Faith and Politics
Jim Wallis 1-19-2009
The day after the inauguration, I will be joining with Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, and Christian leaders at the National Prayer Service for our new president.
Jimmy McCarty 1-16-2009
The day after Barack Obama was elected president, I heard people say multiple times that we have now arrived as a "post-racial" nation and that it can now be said that anyone can truly be president
Cathleen Falsani 1-16-2009
The first openly gay Episcopal bishop.
The first female president of the Disciples of Christ.
Aaron Graham 1-16-2009
Last Saturday our family and a couple of friends decided to drop into Ben's Chili Bowl for a quick bite to eat before heading down to the Smithsonian mus
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!
Jennifer Svetlik 1-15-2009
Right now at Sojourners we are feeling the energy of all the activities planned around the inauguration-the concerts, worship services, MLK day of service, and of course,
Kathryn Stanley 1-15-2009
As my mother and I prepare to "Thelma and Louise-it" to travel to Washington for the Obama inauguration, my excitement is tempered with anxiety.
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
Mimi Haddad 1-12-2009
Do you have family or friends on the mission field who are women? How many of them preach, teach, and exercise their gifts of leadership beside men on the mission field?
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.
Mimi Haddad 1-07-2009
When we think of megachurches, very often we imagine large evangelical congregations-numbering in the thousands, located in the United States.
Brian McLaren 1-05-2009
Matthew Parris is a self-confessed atheist, but he writes with extraordinary candor and insight about the role of faith in social transformation in a recent http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t
the Web Editors 1-05-2009
As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats: Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, but you must
Seth Naicker 12-24-2008
During this time of Advent, a season of cheer and joy, there are people who do not have much in economic standings or bank balances to be cheerful or grateful for.