Lent

Snapshots from Tucson

Becky Garrison 1-10-2011

I welcomed in the New Year in Tucson, Arizona

with the kind folks of the Restoration Project

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An Attack on the Soul of the Nation

Jim Wallis 1-10-2011

The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords, the young Congresswoman from Arizona, must speak to the soul of this nation.

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Nonviolent Activists in Palestine Face Harassment, Prison, and Violence

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 1-07-2011

Last Friday, at a protest against the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank town of Bil'in, Palestinian nonviolent activist Jawaher Abu Rahmah was killed by http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fmondoweiss.net%2F2011%2F01%2Fde...

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Palestinians Protest Death of Nonviolent Activist

Samuel Nichols 1-04-2011

For nearly six years, the Palestinian residents of the West Bank village of Bil'in have held a weekly nonviolent demonstration against the separation wall -- a barrier cutting through large portions of

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Christmas in the Trenches

Jim Wallis 12-24-2010

We first published this reflection by Jim Wallis in 2002. It has since become our Christmas tradition, kind of our own Charlie Brown Christmas special, if you will. With the ongoing conflicts raging during each passing year, it remains tragically relevant, particularly this year as we think about Afghanistan.

Friday Links Round Up: DREAM Act. Films of 2010. Winter.

Jeannie Choi 12-17-2010

Here's a little round up of links from around the Web you may have missed this week:

Who Will Listen to the Voices of Veterans Calling for Peace?

Hannah Lythe 12-17-2010

I watched helplessly as the snow fell on stubborn veterans and police officers at the White House gates.

This Advent, What Are You Waiting For?

Steve Holt 12-13-2010

We Americans hate to wait. Whatever we want, we want it now. Pay-per-view. One-click shopping. Smart phones. Drive-through restaurants.

My Story as an Undocumented Immigrant

Anonymous Guest Contributor 12-06-2010

To become an undocumented immigrant requires very little but is a result of tremendous social, economic, political, and environmental forces; I offer my story as example.

Give Smart: Three Tips to Make Donations Count

LaVonne Neff 12-02-2010

A lot of us don't have as much disposable income as we had two or three years ago. Some of us have a lot less. But Christmas is coming, and we still want to give.

This Thanksgiving, Enough is Enough

Jim Wallis 11-25-2010

The political ads are finally off the air. (We can all give thanks for that!) But now there is a new wave of advertisements hitting all of us. Each one will give us a different reason to consume.

Three Steps Toward a Balanced Budget

Jim Wallis 11-18-2010

There has been a lot of talk about deficits lately. This is for good reasons. Our personal and national relationship to debt is indeed a moral issue.

Obama's Remarks to the Indian Parliament and Just Peace

Valerie Elverton Dixon 11-12-2010

One goal of just peace theory is to make war obsolete. The idea is to establish justice, in all of its various iterations, so that peace will prevail.

This Christmas, Do We Go Local, Fair Trade, or Make Our Own?

Christine Sine 11-10-2010

Christmas is a month away and Christmas music is already playing, guaranteeing that by the time the season actually arrives, we will be so heartily sick of it that we take no notice -- and in the p

What I Meant To Say About Missouri

LaVonne Neff 8-09-2010

When my previous post about Missouri's health-care insurance vote and obesity rates was posted, commenters told me I was

Naming Jesus Again and Again

Pearl Maria Barros 6-23-2010

While discerning a vocation to Roman Catholic religious life years ago, I had the opportunity to go on retreat with a group of women religious.

Christians, Jews, and Good Friday

George Mitrovich 4-02-2010

As a Christian, I have a high level of sensitivity toward Jews, of a never-ending sense to be protective of their religion

'God, is it Okay to Be Afraid Now?'

Ruth Hawley-Lowry 4-02-2010

I gave up fear for Lent. That seemed like a good and perhaps even holy idea at the time.

The Darkness of Easy Hate and the Light of Easter's Love

Ernesto Tinajero 4-02-2010

Hate is easy and the domain of the lazy. This insight came in the darkness of the early morning. I wish I could say that it was due to a Lenten meditation that pierced my own darkness, but alas, it rose as I got up too late to do my study.

The Cross, Easter, and the 'They' Narrative

Ernesto Tinajero 3-30-2010

The other has been a philosophical idea with a rich history.