Church

How Deadly Viper Character Assassins Undermines its Message with Co-opted Culture

Soong-Chan Rah 11-04-2009
An open letter to Zondervan and to Mike Foster and Jud Wilhite, authors of Deadly Viper Character Assassin: A Kung Fu Survival Guide for Life and Leadership.

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Helping the Church Be the Church

Jim Wallis 11-03-2009

Every day churches across the country respond to the economic crisis by supporting families in need, assisting those in search of a job, and reaching out to people on the back streets of America.

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Christianity Today and Cultural Captivity

Soong-Chan Rah 11-02-2009
Last month's Christianity Today featured an article on the state of evangelicalism by
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Video: 'Jesus Camp' Kids Pray for President Obama

Aaron Taylor 10-30-2009

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Learning from the 'Lowly'

Sheron Patterson 10-28-2009

I am excited about the Justice Revival because it brings the lowly center stage, and we all can be blessed by them. Romans 12:15-16 tells us, "Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly."

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Confronting Urban Violence with Jesus' Nonviolence

Efrem Smith 10-27-2009
This morning as I was running on the treadmill, I was also watching CNN. A story came on about a shooting in Washington, D.C. The police chief was speaking, with the mayor of D.C looking on.
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Signs of Evangelical Renewal

Margaret Benefiel 10-26-2009
At a major conference at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Massachusetts recently, 500 evangelicals met to discuss how to "renew the evangelical mission."

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Justice Revival is Coming

Jim Wallis 10-22-2009

Earlier this month, I was in Dallas for the official launch of Sojourners' next Justice Revival.

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National Association of Evangelicals Provides Moral Model on Immigration Reform

Jim Wallis 10-21-2009
After nearly two years of collective scripture study, discernment, and dialogue, on Oct.
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It's Time for a Justice Revival

Victoria Hicks 10-20-2009

"It's time."

"Dallas needs this."

Those are the two statements Aaron Graham (Sojourners' Justice Revival Coordinator) and I heard over and over again as we visited pastors and other community leaders all over the city, lifting up the vision of a Dallas Justice Revival.

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Chris Rock's 'Good Hair': A Humorous Deconstruction of Stubborn Beauty Standards

Edward Gilbreath 10-16-2009

One of the big conversations in my household this year has revolved around the question of whether my 9-year-old daughter is ready to get her hair "permed." Some girls at her school have already been initiated into the world of relaxed hair, so the peer pressure is in effect.

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Love Casts Out Fear, Not Immigrants

Jose Morales 10-14-2009
What is at the core of the immigration issue? What is the driving force of the debate? I say it is fear.

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'Faith for People Who Don't Like Religion': Interview with Frank Schaeffer

Becky Garrison 10-14-2009
In my ongoing quest to find a third way between the extremes espoused by the Religious Right and their secular counterparts, I came across the Frank Schaeffer's latest book
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Dan Brown's Lost Symbol and the Lure of Secret Knowledge

Phil Haslanger 10-13-2009
Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code and of Angels and Demons, has a new book out
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Growing the Beloved Community in Spite of Sinful Soil

Efrem Smith 10-12-2009
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke often of something he called the beloved community. This was the title given to describe a reality in which freedom, love, justice, and reconciliation would reign.
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Teaching Hope

Luke McFadden 10-07-2009
My first job after college forever changed the way I prayed. Before I started it, I prayed that God would show me how to best serve him after receiving my diploma.
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Ryan Rodrick Beiler 10-05-2009

Argentinian singer Mercedes Sosa died yesterday. I don't know much about her life, so you can join me in reading her Wikipedia entry. But what I do know is that she's one of the best-known performers of Leon Gieco's heart-rending anti-war song, "Sólo le Pido a Dios."

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How Our Health-Care System Wrecks People Who Play by the Rules

Steve Taylor 10-05-2009
Recently, I learned that my parents' home is being foreclosed on.
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Listening to Poor People 'Offstage'

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 10-05-2009
I have a neighbor who has a little maxim he uses to explain much of what he sees on the news or reads about in the local paper.
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Five Benefits of Common Security Clubs' Economic Solidarity

Chuck Collins 10-02-2009
Earlier this year, I wrote an article in Sojourners about Common Se
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