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Obama on Jobs Act: 'They don't have the luxury of waiting 14 months.'
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

box. But know this: The next election is 14 months away. And the people who sent us here -- the people who hired us to work for them -- they don't have the luxury of waiting 14 months. Some ... president." 14 months - the next election 14 months - the next election - it doesn't make ...

For LGBT Youth, a Shelter From the Streets of Rejection
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

[Editors' note: This post is part of a series over the last few weeks on youth homelessness. [ Editors' note : This post is part of a series over the last few week ...

The Sanctity of Labor and the Challenges Before Us
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

Yesterday, the U.S. and Canada celebrated Labor Day, a day honoring workers. What does it mean to honor workers at a time of high unemployment, job insecurity, and the threat of lay-offs? ...

Joy's Shadow As New School Year Begins
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

My daughter attended her first day of kindergarten today. A poignant milestone dressed up in an exceptionally cute plaid jumper. My daughter attended her first day of kindergarten ...

Missing Servant Leaders on Corporate Tax Responsibility
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

Insurance giant Marsh & McLennan paid their CEO Brian Dupperrault $14 million and also ...

A Flat Tax and 'the New Austerity,' or
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

At Europe Through the Back Door, our tour program just sold its 11,782nd seat for our 2011 season -- topping our best tour sales year ever (2007). At Europe Through the Back Doo ...

Latin American Churches Criticize U.S. Budget Debate, Support 'Circle of Protection'
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

More than 140 prominent Protestant leaders from 12 Latin American countries have signed an "open letter to the Christian churches of the United States," asking American Christians to stand with &qu ...

When the Earth Shakes
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

($14 Trillion) According to the article linked to below, if we took EVERY SINGLE DIME of income ...

A Hymn for Somalia
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

14:12-14 Tune: Welsh Folk Melody, Evans' Hymnau a Thonau , 1865 as in English Hymnal , ...

We're Connected by What We Eat
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

To the farmers who grow our food, the harvesters who pick it, the transporters who bring it to market, the grocers who present it, and the cooks who prepare it. To the far ...

A Lifestyle of Enough
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

About two years ago, Minhee and I made one of the hardest decisions we've made thus far in our marriage and in our calling as parents. About two years ago, Minhee and I made ...

Life as a Homeless Youth
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

When it comes to homeless youth the facts are simple, services in the City of Chicago are falling far behind the need. When it comes to homeless youth the facts are simple, servic ...

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West's 'Poverty Tour'
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

Broadcaster Tavis Smiley and Princeton professor Cornel West just wrapped up their 18-city "Poverty Tour." The aim of their trip, which traversed through Wisconsin, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and th ...

Picture This
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

more than 14.7 million American families struggled to put food on the table. This is approximately 15 ... 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution , in quick succession in 1865, 1866, and 1869. But what ...

A Faith-Full Labor Day Weekend
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

Socrates famously said that the unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates famously said that the unexamined life is not worth living. Sometimes I wonder if the church that f ...

Ali Forney Center's Ad Supporting LGBT Homeless Youth
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

The first few nights weren't so bad. It was on the fourth night, the night it rained, that it got to me. The first few nights weren't so bad. It was on the fourth night ...

Economic Crisis or Nonviolent Opportunity? Gandhi's Answer to Financial Collapse
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

On Monday the Dow Jones industrial average fell 634.76 points; the sixth-worst point decline for the Dow in the last 112 years and the worst drop since December 2008. On Monda ...

Why is America Cutting Emergency Food Aid in the Middle of a Famine?
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

When I first visited Ethiopia at the height of the 1984 famine, I watched as twenty-four people died of starvation in less than fifteen minutes, right in front of my eyes. When ...

Our Dark Night
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

They say at some point in their lives great leaders experience a "dark night of the soul," or a period in life when your feet, knees, and face scrape and stick to the proverbial bottom. ...

Building Better Business DNA
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

Being a socialentrepreneur used to be a lonely endeavor. Being a socialentrepreneur used to be a lonely endeavor. I grew up believing that to be in business meant leaving your s ...

Dear World: Please Wake Up!
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

Some sources have stated that more than 12 million people are being impacted by the worst drought and famine in the region of the Horn of Africa in 60 years. 12 million people. So ...

Justice for the Poor Participant Guide
Originally Posted: 03/26/2013 - 4:34pm | Type: Resource

http://sojo.net/store/product/justice-poor-participant-guide Jesus' life and teaching show a deep compassion toward the poor and marginalized. As Christians, what is our respon ...

Justice For the Poor (DVD)
Originally Posted: 03/26/2013 - 4:36pm | Type: Resource

http://sojo.net/store/product/justice-poor-dvd Respond to poverty in your area and around the world. Through this DVD group study, Jim Wallis and Sojourners recapture the biblical v ...

The Works of the Flesh and the Debt Ceiling Deal
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

to face the awful truth. Its the 14 trillion in debt, the unfunded liabilities of 60 trillion +++, ...

A Response to the American Enterprise Institute's Ad in Politico
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

Today, "Values and Capitalism," a project of the American Enterprise Institute, sponsored a full-page ad in Politico (see page 13) in response to the Circle of Protection. ...

The Moral Default
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

and for the President to use the 14th ammendment if need be. In the end neither side showed much leadership. ...

So, What's in The Deal?
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

himself; You have been the helper of the fatherless" (10:14), and, "He is a shield for all those ... The LORD upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down" (145:14); "Blessed ... is generous to the poor" (14:21). "Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who ...

