Common Ground

Abortion Reduction Key to Common Ground

Richard Land 11-06-2008

Dear President-elect Obama,

A New Conversation on Abortion

Jim Wallis 10-16-2008

In last evening's presidential debate, the first steps were taken toward a new national conversation about abortion. For too many years, the old one hadn't changed very much.

What is the Meaning of "Life"? -- Seeking Common Ground on Abortion Reduction

Jim Wallis 10-13-2008

For too long abortion was seen as the only "life" issue in our culture and politics, but there is a growing conviction among Christians that poverty, disease, war, the health-care crisis, human tra

Common Ground With the Muslim World

Nate Van Duzer 9-26-2008

What do Madeleine Albright, Richard Armitage, Ingrid Mattson of the Islamic Society of North America, Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, a Muslim imam, a Catholic bishop, a retired Li

Moving the Abortion Debate Beyond Partisan Purists

Tony Campolo 9-10-2008

In books and speeches, I have often said that God is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. I have contended that to make either party "The God Party" is idolatry. This, however, does not mean that Christians should abandon political activism. It has been said that all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. Consequently, I have long called for Christians to be involved in both political parties, striving to be the "leaven" that [...]

Searching for Common Ground on Abortion at the Republican Convention

Jim Wallis 9-02-2008

I'm here at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul, as I was at the Democratic Convention in Denver. We pushed for strong language on poverty and abortion reduction in Denver, and we are pushing for the same things here.

The Republican platform draft sent to delegates last week contained this sentence in [...]