This weekend, the Sojourners/Call to Renewal intern program traveled to Columbus, Georgia to participate in the annual vigil and nonviolent direct action events to close SOA/WHINSEC. Be sure to check back often this weekend for on-the-ground updates, and let us know through your comments what you think! First, a brief background. SOA Watch, an independent…

Christians who remember their Lord was unjustly and cruelly given the death penalty have a hard time being enthusiastic about imposing the death penalty on others. – Glen Stassen + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. – Psalms 130:3-4 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

In his entry for the Washington Post/Newsweek “On Faith” discussion (posted here earlier today) Jim Wallis talks about reaching common ground by going to higher ground. Case in point: conservative Christian columnist Cal Thomas, in his column “Christian conservative quandary,” quotes liberally from Jim’s blog entry about a broadened moral agenda for evangelicals and conservative…

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