Justice

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)

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Pentagon Blocks Release of Detainee Abuse Photos -- Obama Agrees

Jimmy McCarty 11-17-2009
The release of photos of Americans supposedly treating imprisoned suspected terrorists badly has been blocked by the Pen
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Health Care: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Jim Wallis 11-16-2009
The following is a memo Jim Wallis has provided to leaders throughout the nation concerning the ongoing issue of abortion within the health care reform debate and the need to find common ground
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Conservative Progressives?

Brian McLaren 11-16-2009
It's been said that conservatives are people who honor the tombs of dead progressives.
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Why Big D Needs a Justice Revival

Catherine Cuellar 11-12-2009

Residents of the Lone Star state are known as proud folk, but there are a few startling facts that should make everyone -- not just residents of the third-largest metropolitan area in the U.S.

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How to Stop the Next Food Crisis (It's Easier than You Think)

Elizabeth Palmberg 11-11-2009
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The Struggle of Our Environmental Neighbors

Cesar Baldelomar 11-10-2009
Marvin Gaye once sang, "Oh, mercy mercy me/Oh, things ain't what they used to be/No, no/Where did all the blue sky go?/Poison is the wind that blows/From the north, east, south, and sea/Oh, mercy m
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The Deadly Viper Conversation Moves from Authors to Publisher

Soong-Chan Rah 11-09-2009
Last Friday, a group of Asian-American leaders (Kathy Khang, IVCF / Eugene Cho, Quest Church / Ken Fong, Evergreen Baptist Church and I) were on a conference call with three executives of Zondervan
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Walking, Chewing Gum, and Confronting Racism and Sexism at the Same Time

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 11-09-2009
People who do diversity work run the risk of setting impossible goals for themselves: The Beloved Community. The Kingdom of God.
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Deadly Viper: Personal Apologies and Power Structures

Soong-Chan Rah 11-06-2009
Without trying to be too presumptuous about the resolution of an ongoing story, I'm doing some personal reflection on the last few days.
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Big Oil, Corporate Greed, and Social Sin

John Gehring 11-06-2009
As an urbanite fortunate to live within walking distance of work and trendy restaurants, I rarely drive these days.
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Audio: For God So Loved the World

Efrem Smith 11-04-2009
In this clip, Pastor Efrem expands on the very familiar verse John 3:16.
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Penny Per Pound Is Gaining Ground: Join the Call for Tomato Worker Justice

Megan Grove 10-22-2009

Romeo Ramirez knows a thing or two about abuse. Ramirez became a spokesperson for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) in the mid '90s after witnessing a fellow worker being beaten for taking a water break.

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Justice Revival is Coming

Jim Wallis 10-22-2009

Earlier this month, I was in Dallas for the official launch of Sojourners' next Justice Revival.

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God Does not Heed my Snotty Opinions About Evangelicals

Nadia Bolz-Weber 10-22-2009
How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God http://www.biblestudytools.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?word=Mark+10%3...
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I Was Wrong. The Insurance Company Was Evil.

LaVonne Neff 10-21-2009
I was wrong.
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It's Time for a Justice Revival

Victoria Hicks 10-20-2009

"It's time."

"Dallas needs this."

Those are the two statements Aaron Graham (Sojourners' Justice Revival Coordinator) and I heard over and over again as we visited pastors and other community leaders all over the city, lifting up the vision of a Dallas Justice Revival.

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'You Shall Not Oppress an Immigrant'

Anne Dunlap 10-16-2009
These remarks were presented on October 13, 2009 at a press conference in Aurora, CO urging Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) to take a public stand in favor of comprehensive immigration reform.
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Who Sinned, That This Child Was Born Uninsurable?

Gunnar Cerda 10-16-2009

As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth.

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A Theology of Ecology

Justin Fung 10-15-2009

Today is Blog Action Day 2009, an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day.

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