Activism
Ed Spivey Jr. 4-29-2009
Vincent Harding gave a powerful reflection this morning on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Ed Spivey Jr. 4-28-2009
This is the day. The day that the entrenched powers on Capitol Hill come face to face with the horde of advocates from the Mobilization Against Poverty.
Jim Wallis 4-27-2009
Last night, the Mobilization to End Poverty began with the over 1,100 faith leaders and activists gathered together from across the country.
Ed Spivey Jr. 4-27-2009
I had lunch with several long-time readers and supporters of Sojourners, people who in their own lives have been living out the gospel for decades.
Elizabeth Palmberg 4-27-2009
I was delighted to run into Charlotte Keys, head of Jesus People Against Pollution of Columbia, MS, whom I'd http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj0903&art
Ed Spivey Jr. 4-27-2009
This is the first event in Sojourners history where the White House has had a role, any role, aside from the one where they call the local police and ask them to remove us from the sidewalks.
Ed Spivey Jr. 4-27-2009
This is my first blog, so bear with me if I get it wrong. With a blog you only have 140 characters to convey your message and ... no ... that's a twitter, I think, from people who twit.
Elizabeth Palmberg 4-27-2009
Before and after the worship service tonight, I got a chance to chat with just a few of the thousand-plus people coming to the Mobilization. Here's what they had to say:
Jeannie Choi 4-24-2009
Sojourners staff is hard at work preparing for the upcoming Mobilization to End Poverty. I decided to take my handy little flipcam around the office to see how everyone was doing.
Shane Claiborne 4-21-2009
"Good" Friday was real good this year. We remembered Jesus, and we remembered Jesus disguised in the "least of these" -- those who continue to be tortured, spit on, slapped, insulted, misunderstood
Jim Wallis 4-16-2009
In ominous red and black, last week's Newsweek cover carried the headline, "The Decline and Fall of Christian America." The magazine's cover sto
Shane Claiborne 4-14-2009
With the National Day of Prayer coming up (May 7), a lot of folks around the country are organizing prayer services in church sanctuaries and town halls.
Jim Wallis 4-09-2009
Last week, before the budget vote, I talked with several senators on the phone as they were about to cast their vote. The ones I spoke to were friends, and I told them that I was praying for them.
Andy Clasper 4-08-2009
The group of 20 leading and emerging nations met at the Excel Centre in London's Docklands last week in a meeting which Gordon Brown heralded as the dawning of a new world order.
Sharon Watkins 4-07-2009
Some might say that this is the worst possible time to have a Mobilization to End Poverty. An elder of a church I served once told me, "You can tell a lot about a person by looking at their checkbook register
Edward Gilbreath 4-03-2009
The new Life.com features a collection of never-before-published photos of the events in the hours immediately following Martin Lut
Julie Clawson 4-03-2009
Last month Afghanistan's Parliament passed a new law that severely restricts the rights of women.