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Judging from your comments, my piece on the passing of former president Gerald Ford seems to have rubbed some people on both sides the wrong way. Some think that by contrasting his decency and honesty to the current administration I don’t realize “how rude it is to politicize someone’s passing.” And, comparing one Republican president…

A Godly Hero, by Michael KazinTo the Mountaintop, by Stewart BurnsFor the Nations, by John Howard YoderThe Conscience of a Liberal, by Paul WellstoneGandhi and Beyond, by David CortrightAt Canaan’s Edge, Taylor Branch Duane Shank is senior policy adviser for Sojourners/Call to Renewal.

I may not have school-age kids like Bart Campolo, but this list represents pretty much everything I’ve read this year – as much as I’d like to pretend that these are the “best” of the many many volumes I’ve consumed. Maybe because I read just before bed, and tend to fall asleep after a page…

Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss. – Proverbs 22:16-16 + Sign up to receive our verse of the day via e-mail

The important thing about protest is not so much the short-range possibility of changing the direction of policies, but the longer range aim of helping everyone gain an entirely new attitude toward war. Far from doing this, much current protest simply reinforces the old positions by driving the adversary back into the familiar and secure…

Much as I love him, the length and depth of McLaren’s list makes me sick. Hey, some of us have school-aged kids over here! Irresistable Revolution, by Shane ClaiborneBlink, by Malcolm GladwellWalking the Dog, by Walter MosleyA Wideness in God’s Mercy, by Clark PinnockBlood Done Sign My Name, by Timothy Tyson Bart Campolo is a…

While I was doing research on the New Atheism, I had the pleasure (not) of viewing the DVD The God Who Wasn’t There. As expected, the film’s glowing reviews are from atheist Web sites (surprise, surprise). But regardless of one’s particular beliefs, this film is to pardon the pun, godawful. In a nutshell, the director,…

the latest reports on Gerald Ford’s legacy, James Brown’s funeral, the murder rate, Ethiopia-Somalia, Iran, Iraq policy and interfaith dialogueSign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Gerald R. Ford. 38th President Leaves A Legacy of Healing – “A nation deeply polarized by war and partisanship came together yesterday…

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. – James 1:27-27 + Sign up to receive our verse of the day via e-mail

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. – Elie Wiesel + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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