It's Time For Us to Grow Up and Sacrifice
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

The other day the mail brought an advertisement for something I desperately need (or so the ad suggested). If I ordered it right now, the ad said, I would save a hefty percentage off the usual price. ...

Building a Better Company
Originally Posted: 07/29/2011 - 4:09pm | Type: Magazine Article

Andy Shallal The B Corporation model puts social and environmental responsibility into companies' legal DNA. ...

Family Research Council Attacks Evangelical and Catholic Leaders
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

the nationalization of all (previous) associated industries (trusts).14. We demand a division of profits of all heavy ...

God Is Watching
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

though taxes as a percentage of GDP dropped from 20 percent in 2000 to just over 14 percent in 2010. ...

'God is Watching' the Budget Debate in Congress
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

"God is Watching," reads the headline for a full page ad Sojourners ran in this morning's Politico. "God is Watching," reads the headline for a full pag ...

Where Has All the Sanity Gone?
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

the debt on the scale Oduma has. 14 Trillion is a huge amount of debt. Folks, we have to ope our eyes ... was the stimulus which was only 800 billion of the 14 trillion and an increase of the afgan war which was 10s ... with their $14 per hour wages do not earn enough money to actually live, let alone be able to dream the American ...

Let Us Be Clear: The Debt Ceiling Crisis is Purely Artificial
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

decades, and so this is a good time to review the policies that brought us to this sad chapter and $14 ... decades, and so this is a good time to review the policies that brought us to this sad chapter and $14 ... But during the 1980s it was 11.6% and during the 90s it was 14.7%. So that means the money I had invested ...

'It's the Prices, Stupid': An Interview with Health Policy Expert Gerard Anderson
Originally Posted: 07/27/2011 - 8:33am | Type: Magazine Article

Gerard Anderson Elizabeth Palmberg Gerard Anderson on Overpaying, Overeating, and Out-o ...

Sojourners Launches Radio and Facebook Ads Calling Politicians to Remember the Poor
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

If you live in Kentucky, Nevada, or Ohio and listen to Christian or country radio, you'll be hearing some of Sojourners' new radio ads calling for legislators to remember the least of these during th ...

Walmart's New Urban Strategy Comes With a Lousy Track Record
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

study showed that for every retail job Walmart brought, communities lost 1.4 other jobs. In addition, ...

Solomon's Wisdom and the Debt Ceiling
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

As the time shortens for Congress and President Obama to agree to the contours of legislation to raise the nation's debt ceiling, I am reminded of the story of King Solomon and his judgment regarding ...

Is a Boycott of Murdoch and News Corp. Possible?
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

With the scandal around Rupert Murdoch growing by the day, a full-fledged boycott of News Corp. has been launched on the internet, according to the Washington Post. With the ...

Matthew 25 -- Why We Went to the White House
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

5: 1-4). Observe that the next morning, the false god lies in the dust where all such characters ...

Rev. Jim Wallis On MSNBC's Morning Joe: Circle of Protection, Standing With Those In Need
Originally Posted: 08/17/2011 - 1:05pm | Type: Media

Jim Wallis Joe Scarborough Following a meeting at the White House that was attended by President Obama, Rev. Jim Wallis speaks to ...

BREAKING: Obama Meets with Faith Leaders on Budget Crisis
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

Today, I, alongside other faith leaders, met with President Obama about the critical budget debate. We are grateful and hopeful leaving this meeting. Please pray for us as the conversation continues. ...

Why We Need to Cut Wasteful Defense Spending in the United States
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

It's funny the things that you remember. I can remember one time when I was a teenager watching an episode of the Montel Williams show. It's funny the things that you re ...

A Moral Budget: Politics, Policies, and People
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

Several weeks ago (right before I left for my sabbatical), I joined with six other pastors from around the country -- in partnership with Sojourners -- to draft an open letter to Congress and Preside ...

Poverty, Treasure Islands, and Global Tax Dodgers
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

photo © 2010 John Hilliard | more info (via: Wylio)As Christians concerned about poverty, it is time to turn our full attention to the injustices of an "offshore tax system" that enables cor ...

Will Politicians Listen to Pastors?
Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog

The way you think and feel about the world is shaped by what you see when you get out of bed in the morning. I remember hearing this from civil rights activists. The way you think ...

Listen to Your Pastors: 4,000 of Them Want a Moral Budget
Originally Posted: 07/25/2011 - 2:13pm | Type: Blog

the debt on 1 OCT 2009 (1st day of FY2010) was $11.9T. Debt as of today is $14.3T That equals an increase ... in need) 21% of the budget went to Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP (again needy) 14 percent of the federal ...

Paid Leave: Why We Need Sabbath Rest for All
Originally Posted: 07/25/2011 - 8:59am | Type: Blog

hearing set for July 14. I am hopeful that these and other local efforts will continue to grow ...

The Debt Ceiling Play: My 'CliffsNotes' Version
Originally Posted: 07/25/2011 - 9:03am | Type: Blog

it was a little over 18 percent; in 2000 it was over 20 percent; and in 2010 it was just over 14 percent of GDP. ... A few other countries have AAA ratings with a stable lean. To put things in perspective, $14 ... under Reagan. I cannot offer you absolution but maybe Soros can. FYI: The debt is 14 trillion ...

What Does it Mean to 'Forgive Us Our Debts as We Forgive Our Debtors?'
Originally Posted: 07/25/2011 - 9:50am | Type: Blog

and the White House debate this summer how to tackle the more than $14 trillion in federal debt, the average ... would happen to people with houses not worth 1/4 of what they paid for them. If we did what they did, we ... is about, not to mention 14% interest adjustable rate mortgages that only adjust upward and 400% interest ...