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SeptemberSep 9 Tuesday 08
Amy Sullivan: 'Are Evangelicals Really Sold on Palin?' (by Jim Wallis)
I saw a column this weekend in Time magazine by Amy Sullivan in which she asks, "Are Evangelicals Really Sold on Palin?" It's well worth reading.
Lost in the stampede of social conservatives to embrace Palin this past week is the fact that she is www.time.com%2Ftime%2Fpolitics%2Farticle%2F0%2C8599%2C1838572%2C00.html" target="_blank">culturally …
SeptemberSep 7 Sunday 08
Hyphenated Emergents (by Phyllis Tickle)
I am going to preach this morning. Actually, in all probability I will be preaching by the time you read this. I will not be away from home in some alien pulpit, though, but at home in my own parish and among those whom I love. I won't preach, of course, because …
SeptemberSep 5 Friday 08
Voice of the Day: Clodovis Boff
Respect for the people's word need not mean approval for whatever they say. Any criticism becomes constructive when based on a fundamental attitude of respect and listening.
- Clodovis Boff
Catholic theologian in Brazil
Daily News Digest (by Duane Shank)
The latest news on the Republican Convention, Global Poverty, Angola Election, Campaign, Convention Protests, Hurricanes, Unemployment, Health Care, Death Penalty, Soldier's Suicides, Global Poverty, Iraq-Afghanistan, Angola Election, India, Burma/Mayanmar, …
Verse of the Day: 'I will pour out my spirit'
I will pour out my spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.
Even on the male and female slaves,
in those days, I will pour out my spirit.
- Joel 2:28-29
Palin Owes Some Good People An Apology (by Jim Wallis)
Wednesday morning I got an e-mail from a former member of our Sojourners community. Perry Perkins is now a community organizer in Louisiana with affiliates of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF). "Perk," as we used to call him, reported on the enormous …
My Summer with Daddy King (Part 2, interview by Becky Garrison)
Back in 1961, Gurdon Brewster was a seminary student at Union Theological Seminary, training to be an Episcopal priest. When this Northern liberal raised his hand to volunteer as a summer intern at Ebenezer Baptist Church, he had no idea …
A New Christian Manifesto: "Follow Me" (Part 2, by Obery Hendricks)
Jesus did not establish bureaucratic institutions, weekly social gatherings, or houses of religious entertainment. He started a movement that demands that rather than spending our time establishing ever more luxurious churches, we must …
In Defense of Community Organizing (by Soong-Chan Rah)
Sarah Palin appeared poised and confident in her speech on Wednesday evening.
I have the utmost respect for her ability to juggle her role as a wife, mom, and public servant. She is to be commended for her example and particularly in her efforts to better her …
Fact-Checking and Faith First (by Jim Wallis)
John McCain's acceptance speech last night sought to present him as a maverick and bipartisan reformer, in contrast to the total partisanship of Sarah Palin the night before. She clearly relishes her own self-description as a pit bull with lipstick who fires up …
SeptemberSep 4 Thursday 08
Voice of the Day: Donald Dorr
The church ... cannot be content to play the part of a nurse looking after the casualties of the system. It must play an active part both in challenging the present unjust structures and in pioneering alternatives.
- Donald Dorr
Catholic missionary priest
Daily News Digest (by Duane Shank)
The latest news on the Republican Convention, Convention Protests, Pakistan, John McCain, New Orleans, Russia-Georgia, Israel-Syria, India-nuclear, Atomic Veterans, and Zimbabwe.
Verse of the Day: 'O guard my life'
Consider how many are my foes,
and with what violent hatred they hate me.
O guard my life, and deliver me;
do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
- Psalm 25:19-20
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Speeches are Fine, but Real Change Takes a Movement (by Troy Jackson)
It was a warm spring afternoon when Martin Luther King addressed tens of thousands gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial, the largest gathering to date in the growing struggle for civil rights.
King rallied the crowd with his stirring refrain: "Give us the …
New Study on Abortion Reduction (by Mary Nelson)
The heated abortion debate has up to this time been focused on legal measures. A new study commissioned by Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good concludes that government social spending and economic conditions do more to reduce abortions than legal …
Beyond Palin's Personality (by Jim Wallis)
While many conservatives have known and admired Sarah Palin for some time, most Americans do not know her. So the intense media focus on the new Republican vice-presidential nominee was to be expected. But some of it has been inappropriate, especially when …
My Summer with Daddy King (Part 1, interview by Becky Garrison)
Back in 1961, Gurdon Brewster was a seminary student at Union Theological Seminary, training to be an Episcopal priest. When this Northern liberal raised his hand to volunteer as a summer intern at Ebenezer Baptist Church, he had no idea what lay in store for …
A New Christian Manifesto: "Follow Me" (Part 1, by Obery Hendricks)
The most direct self-referential command Jesus has given to those who would call themselves by his name is, "Follow me." That means that even before praising Jesus, we must follow him on his path of love. It is that path that led him to teach, to heal, to save, …
SeptemberSep 3 Wednesday 08
Voice of the Day: Desmond Tutu
We are always justified and we are always sinners. We depend not on our goodness, but on the gracious mercy of God.
- Desmond Tutu
Daily News Digest (by Duane Shank)
The latest news on the Republican Convention, Sarah Palin, Churches & IRS, Hurricane Gustav, Poverty, Global Warming, Coca in the Andes, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, North Korea, Thailand, India-Nuclear, and India-Anti-Christian Violence.