Jesuit John Dear and his Persistent Peace.
Activism
Kaitlin Barker 1-28-2009
As I layered my clothing and stepped out into the biting pre-dawn chill, and as my friends and I walked the three miles down to the Mall and stood for hours feeling our toes go numb, I found it all
Joan Bisset 1-19-2009
What a moment it was on Saturday at the War Memorial Plaza in Baltimore as President-elect Barack Obama heard a woman shouting in the crowd, "We love you, Obama!" and he answered, "I love you back.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 1-16-2009
This kind of feels close to an exercise in I-told-you-so, but for all the folks who assert that voting is a hopelessly corrupted exercise in irredeemable empire, consider as an indicator the testim
Efrem Smith 1-15-2009
It was hard to narrow this sermon down to a short clip -- it makes so many good points!
Joseph Lowery 1-14-2009
You would think attempting to summarize my feelings on having been asked to deliver the Benediction at the Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama-would be simple. In fact, it's quite a challenge; given the flood of emotions I have experienced ...
Elizabeth Palmberg 1-14-2009
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Jim Wallis 1-13-2009
This post was Jim Wallis' contribution when invited to write a guest post on the blog for USA Service, a campaign to encourage national service in obser
Barry Clemson 1-08-2009
The dynamics of "violence begets violence" are simple and probably understood by everyone who has ever been in a fight.
Jim Wallis 1-08-2009
Yesterday, the Presidential Inauguration Committee announced that the annual celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be an official part of the inauguration activities.
Rose Marie Berger, Amy Spaulding 1-01-2009
In Brookville, Pennsylvania, a dispute over laws has shaken the otherwise quiet community.
12-23-2008
When I lived in Jerusalem during the fall of 2000, after the failure of Camp David and as the second intifada erupted, I found myself angry with everything around me - the crushing might of Israel'
Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves 12-19-2008
It was quite a busy year for the policy team at Sojourners, and we can already hear the challenges and opportunities of 2009 calling for our attention.
Ayelet Ophir-Auron 12-11-2008
It's hard to believe that people all around the world are learning about my 19-year-old son Yuval. I know that I'm proud of him. I just never expected the world to be proud of him. As I write this, Yuval's in jail, serving his second term. We don't know how or when this will end.
Vincent G. Harding 12-09-2008
I think it was sometime early in 2007 that I began to find myself almost possessed by a profound premonitory sense that the next year, this year, 2008, would be filled with a special power.
Howard Zinn 12-03-2008
I've been thinking a lot about courage. See that fresh-faced, bold young woman on the right? Her name is Raz Bar-David Varon. She's an 18-year-old Israeli who just graduated from 12th grade. And as I write this, she's sitting in jail in Tel Aviv because she refuses to join the Israeli army.
Adam Russell Taylor 12-02-2008
Yesterday our nation and world commemorated the 20th global observance of World AIDS Day.
Shane Claiborne 12-02-2008
As per usual, on Friday, we had all sorts of Buy Nothing Day festivities (check out the video here). But that's not what I want to talk about.
Matthew Hildreth 11-25-2008
Sojourners and World Vision need your help to promote the Mobilization to End Poverty, the event this spring where thousands of Christians will come together to call on President Obama and the new Congress to pass historic anti-poverty legislation.
Jennifer Svetlik 11-19-2008
Last spring, I made a pilgrimage to rural El Salvador to learn about the violence that had occurred there during the U.S-supported Salvadoran Civil War. The journey became a sacred one for me my first evening there, in the home of my host Florinda.