You can find Calcutta anywhere in the world. You only need two eyes to see. Everywhere in the world there are people that are not loved, people that are not wanted nor desired, people that no one will help, people that are pushed away or forgotten. And this is the greatest poverty. – Mother Teresa…

…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. There is no law against such things. – Galatians 5:22-23 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

The latest news on the senate, malaria summit, Iraq, 2008 election, FEC fines, immigration, income gap, computer games, child abuse, Darfur, and select op-eds and editorials.Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Senator critical.S.D. Sen. Johnson in critical condition – “Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson was in critical condition…

Last week, I participated in a Washington Post real-time online chat about divisions in the Episcopal Church around issues of church politics, sexual identity, and biblical interpretation – a combustible combination that I typically try to avoid. But the Post offered me a chance to explain contemporary change in religious communities and I saw it…

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