Columns

Ed Spivey Jr. 3-01-2012

Who knew hideous sea creatures had their own club?

Eboo Patel 3-01-2012

Chris Stedman's "faitheism" doesn't hate God, it loves people.

Lynne Hybels 3-01-2012

"Do you invest it in revenge, or do you think creatively?”

Rose Marie Berger 3-01-2012

The bigger the financial corporation, the quicker your dollar exits your community.

Bill McKibben 2-01-2012

There are many things they seemed to hold in common, not least an instinctive nonviolence, contrasting so sharply with the police, who so often let the logic of force drive their actions (they found out, as often in history, that the logic that works with criminals doesn’t really apply to idealists).

Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2012

When, as is true today, the richest 10 percent own 85 percent of the world’s wealth and the poorest 50 percent live off the crumbs of 1 percent of the total global wealth, you’ve created a market where slavery will thrive.

Ed Spivey Jr. 2-01-2012

My new approach this year is not to promise better behavior or new experiences, but to simply look back at the mistakes of last year and avoid repeating them.

Cathleen Falsani 2-01-2012

The apostle writes his letter to folks who are feeling anxious, worried, insecure, and unsettled. They don’t know what the future holds for their lives, the church, their well-being, their community. Sound familiar?

Ed Spivey Jr. 1-01-2012

At first, I thought I had the flu because I didn't get a flu shot this year and naturally had to be punished by the medical community.

Jim Wallis 1-01-2012

The war in Iraq was fundamentally a war of choice, and it was the wrong choice.

Lynne Hybels 1-01-2012

I'm grateful to the men who use their power, money, and influence on behalf of women.

Eboo Patel 1-01-2012

It was not the stones thrown by his tormentors that made him suffer most, he said; it was the silence of his friends.

Jim Wallis 12-20-2011

Evangelicals run the political gamut from conservative and moderate to progressive and decidedly liberal. To suggest that most evangelicals reside on the far right is simply not true.

Bill McKibben 12-01-2011

The real work has been done for years by indigenous leaders on both sides of the border.

Joel Hunter 12-01-2011

The solution must be a partnership among all of us.

Ed Spivey Jr. 12-01-2011

Tarantulas are not insects. They're arachnids. Really big ones.

Rose Marie Berger 12-01-2011

No one could stop Troy Davis' execution -- despite his apparent innocence.

Jim Wallis 11-02-2011

Nonviolence is not just a critical tactic but a necessary commitment.

Jim Wallis 11-01-2011

People of faith, at our best, are the ultimate independents.

Eboo Patel 11-01-2011

The Oslo shooter took inspiration from America's own anti-Muslim rightists.