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Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son. May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness. May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy,…

[Jesus] says that he’s patient and humble of heart, not because he was submissive to oppression, but because he was able to endure in that struggle. – A teacher in the village of Papaturro Quoted in Cry Freedom, by Charles Ringma + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Shane Claiborne and The Simple Way community are a good example of the old adage, “Be careful what you pray for.” Evangelicals like to pray that Christian young people will learn to love Jesus and follow in his steps. Well, that’s exactly what this community has done. They believe that by plunging deeper into what…

I was distrubed to learn that last week the office of our friend and frequent author, Janna Hunter-Bowman, was attacked in a very deliberate and targeted way while she was visiting her family in the U.S. The only things taken were the computers she and her colleagues had been using to document human rights abuses,…

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For not only do people need food, but they need also the touch of a hand, the sound of a voice. For food lasts but a day, but love is for always. – Mother Teresa + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be left for the alien, the orphan, and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your undertakings. – Deuteronomy 24:19-19 + Sign up to…

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker talks to Sojourners associate editor Rose Marie Berger about Hurricane Katrina, bubble baths, and the art of remembering. + Listen to highlights of the interview (20 minutes, 18MB) + Read the print version in the June issue of Sojourners

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[Jesus] sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has…
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