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Jim Wallis 5-24-2010
With middle-class families mostly worrying about how they are surviving this Great Recession, and with the political leaders who want their votes aiming spins at them, there hasn't been much attent
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.
Ruth Hawley-Lowry 5-07-2010
Mother's Day is a challenge. While advertisements evoke misty eyed memories and quaint appreciation for mothers, the truth is that Mother's Day began as a call to action by Julia Ward Howe.
Valerie Elverton Dixon 5-06-2010
Usually when Mother's Day comes, we think of the women in our lives who nurture, teach, rear, and comfort us.
Barbara Williams-Skinner 5-04-2010
In an age when many leaders desperately seek their 15 minutes of YouTube fame, Dr. Dorothy Irene Height was celebrated by presidents and everyday citizens alike for being the rarest of all humans -- a servant leader.
Debra Dean Murphy 5-03-2010
There's a scene in the film Food, Inc. that reveals the hypocrisy at the heart of U.S.
Grace Biskie 4-30-2010
At eight months pregnant, I had a dream my new baby boy was born. He came out with pale white skin, blue eyes, and long, pin-straight red hair. He didn't look like he belonged to me at all.
Jim Wallis 4-19-2010
Today, April 19, is the 15th anniversary of one of the most heinous acts of domestic terrorism -- the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building -- which killed 168 people, many of th
Jennifer Wheeler 4-12-2010
The legal definition of Child Support is "periodic monetary payments by the non-custodial parent for the care of his or her minor child." In our country, non-custodial parents are usually obligat
Allison Ash 4-07-2010
Looking at me, pale-skinned and blonde-haired, you would not know that I come from a diverse background with an African-American great-grandmother and an American-Indian great-grandfather.
LaVonne Neff 4-05-2010
If you read only one book about the Sabbath, it should be Abraham Joshua Heschel's 1951 classic<
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
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."
Valerie Elverton Dixon 3-15-2010
President Obama has postponed his trip to Guam, Indonesia, and Australia to work for the passage of health-care reform.
Ken Fong 3-08-2010
At the urging of one of EBCLA's deacons, I began reading NY Times bestseller http://www.amazon.com/Half-Sky-Oppression-Opportunity-Worldwide