Since 1965, almost every legislative change on immigration has been preceded by a decision from the White House to allow some undocumented foreigners to stay here legally.
Source: National Journal | Fawn Johnson
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
his is an open letter to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon urging him to maintain peace and protect those exercising their right to free speech.
Source: KWMU - St. Louis Public Radio | Chris Krehmeyer
Everyone is worried about what happens if the grand jury comes back and does not indict Darren Wilson. The disturbing part of this current discomfort is the absolute chasm between the African-American and white perspective.
Source: Christian Post | Stoyan Zaimov
A number of Evangelical groups have urged President Barack Obama and the Republican-controlled Congress to work together on a plan that is fair to both immigrants and the rule of law. Obama and a number of top GOP leaders have clashed over the president's proposed executive action on immigration before the end of the year, however.
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
We have become resigned to politicians always blaming the other party for every problem instead of solving them and alleged political leaders pursuing a 24/7, 52-week strategy of winning instead of governing.
Source: St. Louis American | Chris Krehmeyer
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talked about creating tension to bring people to the table for real negotiation – not violent tension, but a degree of discomfort that cannot be ignored.
Source: US Catholic | Bryan Massingale
Nothing can compel us to practice hope, that most fragile of virtues. We can only be inspired.
Source: Q Ideas | Lisa Sharon Harper
In times like these, when politicians are sweating to sway voters to their side, it is tempting to begin to define ourselves and each other through the frame of politics.
Source: The Huntsville Times | Kay Campbell
Do you want the priorities to change in Washington? Then change Huntsville, says Jim Wallis.
Source: Huffington Post | Lisa Sharon Harper
One of the things I really appreciate about Black-ish is that it takes universal issues and works them out through a genuinely African-American lens.
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
I believe that Nelson Mandela was the greatest political leader of the 20th century -- because of his 27 years of spiritual formation in prison.
Source: The Huntsville Times | Jim Wallis
In fact, it seems that these days, the ancient idea of the common good has become most uncommon.
Source: Huffington Post | Greg Carey
We have Ebola on the brain. Amid so much anxiety, we turn to All Saints' Day in the church's calendar.
Source: The Huntsville Times | Kay Campbell
Rabbi David Saperstein, the man declared by Newsweek magazine to be the "Most Influential Rabbi in America" will speak in Huntsville at the for the Nov. 2-3, 2014, conference, Exploring Faith Intersections.
Source: Huffington Post | Jim Wallis
What happened in Ottawa is also a reminder for me that while we can't remove all violence, we can take steps as a country to reduce it.
Source: Blog Talk Radio | Mark Jerrell
Her first book, Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican…or Democrat, offers a power-packed look at the roots of evangelical faith, how evangelicals strayed so far from those roots, and what is bringing them back.
Source: Christian Post | Lisa Sharon Harper
We thought: What if the church at large began to own its sin and confessed it to the world? And what if we took those confessions and worked them out through active repentance?
Source: The Courier-Journal (Louisville) | Beverly Weinhold
Believing it will never happen in my church we deny and dismiss disclosures. But credible statistics say domestic violence cuts across class, race and religion.
Source: The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) | Jarvis DeBerry
It's been my observation, I told her, that many white individuals feel duty bound to defend whiteness.
Source: Capital Commentary | Byron Borger
Learning more about these complex and harmful past policies, whose implications reverberate in the present, will make us better neighbors, better citizens, and more sensitive to language, feelings, and experiences of others in the public square.