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The message of the good news is of the liberation of human beings from everything and everyone that keeps them enslaved. – Elsa Tamez + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

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 social justice verse of the day via e-mail

The power of community, interdependence, and burden-bearing is so penetrating… It just busts through the pain of loss like grass through concrete. I live with tears in my eyes right now, every moment, mesmerized by this big family we have. In Iraq some folks taught us a saying in Arabic that translates: “When all is…

Number of federal military service academies: 5 Number of federal civilian service academies: 0 One does not need to be a pacifist to find something wrong with those numbers. Indeed, a growing movement of people thinks there is a glaring need for our nation to build a U.S. Public Service Academy. Sojourners has officially endorsed…

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Without mental prayer, it would be virtually impossible for frail humanity to bear the fierce struggles of religious life. You can inebriate with sweetness your dryness of heart, making use of the water of prayer drawn from the fountains of the Savior. As a tree experiencing drought sheds its unripened fruit and leaves, so the…

The villainies of villains are evil; they devise wicked devices to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right. But those who are noble plan noble things, and by noble things they stand. – Isaiah 32:7-8 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day…

Jesus’ call to welcome the stranger and the outcast is a prominent theme in the New Testament. Based on our shared Christian values, Sojourners/Call to Renewal has been working with Christian leaders and organizations from across the ecumenical spectrum to address the crisis of immigration. We are now facing the eleventh hour for passing legislation…

This week President George W. Bush ceremoniously vetoed a measure promoting embryonic stem cell research that could help to relieve the suffering of millions, declaring that the bill disregards the sanctity of human life. “I will not allow our nation to cross this moral line,” Bush said. It is hard to believe that this pronouncement…

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