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Who is My Neighbor?

Becky Garrison 9-23-2010

At the conclusion of my blog post which asked, What Constitutes Sacred Space at Ground Zero?</

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Tearing Down Walls in Memphis

Amy Barger 9-22-2010
On a muggy Memphis night last week, Tiffany Kelly and Imani Phipps, both juniors at local high schools, sat at the top of the historic Levitt Shell amphitheater as chants of "One Memphis, One Love"
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The Immigration System: So Much To Fix

Crissy Brooks 9-20-2010
It has been one of those weeks. Everything around me seems to need fixing. First the shower backed up, and then my car broke down.
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Remember the DREAMers, Remember Their Dreams

the Web Editors 9-17-2010

[Editor's note: The Senate will be voting on the https://secure3.convio.net/sojo/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAct

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Poverty is Not a Dirty Word

Jim Wallis 9-17-2010
Just a few years ago, I remember how often people would be surprised when I told them that one in six children lived in poverty in America.
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The Woman With the Bent Back

Nadia Bolz-Weber 9-16-2010

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then, there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years.

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No One is "Illegal"

Jim Wallis 9-15-2010

Today is a day of hope for immigration reform. More than 500 immigration activists and faith leaders have gathered in Washington, D.C. to call on Congress to act on immigration reform. They represent the tens of thousands of you reading SojoMail today who, over the past few years, have taken action on immigration reform.

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It Didn't Happen

Jim Wallis 9-14-2010
It didn't happen. The threat of a pastor from a very small Florida church to burn Qurans and start "International Burn a Koran Day," was not carried out.
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Charges Against Border Humanitarians Reversed

Maryada Vallet 9-13-2010
In southern Arizona, a glimmer of hope for immigration activists is like a drop of water on a hot summer day -- you are quenched for a brief moment, but the moment is gone once you realize how thir
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'Welcome, Cordoba House!'

Lisa Sharon Harper 9-13-2010
[Editor's Note: Lisa Sharon Harper spoke at a candlelight vigil in support of the Cordoba House in New York on September 10. Below is her transcription of the speech.]

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Applauding Humility (and a Good Decision by Terry Jones)

Shane Claiborne 9-13-2010
Humility is not easy.
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Community Organizing: Changing Lives

Jill Rauh 9-10-2010
[Editor's Note: In the current issue of Sojourners magazine, http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj1009&arti...
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The Plowshares 8: Thirty Years On

Anna Brown and Mary Anne Muller 9-09-2010
While imprisoned after his 1967 Baltimore 4 action, Philip Berrigan, in his http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HMTPOI?ie=UTF8&am
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What Have We Learned Since 9/11?

Jim Wallis 9-09-2010
This Saturday, we commemorate the ninth anniversary of 9/11.
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Angel Island: History Repeats Itself

Craig Wong 9-07-2010
Editor's Note: This statement was delivered at an interfaith prayer vigil at the U.S.
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Reclaiming Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy: Rejecting the Cup of Bitterness of Hate

Johnathan Smith 9-03-2010

Last weekend, the nation had an opportunity to reflect, commemorate, and celebrate the March on Washington and Dr.

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Hope for the Holy Land

Lynne Hybels 9-02-2010

Two years ago, as I listened to the escalating rhetoric of hate in the international media, I became haunted by the thought that Christians, Muslims, and Jews are going to blow up the world.

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Americans Lost Freedom in Iraq: D

Randy Woodley 9-02-2010
As you read this post, please understand, I'm not a pacifist. I was raised in a politically conservative family. My dad is a proud WWII vet. My only brother retired from the U.S. Air Force.
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Creating Liberated Spaces in a Post Colonial World

Julie Clawson 9-01-2010
Emergent Village will be hosting its annual Theological Conversation this year in Atlanta, GA from Nov.
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On Glenn Beck and the Restoring Honor Rally (Part II)

Valerie Elverton Dixon 9-01-2010

Glenn Beck is wrong on so much: wrong on social justice and liberation theology. His logic is often flawed. He is much too prone to use Nazism as an inappropriate analogy for what happens in contemporary America. He is one of the most divisive voices speaking in the United States today.

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