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Friday Links Round Up: Natural Birth. Pedicures. Detroit.

Jeannie Choi 11-12-2010

Natural Birth. Pedicures. Detroit. Here's a little round up of links from around the web you may have missed this week:

Who's Holding Back U.S. Aid to Haiti?

Ben and Katie Kilpatrick 10-07-2010

On Friday, September 24, at 3 p.m. a violent and terrifying storm erupted over Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Hymn for Pakistan: "Whatever You Do"

Carolyn Winfrey Gillette 8-24-2010

This hymn can be a helpful one for churches seeking to support the relief efforts in Pakistan.

A Step Towards Breaking the "Resource Curse"

Elizabeth Palmberg 7-28-2010

Here's a piece of good news you may have missed when President Obama signed financial regulatory reform into law last Wednesday: In addi

'God's Maternal Nature': One of the Best Mother's Day Sermons I Can Remember

Jim Wallis 5-10-2010

Yesterday I heard one of the best Mother's Day sermons I can remember. It was by the pastor at our family's church, Rev. Jeff Haggray of First Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.

Africa's 'Weapons of Mass Destruction'

Nontando Hadebe 4-14-2010

I was watching the news coverage on the meeting of world leaders in Washington hosted by President Obama on reducing nuclear weapons and ensuring that these do not get into the hands of terrorists

The Inevitable Results of War: Sins as Well as Crimes

Arthur Waskow 4-08-2010

The end of Passover is said to mark the anniversary of the moment when Pharaoh's imperial horse-chariot army met disaster in the Red Sea.

Searching for Community in a Hyper-Mobile Culture

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 4-06-2010

My friend Joe told me the story of relocating his family to be part of a church that takes community seriously.

Lent on $2.50 a Day

LaVonne Neff 3-29-2010

My friend Irene Groot decided to try the Lenten Experiment this year. "I recently sent off a couple of hundred dollars to a local soup kitchen," she e-mailed me this morning. "That's the money I saved taking up your challenge."

A Million Christians for Social Justice

Jim Wallis 3-25-2010

Sometimes, the timing of events seems almost providential.

What Catholics Can Teach Glenn Beck About Social Justice

John Gehring 3-24-2010

While it's generally not worth spilling any ink over Glenn Beck, his recent attacks on churches that preach "social justice" has rightly earned the condemnation of diverse faith leaders

A Hold-Out and a Hunger Strike on Aid for Uganda

Lisa Dougan 3-09-2010

My alarm went off at 5 a.m. today. As I sat up and unzipped my sleeping bag, a gust of Oklahoma wind bitterly ushered me into a new day. Drops of rain splashed my face, extinguishing the last few embers of my sleepiness.

Hungry Americans

Jeannie Choi 2-01-2010

While some U.S. households are cutting out entertainment to make ends meet during the economic recession, others are going hungry. In 2008, the U.S.

A Two Step Program for Reforming Wall Street's Gambling Addicts

Elizabeth Palmberg 1-29-2010

Greed is God: Exporting the Values of America's Prosperity Heresy

Sondra Haaga 1-27-2010

America, dominating the global economy, imports more goods than it exports. What is less tangible, but possibly more important, is how America exports its values to a rapidly interconnecting global society.

Haiti: Praying, Waiting, and Worshiping in the Rubble

Leah Beidler 1-14-2010

This is Cindy and Phyllis writing to let you know that we are all safe here at Bolosse. We were hit hard though.

Ayiti...ke'w an Dey: My Lament for Haiti

Martha St. Jean 1-14-2010

Ayiti...ke'w an Dey...

"Haiti believe in God," reads a friend's Google mail status.