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Colin Powell says we are “losing” the “civil war” in Iraq. In a Sunday morning interview with Bob Schieffer on CBS’s Face The Nation, the former General, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and George Bush’s first Secretary of State broke his silence and put himself at odds with his ex-boss. I watched it.…

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge God, and he will make straight your paths. – Proverbs 3:5-6 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Throughout his life Jesus’ response to women was one of compassion and inclusion, a rare posture in his day. He was not afraid to be seen in public with the most marginalized ‘sinners’ – prostitutes, adulteresses, and a woman who had been ‘unclean’ for many years with a flow of blood. He revealed himself as…

The latest news on the Episcopal church, Iraq, Gaza, Somalia, health insurance, Congress, faith, politics, nuclear weapons, and select op-eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Episcopal church. Episcopal Parishes in Virginia Vote to Secede– “Two large and influential Episcopal parishes in Virginia voted overwhelmingly to leave…

Red Letter Christian Richard Rohr was featured in today’s NPR segment, This I Believe. Here’s a choice nugget, but you can also read or listen to his entire reflection. [M] any religious folks insist on answers that are always true. We love closure, resolution and clarity, while thinking that we are people of “faith”! How…

But now you must get rid of all such things – anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to…

If we are serious about peace, then we must work for it as ardently, seriously, continuously, carefully, and bravely as we have ever prepared for war. – Wendell Berry + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

The latest news on the U.S. Senate, U.N. General Secretary, diplomacy, U.S. Military, Iran, Children’s health insurance, politics, immigration, Darfur, death penalty, and select op-eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: U.S. Senate. Democratic Sen. Johnson in Stable Condition After Brain Surgery – “Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.)…

Jim Wallis joins Anderson Cooper along with Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Rev. Dwight Hopkins, American Baptist minister and professor at University of Chicago Divinity School, as part of a focus on “What Is a Christian: Where Do You Fit?”

Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. – Romans 13:10-10 + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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