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Jim Wallis: Working Together
On Friday, I wrote about the invitation from Sen. Harry Reid to speak on the Democrat's weekly radio address and the difficult decision it presented. I said that I [...]
Ryan Beiler: Even Stratfor Believes in a 'Solid Coalition' of Social Justice Evangelicals
For those of you who are unfamiliar with them, Stratfor is a highly unfluential consulting firm known in some circles as the "shadow CIA." At the very least, they're anything but apologists for progressive Christianity. But here's their most recent analysis, which I share, because frankly, it backs up my post from [...]
Verse of the Day: 'Contentment'
Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
- 1 Timothy 6:6-8
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Verse of the Day: Help Your Enemies
When you come upon your enemy's ox or donkey going astray, you shall bring it back. When you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden and you would hold back from setting it free, you must help to set it free.
- Exodus 23:4-5
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Voice of the Day: Dorothy Day
When you love people, you see all the good in them, all the Christ in them. God sees Christ, His Son, in us and loves us. And so we should see Christ in others, and nothing else, and love them. There can never be enough of it. There can never be enough thinking about it.
- Dorothy Day
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The Bible clearly and repeatedly teaches a fundamental point that we have often overlooked. At the crucial moments when God displayed mighty acts in history to reveal [God's] nature and will, God also intervened to liberate the poor and oppressed.
- Ronald J. Sider
Adam Taylor: Turning the Corner on AIDS in Africa
Five years ago I traveled to Nairobi to witness firsthand the devastating toll of the AIDS pandemic. I walked the streets of Kibera with [...]
Verse of the Day: 'Speak out'
Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of the destitute. Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
- Proverbs 31:8-9
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Verse of the Day: 'Truth and action'
Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him whever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and knows everything.
- 1 John 3:18-20
Voice of the Day: Toni Morrison
As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
- Toni Morrison
Voice of the Day: Kari Jo Verhulst on the Psalms
The Psalms defy our notions of profane and sacred, proving that everything we feel, witness, do unto others, and have done to us is acceptable subject matter for conversing with the Divine. They invite us to bring every part of ourselves into our houses of worship. If we omit expressions of faith lost, of rage, of disdain, and of the desire for revenge, we leave parts of ourselves at the door.
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Jim Wallis: Thanksgiving for Thoughtful Readers
At the beginning of the Thanksgiving weekend, I put the eulogy
Verse of the Day: 'Justice for all who are oppressed'
The Lord works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always accuse, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
- Psalms 103:6-10
Verse of the Day: "Because the poor are despoiled..."
Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will rise up," says the Lord; "I will place them in the safety for which they long." The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
- Psalms 12:5-6
Voice of the Day: Louis Brandeis
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
- Louis Brandeis
Voice of the Day: Walter Brueggemann on Fashion
People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and medals, or in computers and clipboards, or in absoluteness, severity, greed, and cynicism. But the peacemaker is dressed in righteousness, justice, and faithfulness - dressed for the work that is to be done.
- Walter Brueggemann
Verse of the Day: 'The Lord is a God of justice'
Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
- Isaiah 30:18-18
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Voice of the Day: Saint Teresa of Avila
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
- Saint Teresa of Avila
Verse of the Day: 'Do not judge'
Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' while the log is in your eye?
Ryan Beiler: ...Speaking of Common Ground
In his entry for the Washington Post/Newsweek "On Faith" discussion (posted here earlier today) Jim Wallis talks about reaching common ground by going to higher ground. Case in point: conservative Christian columnist Cal Thomas, in his column