Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, “Grant me justice against my…

I’m impressed. A week after Sojourners/Call to Renewal got an impressive spectrum of religious leaders to unite as Evangelicals for Darfur (it’s not often that Jim Wallis and the Christian Coalition find common cause), the ONE Campaign has links to its new “ONE Vote” TV spot on both RNC and DNC Web sites, which will…

the latest news on election politics, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, press freedom, Generation Y, arms sales, voting rights, and select op-eds Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Election. Independent Voters Favor Democrats by 2 to 1 in Poll – “Two weeks before the midterm elections, Republicans are losing…

What if some of us began a constructive national dialogue, post-political in the sense that it occurs on a level higher and deeper than the mid-range of partisan maneuvering, geared toward a rather simple but grand project: to articulate a national mission statement for the United States. This statement would tell us – and the…

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