United Nations. “The intensifying war of words between Iran and the United States reached the floor of the United Nations last night when the Iranian president accused America and Britain of violating international law.” Global poverty. “Over two-thirds of the world’s 50 poorest countries are experiencing increases in extreme poverty.” Religion. “Evangelical Christianity, born in…

We cannot love God unless we love each other, and to love we must know each other. We know [God] in the breaking of bread, and we are not alone any more. Heaven is a banquet and life is a banquet, too, even with a crust, where there is companionship. – Dorothy Day + Sign…

We know that we have passed from death to life because we love one another. Whoever does not love abides in death. All who hate a brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them. We know love by this, that [Jesus] laid down his life…

Part three of a dialogue between Jim Wallis and former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed on the question: “What should values voters value most?” You raise several interesting lines of thought in your response, Ralph. Let me try to address some of them. My point that the Religious Right only focuses on one or two…

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