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Was Iraq a Holy War?

Aaron Taylor 5-22-2009

Despite the repeated attempts of former President George W.

Let Us Pray for the World's Bad Actors

Valerie Elverton Dixon 5-19-2009

Let us pray for Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe and for the Burmese generals. Let us send them our love. This is the counterintuitive radicality of the Christian witness.

Postville Community Leaders Rally Around Immigration Reform

Allison Johnson 5-14-2009

Postville, Iowa, is a powerful place. Tuesday, hundreds of community members and people of faith from across the country gathered to pray and reflect on the traumatic events of May 12, 2008.

Women Who Were Wild at Heart

Mimi Haddad 5-11-2009

I enjoy addressing the contributions of women in history at Christian colleges or universities.

The Burden of Inclusion Should Rest Upon 'Insiders'

Julie Clawson 5-01-2009

As I process the conversations I had recently at EVDC09 (a gathering of emerging church participants to discuss the future of Emergent Village), I realized that one of the topics that keeps surfaci

Sunday Night at the Mobilization

Jim Wallis 4-27-2009

Last night, the Mobilization to End Poverty began with the over 1,100 faith leaders and activists gathered together from across the country.

A Spiritual Struggle

Jim Wallis 4-23-2009

Sunday evening the Mobilization to End Poverty will begin.

Made in L.A.: Putting a Human Face on the Immigrant Experience

Almudena Carracedo 4-22-2009

Seven years ago, I set out to make a little film that would put a human face on the struggles of immigrant workers in L.A.

Defining 'Progressive'

Diana Butler Bass 4-21-2009

"Progressive" has become the adjective of choice to describe faith communities with commitments to justice, serving the poor, and environmentalism.

Three Encouragements Toward Making Your Churches More Multicultural

Eugene Cho 4-20-2009

Ministry has its up and downs. Such is life.

G-20 Recap: Global Economics Cannot Be a Values-Free Zone

Andy Clasper 4-08-2009

The group of 20 leading and emerging nations met at the Excel Centre in London's Docklands last week in a meeting which Gordon Brown heralded as the dawning of a new world order.

Calling a Nation to its Best Values and Priorities

Sharon Watkins 4-07-2009

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A Must Read from Frederick Douglass

Eugene Cho 4-03-2009

One of my heroes is Frederick Douglass. I have a list of folks whose stuff I regularly read on and read about, and Frederick Douglass is one of them. Words in today's world have grown to be an interesting sensation. I believe in the power of words via teaching, preaching, blogging, writing, etc.

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Tutu Confronts ANC, Zimbabwe Launches Recovery Program

Nontando Hadebe 4-03-2009

It has been another week of high drama in South Africa and more mixed news from Zimbabwe. In South Africa three key issues have dominated public debate.

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Obama and the G-20

Jim Wallis 3-24-2009

Next week, leaders of the G-20, the 19 countries with the largest economies and the European Union, will meet in London.

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The Perils of Well-Meaning But Short-Sighted Generosity

Tony Campolo 3-13-2009

Rick Warren, the most prominent evangelical pastor of our day, has established a highly successful program arranging teams from his church to help specific villages in Africa.

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Audio: Who is in Control? Wealth and Wisdom

Efrem Smith 3-12-2009

It's always difficult to find just a few minutes from Pastor Efrem's sermons to highlight on the blog. With this sermon, it was impossible. So for a change, here's the entire sermon, in which he preaches from Proverbs 3 and talks about:

A Must Read from Frederick Douglass

Tutu Confronts ANC, Zimbabwe Launches Recovery Program

Obama and the G-20

leaders

Was Iraq a Holy War?

Let Us Pray for the World's Bad Actors

Postville Community Leaders Rally Around Immigration Reform

Women Who Were Wild at Heart

The Burden of Inclusion Should Rest Upon 'Insiders'

Sunday Night at the Mobilization

A Spiritual Struggle

Made in L.A.: Putting a Human Face on the Immigrant Experience

Defining 'Progressive'

Three Encouragements Toward Making Your Churches More Multicultural

G-20 Recap: Global Economics Cannot Be a Values-Free Zone

Calling a Nation to its Best Values and Priorities

The Perils of Well-Meaning But Short-Sighted Generosity

Audio: Who is in Control? Wealth and Wisdom

Earth to G-20 Part 2: The Hidden Treasure of the IMF

Earth to G-20: 'The Developing World is too Big to Fail'

The Danger of Deception