NPR's Michel Martin talks to Reverend Jim Wallis about the National Day of Mourning and Lament put on by faith leaders across the country to commemorate those who have died from the coronavirus.
Source: NPR | All Things Considered with Michel Martin
Source: HuffPost | Carol Kuruvilla
Rev. Jim Wallis, president of the progressive Christian group Sojourners, called on people of faith to stay at home “until it is healthy and safe to gather again.” Like Barber, Wallis said that this was a way to live out Jesus’ teaching to love your neighbor.
Source: Religion News Service | Jim Wallis and Barbara Williams-Skinner
We believe all human beings are made in the “Imago Dei,” the image and likeness of God — it’s a core tenet of ours and many other faiths. So any strategy that would negate people’s votes because of the color of their skin is not just a partisan tactic, but rather a denial of their Imago Dei, a theological, biblical and spiritual offense to God. Protecting the right to vote affirms the divine imprint and inherent value of all of God’s children.
Source: Noticias Telemundo | María Peña
Por su parte, Sandy Ovalle, activista del grupo cívico Sojourners, dijo a Noticias Telemundo que es urgente valorar la labor de los “trabajadores esenciales” como De León, que en su mayoría son inmigrantes.
Source: Associated Press | Elana Schor
A multi-denominational coalition of Christian leaders is calling on Congress to allocate upwards of $4 billion in its next coronavirus economic recovery measure to help Americans safely cast their votes in November.
Source: Psychology Today | Blake Griffin Edwards
Jim Wallis, President of Sojourners, has recommended that Congress extend Medicaid funding for testing and treatment to undocumented people, provide cash assistance under the CARES Act to undocumented people and their U.S. citizen families, and ensure assistance received during the pandemic cannot be used against people in future determinations of eligibility for public benefits. Wallis stated, "farmworkers, who are risking their health to provide food to all of us, must be provided with protective equipment and access to paid sick leave and unemployment insurance."
Source: Religion News Service | Jim Wallis
Monday, May 4, was the 50th anniversary of the Kent State shootings. Thirteen students were shot and four killed by the Ohio National Guard during a Vietnam War protest after the invasion of Cambodia. On that day, I was a student up the road at Michigan State University, helping lead Vietnam protests there. It all felt very personal. It still does.
Source: Religion News Service | Jim Wallis
I believe that the ultimate test of our discipleship to Jesus Christ is how we treat the most vulnerable in society, or as Jesus refers to them in Matthew 25, “the least of these” among us.
Source: CNN | Billy Shore
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While hunger may have been less visible before coronavirus, it still afflicted far too many Americans. It was solvable then too. Jim Wallis, the founder of Sojourners and a wise leader of the faith community told me, "This virus is revealing so much of what was true before."
Source: Religion News Service | Jim Wallis
Nobody wants our society, economy, government, schools or our families to stay on lockdown. Everybody wants our lives to reopen. But in order to do that in a way that protects health and lives, three biblical principles are necessary: truth, unity and solidarity.
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Reverend Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners, talked about the role faith and religion were playing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: MSNBC: AM with Joy
Coronavirus and religion in the age of Trump are discussed by Joy Reid and her panel, as fears arise that many of the president's evangelical followers and more will ignore pandemic warnings and gather for religious celebrations such as Easter.
Source: Religion News Service | Jim Wallis
Easter was never meant to go back to normal; but it was, and still is, intended to make all things new.
Source: Religion News Service | Emily McFarlan Miller
The FBI released a warning last week about a potential surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans amid the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Source: Facing South | Olivia Paschal
Since the religious right emerged as a U.S. political movement in the 1970s, theologian Jim Wallis has been pushing back against it.
Source: Associated Press | Elana Schor
When Pete Buttigieg launched his first statewide television ad in South Carolina two months ago, its opening lines may have sounded familiar to a churchgoer.
Source: Associated Press | David Crary
The National Prayer Breakfast - a Washington tradition since 1953 - is by custom a respite from partisan bickering. President Donald Trump shattered that tradition Thursday with aggressive remarks that buoyed his allies but dismayed a wide spectrum of faith leaders.
Source: The Washington Post | Vanessa Williams
Just before the Christmas holiday, a fight broke out among some on the religious right after Christianity Today magazine published an editorial calling President Trump “grossly immoral” and saying he should be removed from office.
Source: America Magazine | Dennis Sadowski
The statement was developed by the National Council of Churches and Sojourners, a Washington-based Christian organization that addresses social justice concerns.
Source: Associated Press News | Elana Schor
Jim Wallis, founder of the Christian social justice group Sojourners, described the drowning of a father and his toddler daughter who attempted to cross the border as a test of faith for policymakers. Many devout Latino voters who are being courted to vote Republican next year “believe that’s a religious question,” Wallis said.