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The measure of a society’s progress is not whether it can give more to those who have more, but whether it can provide enough to those who have less. –David Lim + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

A number of my friends have given up blogging, either temporarily or permanently. The reason? The blogosphere seems to indulge a certain kind of rhetoric that they don’t want to be associated with anymore. Although I continue to post here at the God’s Politics blog on occasion, and I believe in the power and potential…

O God, to those who have hunger give bread; and to us who have bread give the hunger for justice. – A Latin American prayer Quoted in Cry Freedom, by Charles Ringma. + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

A ruler who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food. – Proverbs 28:3 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

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I was saddened to hear on the radio Thursday night that Ruth Bell Graham had died. Earlier in the week, the news of the serious complications to Ruth’s health had me reflecting on the importance of love and leadership. A lot has been written on leadership in the last several years, but not as much…

On Friday people in the Gaza Strip awoke to a new reality. Over the previous few days, the Islamic party Hamas had routed the opposition secular-nationalist Fatah forces and taken full control of the Gaza Strip. What led to these sudden events? In February 2006, Hamas was elected through a process that was largely imposed…

The latest news on immigration, Palestine, Sudan-Darfur, Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, refugees in Canada, North Korea, Iran, U.S. Nuclear Strategy, SCHIP, education-teachers, global economics, and Ruth Graham. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail »

Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor. – Proverbs 22:9 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Prayer and meditation have an important part to play in opening up new ways and new horizons. If your prayer is the expression of a deep and grace-inspired desire for newness of life—and not the mere blind attachment to what has always been familiar and “safe”—God will act in us and through us to renew…
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