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Climate Justice Clips: The Real Conspiracy at Copenhagen

Jarrod McKenna 12-08-2009

This is analogous to the indulgences that the Catholic Church sold in the middle ages. The bishops collected lots of money and the sinners got redemption. Both parties liked that arrangement despite its absurdity. That is exactly what's happening...

Vulture Funds Feed on the Global Poor

Hayley Hathaway 12-07-2009

Liberia is the most recent country to fall into the talons of a "vulture fund." Last week, British courts ruled that Liberia has to pay $20 million to two vulture funds, Wall Capital Ltd. and Hamsah Investments, for a debt that dates back to 1978.

America's Pervasive Pattern of Race-Based Medical Disparities

Onleilove Alston 12-03-2009

Our country has a long history of underserving and mistreating African-Americans and other marginalized groups.

Beyond 'Diversity': New Creation and a Mestizo Vision

Chris Rice 12-01-2009

"Integration" and "diversity" do not express God's purpose for reconciliation deeply enough. What we need is a fresh paradigm that declares our new culture in Christ.

Lamenting Churches Labeled by Race

Leroy Barber 12-01-2009

So there is something on my mind, and I'm not quite sure how to approach the subject.

Advent: Apocalypse Now?

Diana Butler Bass 11-30-2009

"There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations caused by the roaring of the sea and the waves," proclaims Jesus in the gospel of Luke.

Christians Must Find a More Christ-like Symbol than 'Crusaders'

Steve Holt 11-27-2009

Imagine for a minute the fallout were a Muslim high school in America to choose for its mascot "the Jihadists."

In that light, how do you think Muslims (or Jews) view Christian schools whose mascot is "the Crusaders?"

When Everything Changed: 50 Years of Women's Progress

LaVonne Neff 11-24-2009

In the first year of Gail Collins's survey of "the amazing journey of American women from 1960 to the present," I turned 12.

Dinesh D'Souza, the New Atheism, and Constantinian Christianity

Aaron Taylor 11-20-2009

Last week at the Innovative Evangelism Conference, I got a chance to hear Dinesh D'Souza speak to a standing room only crowd.

Build, Don't Destroy in Afghanistan: An Open Letter to President Obama

Jim Wallis 11-19-2009

Your voice is being heard. Already, thousands of you have signed a letter and contacted the White House urging a new way forward in Afghanistan.

Obama's Bow and R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Valerie Elverton Dixon 11-18-2009

The gospel according to Aretha Franklin says: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to me."

Biblical wisdom teaches: "Give everyone what you owe him. If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor." (Romans 13:7 NIV)

Tools for Turning Your Travels into Pilgrimages

Becky Garrison 11-13-2009

In my ongoing quest to turn my travels into pilgrimages, I keep discovering resources that help me along the way.

Remembering Native Americans -- Beyond November

Randy Woodley 11-12-2009

In November we first think of Thanksgiving, and as we Native Americans say, Thanksgiving is a time when we once again reflect upon all we have and the genocide it took to get it.

Crossing the Lines: A White Reporter's View of the Civil Rights Movement

Becky Garrison 11-06-2009

In Crossing the Lines: A Novel, author Richard Doster enabled m

Afghanistan: A Whole New Approach

Jim Wallis 10-29-2009

We've all been watching carefully as the Obama administration tries to decide how to move forward on U.S. policy in Afghanistan.

We Need an Abrahamic Alliance of the 'Passionate Best'

Arthur Waskow 10-26-2009

For the next few days in Washington, D.C., 1,200 people are gathering in the name of a "pro-Israel, pro-peace" U.S. policy. Because of my broken leg, I can't be physically there. But my mind and spirit and 40 years of my work are there today.

A Pre-Emptive Peace Prize?

Gareth Higgins 10-20-2009

I know it's been a week and a bit, which in the contemporary mode suggests that ancient history has already passed under the bridge since the Nobel Committee announced its decision, but I wanted to

Audio: Remember Your Immigrant Roots

Efrem Smith 10-19-2009

In this short clip from a recent sermon, Pastor Efrem encourages European Americans to remember their own immigrant heritage and history in order to inform their current attitudes toward immigratio

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.

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