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God's Politics

Depart from evil, and do good; so you shall abide forever. For the Lord loves justice; [God] will not forsake [God’s] faithful ones. The righteous shall be kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. – Psalms 37:27-28 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day…

Wordiness in the divine office counts for almost nothing before God. – Hildegard of Bingen from “Explanation of the Rule of Benedict.” Quoted in Essential Monastic Wisdom, by Hugh Feiss. + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

But for three hiatuses for school, I’ve lived my whole life in the Twin Cities, and my heritage and skin tone match the Lake Wobegon image of my city and state. I’m the descendant of German, Norwegian, Welsh, and British immigrants. I’ve even been known to utter “you betcha” on occasion. But the new faces…

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The Church should proclaim its concept of God, as it has come to know God through Christ, to all people in society, including Muslims and Jews. This should be done unashamedly and uncompromisingly. The Church should insist on what God is really like – not in a spirit of superiority or condescension, but in humility…

But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to…

Jim Wallis on the BBC Radio program “Reporting Religion,” talking on July 30 about faith, politics, and Gordon Brown. + Download mp3 audio

Elvira Arellano, the young mother who sparked the New Sanctuary Movement and appears prominently in the current issue of Sojourners magazine, was arrested Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles and was deported to Tijuana, Mexico, within hours of her arrest. Arellano left her physical sanctuary in a Chicago church last week in order to make a…

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king, who will no longer take advice. – Ecclesiastes 4:13-13 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

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