War

Obama's Nobel Speech: What If?

Jarrod McKenna 12-17-2009

What if? What if Obama's speech had not simply referenced Gandhi and King but followed them in following the way of Jesus?

Obama in Oslo: Nonviolence is the Strongest Weapon

Johann Christoph Arnold 12-16-2009

I was saddened by our president's acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize. He missed a chance to witness to courage and leadership. True, Mr.

Obama's Nobel Speech: Reflection and Response

Jim Wallis 12-14-2009

President Obama laid out a moral defense of the use of force in his acceptance speech in Oslo

U.S. Military Aid and the Paramilitaries Behind the Philippine Election Massacre

Katrina Abarcar 12-11-2009

For many of us in the U.S., the sometimes vicious attack ads of last year's presidential election are more than just a recent memory.

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Speech and Just Peace Theory

Valerie Elverton Dixon 12-10-2009

If all we notice in President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture is a justification of war, we will miss the 21^st<

The Archbishop and the President's Common Problem

LaVonne Neff 12-09-2009

The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
--William Butler Yeats, from "The Second Coming"

Advent Echoes: Checkpoints and Childbirth on a West Bank Winter Night

Phil Haslanger 12-07-2009

Although Hani Abu Haikal is a Muslim, he probably can identify with the sense of panic Joseph and Mary must have felt as they searched for a place to stay as the time of Jesus' birth drew near.

Afghanistan: Praying Our Part

Valerie Elverton Dixon 12-04-2009

The decision has been made. The orders have been signed. The first wave of the 30,000 additional warriors heading to Afghanistan is scheduled to arrive before Christmas.

Obama's Afghanistan Policy and Christian Political Humility

Aaron Taylor 12-04-2009

On the eve of the election last November, I wrote a thinly-veiled endorsement of Barack Obama and blas

The season of Advent always invites me to contemplate many facets of Christianity: the contrast between what God extols versus the world's values, the power of patience, and the strength of hope. While important in all times and places, each of these themes can especially speak this year to the current situation in Sudan.

We Needed a New Approach in Afghanistan -- and This Isn't It

Jim Wallis 12-02-2009

The decision by President Obama to send additional troops to Afghanistan saddens me. I believe it is a mistake, it is the wrong direction for U.S.

Equality in the Beautiful Image of God -- and the Ugliness of Violence Against Women

Eugene Cho 11-30-2009

In every culture and in every part of the world, this injustice is present. What is the oldest injustice in the world?

An Afghan Leader We Can Admire

Margaret Benefiel 11-30-2009

Affirming the Footnotes: What the Manhattan Declaration Gets Right

Brian McLaren 11-24-2009

Although there are several points I find troubling, inaccurate, or misleading in the recent Manhattan Declaration, and although I noticed the relative

Reduce the Danger of Nuclear War and Help Feed Hungry Kids

Multiple Authors 11-24-2009

Nowadays everyone's talking about nuclear disarmament.

Can You Hear Them Now?

Elizabeth Palmberg 11-23-2009

When I went to hear a staged reading of Lynn Nottage's play "Ruined," about the price of the ongoing war in Congo, last week, I had a stronger than usual motive to be sure to turn off my cell phone

Dinesh D'Souza, the New Atheism, and Constantinian Christianity

Aaron Taylor 11-20-2009

Last week at the Innovative Evangelism Conference, I got a chance to hear Dinesh D'Souza speak to a standing room only crowd.

Build, Don't Destroy in Afghanistan: An Open Letter to President Obama

Jim Wallis 11-19-2009

Your voice is being heard. Already, thousands of you have signed a letter and contacted the White House urging a new way forward in Afghanistan.

Obama's Bow and R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Valerie Elverton Dixon 11-18-2009

The gospel according to Aretha Franklin says: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to me."

Biblical wisdom teaches: "Give everyone what you owe him. If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor." (Romans 13:7 NIV)

Pentagon Blocks Release of Detainee Abuse Photos -- Obama Agrees

Jimmy McCarty 11-17-2009

The release of photos of Americans supposedly treating imprisoned suspected terrorists badly has been blocked by the Pen