Prophetic

Jon Stewart, Prophet (But Not the Phoney Future-Telling Kind)

Eugene Cho 3-13-2009

What does it say about our country that we have to hear the cold and hard truth from a comedian? Check out the videos below as comedian Jon Stewart interviews and exposes Jim Cramer - the hyped and elevated investment and financial guru.

Obama: 'Talk is Cheap'

Seth Naicker 1-26-2009

For millions in the U.S.A.

Share Your Dreams: Achievements, Challenges, and Our Identity in Obama's America, Part 4

Rev. Romal J. Tune 11-24-2008

[continued from part 3] [read all four parts]

God's Spirit is for Everybody: Achievements, Challenges, and Our Identity in Obama's America, Part 3

Rev. Romal J. Tune 11-21-2008

[continued from part 2] [read all four parts]

Micah's Challenge to the Future President

Brian Swarts 9-26-2008

Yesterday, the United Nations met to discuss our progress toward cutting global poverty in half by 2015. Tonight, the U.S.

Rev. Otis Moss on Prophetic Faith

Jim Wallis 8-28-2008

Somebody came up to me in Denver and said, "At the Democratic Convention of 2008, faith is cool!" That is indeed a big change from recent years. As I have been saying at the many "faith forums" in Denver, faith must have a different and better role than it has had in politics these last few decades.

And I have been encouraged by the more "prophetic" role that faith has played here, deeper than the partisan use of faith in recent memory. At one of those faith panels, Rev. Otis Moss [...]

Prophetic Distance and the Perils of Picking a Winner

Brian McLaren 8-06-2008

I like winning, but I've done a lot of losing in my life, especially when it comes to voting. I've got a pretty good track record of picking losers.

But recent history tells us that picking winners in presidential elections has its own dangers.

What happens if the presidential candidate you prefer wins this fall?

As a Christian and citizen, you owe the winning candidate -- whoever he is (we've only got "he's" left this time around) -- the gift of what my friend Jim [...]