During some moments of pre-Christmas calm, I had a chance to read the memos to President Obama (“Dear President Obama,” January 2009).
Justice
Lydia Bean 3-01-2009
What does it look like to proclaim the gospel and invite people to follow Jesus in a way that leads to the work of justice?
Elizabeth Palmberg 3-01-2009
Evangelist Charlotte Keys and the 'Jesus People' she organized took on a global corporation to save a small town.
Barby Zuniga Ward 2-26-2009
Most of my life I have been thinking about race and religion -- as a child when my family left my native Costa Rica to move to inner-city New Jersey, as a teenager struggling to develop my faith an
Barbara Born 2-25-2009
Bible readings from the Revised Common Lectionary: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51; 2nd Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21.
Kaitlin Barker 2-25-2009
I recently heard a voice from Darfur. She sat on a stage in front of me, not on the pages of the newspaper, and Darfur's resilient voice said, "The crisis has turned our lives upside down."
Nate Van Duzer 2-18-2009
It was very humiliating to be handcuffed in front of my family's business, in front of customers and neighbors.
Alan Bean 2-17-2009
I moved to Tulia, Texas, in the summer of 1998, a year before a massive drug bust decimated the black side of town.
Jarrod McKenna 2-11-2009
That U.S. megaphone of amazing grace, Shane Claiborne, was recently moved to tears after witnessing a youth gathering in Australia.
2-06-2009
As I sat in the federal court room in Tucson witnessing the sentencing of over 60 people who had been caught crossing the border between the U.S.
Matthew Hildreth 2-03-2009
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Shane Claiborne 1-29-2009
It seems that much of our conversation as a Church is in a perpetual cycle of reaction. We are tempted to exaggerate the neglected truth, and end up making incomplete disciples, either social justice disciples without Jesus or Jesus disciples without social justice. Then there are those special moments where Jesus and Justice kiss.
Gareth Higgins 1-29-2009
It's a significant week in Northern Ireland, with the latest development in the long-running peace process.
Martin Smith 1-29-2009
I am very honoured and excited to be invited to the Mobilization to End Poverty in April.