Fear

Gates Arrest Analysis Cliff Notes

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 7-28-2009

Audio of the 911 call that brought Sgt. James Crowley to the home of Henry Louis Gates Jr.

How to Win a Culture War

Jim Wallis 7-23-2009

Want to know how to win a culture war? Don't fight one. The soul of our nation has been marred from a perpetual state of culture war.

I Don't Care What Our Health-Care System is Called, as Long as it Delivers

LaVonne Neff 7-20-2009

I recently sent an e-mail about health care to my congressman, Peter Roskam (R-IL, 6th District), through his Web site.

Stop this Malicious E-mail

LaVonne Neff 7-15-2009

An e-mail is circulating that, like most scary e-mails, is entirely false.

A Martyr in Mauritania: Missionaries, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights

Aaron Taylor 7-13-2009

Mauritania is a land of striking beauty,

with sand dunes lined against the sky, Bedouins riding camels in the countryside, and flying beetles that look like they come straight from the abyss of the Apocalypse. Mauritania is also a land of extremes-extreme beauty, extreme hospitality, and lately, extreme religion.

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Three Moral Issues of Health Care

Jim Wallis 7-02-2009

Good health is the will of God for each and every one of his children.

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Do a New Thing: 20 Years After Spike Lee's Groundbreaking Film on Race in America

Edward Gilbreath 6-25-2009

It's hot in Chicago. Summer is officially doing its thing.

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I Met a White Man and He Couldn't Dance

Leroy Barber 6-22-2009

I attended a majority white high school in the late '70s and since that time my life has been one cross-cultural bowl of spaghetti. It tastes good but is really messy, sometimes sauce all over your shirt.

Rethink Afghanistan

Anna Almendrala 6-18-2009

An interview with a man and his children in an Internally Displaced Person (refugee) camp quickly devolves into a father desperately trying to sell his smallest child to the cameraman.

Reclaiming the Church's Mission and Message on Immigration

Bill Mefford 6-17-2009

As things begin to heat up on the immigration debate in Congress, the role of the church will be significant.

Listening to the Women of Darfur

Jim Wallis 6-10-2009

Few biblical figures stand out for their bravery as Esther does. Faced with a looming order for the systematic extermination of her people, she risked her life and broke the silence.

Obama in Cairo: A New Beginning

Jim Wallis 6-09-2009

Every so often, I will begin the week with a post about something that I believe deserves further reflection and comment from the God's Politics community.

Abu Ghraib: Don't Be Afraid of the Truth

Rose Marie Berger 6-03-2009

Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba wrote the U.S. Army's report on the Abu Ghraib torture scandal. He was then forced into retirement.

Sotomayor: She Deserves Respect

Chuck Warnock 5-28-2009

The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States by President Barack Obama has electrified the Latino community in America.

The Good News About Yesterday's Duel

Jim Wallis 5-22-2009

I'm in Germany at the biannual Kirchentag festival of faith of the German churches, so I missed the news and analysis of President Barack Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney's spee

Mother's Peace Day

Amanda Hendler-Voss 5-05-2009

Arise, all women who have hearts! Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!

Poem: Through the Eyes of the Beholder

Angela Whitenhill 4-24-2009

This piece was written as a personal testimony as to how we can use scripture to liberate us from mental and physical bondage. Through the Eyes of the Beholder is dedicated to all of us who struggle with insecurities; that we may know how to alter our perceptions to see ourselves and others through God's eyes.