Politics
Jesus confronted abuses of power. The Heritage Foundation’s proposals would enable them.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the daughter of immigrants, poses reason for both concern and hope when it comes to immigration policy, say advocates.
Abortion bans have restricted the agency of families facing abnormal pregnancies, layering trauma on an often painful and lonely process.
Recent moves by two Republican-governed states take aim at the Constitution's “establishment clause,” long understood by courts as separating church and state.
Chris Crawford, policy strategist at Protect Democracy, says poll workers play a vital role in democracy, truth, and “recognizing the image of God in every voter.”
A group of Mennonites from ages 11 to 74 took part in a 141-mile trek into Washington, D.C., singing hymns and carrying flags, where they intentionally countered Christians United For Israel and protested Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Asylum seekers say they are “running out of options,” as they navigate immigration laws, insecure housing, and more in an epicenter of the U.S.’s unhoused epidemic.
“She said to me, ‘Pastor, I called because I want you to pray for me, [my husband] Doug, this country’ — and finally she said — ‘and the race I am intending to run for president,’” Brown told Sojourners on Monday.
I don’t pretend to know anything in depth about President Biden’s spirituality. But his decision to step down is a reminder for all leaders to look “not to your own interests, but to the interests of others.”
But our impulse to accept or embrace political violence can give us insight into the pervasive nature of sin and the necessity of spiritual formation.
Praying for peace and denouncing political violence are not at odds with opposing anti-democratic politics and a spirit of retribution.
Keegan Osinski on how libraries can help churches and how churches can help librarians.
