiming Jubilee in the Midst of Foreclosures

Mark Van Steenwyk 9-28-2009

My 1.5 year old son Jonas broke his first law last month.

Applying Just Peace Theory to Obama's UN Speech

Valerie Elverton Dixon 9-25-2009

Just peace theory is the middle way between pacifism and just war theory. It recognizes the moral force of nonviolence and the goal of a world that solves its disputes through nonviolent means.

Israel, Gaza, and the Goldstone Report: A Call for Self-Examination During the High Holy Days

Arthur Waskow 9-23-2009

During these days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Jews are called on to reexamine our own actions -- our "missings of the mark." The emphasis is on OUR sins -- not those of individuals alone, but of the community -- and the sins of ourselves, not of other people, even our en

God is Not [and has never been] White: Biblical Post-colonial Theology

Jarrod McKenna 5-29-2009

"The Bible knows nothing about peace without justice," said that great prophet of joyful restorative justice, Desmond Tutu, when he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.

Rare Repentance: John Lewis Receives Apology from Attacker

Troy Jackson 2-17-2009

I have been studying the civil rights movement for over a decade, and continue to be amazed by the stories of courage and sacrifice that marked that heroic era in United States history.

Wall Street Trader Becomes a Monk

Abayea Pelt 10-03-2008

Repent, the End is Near!

Jim Wallis 9-30-2008

We are all familiar with the crazy-looking street preacher in some public square haranguing every passerby with a message of doom and gloom while holding up a sign that reads, "Repent, the end is near!"

Will an Apology for Slavery Lead to Real Repentance?

Ben Sanders III 8-08-2008

On July 29, 2008, history was made in the United States House of Representatives – well, kinda. Last week, the House formally apologized for slavery, Jim Crow, and for the racist social consequences that have followed. Never before has the U.S. government publicly apologized for the social institution that reduced Africans to chattel. On one hand, I was humbled, not by the apology, but by the tremendous sacrifice that led to it. To be in a moment where the U.S. House of Representatives [...]

A Season of Repentance

Laurel A. Dykstra 2-01-2008

Christians tell the same story over and over even though we know how it ends. We dread the execution even as we anticipate the resurrection.