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The immigration system in America is beyond broken; it is in crisis. Because it is not simply a crisis limited to issues of documentation and border enforcement, but rather one that is tearing at the very fabric of individuals, families, and communities, it is a crisis that the church is, in my opinion, compelled to…

Katie Barge at Faith in Public Life has a great compilation of Falwell legacy coverage that demonstrates that the major media seems to be finally “getting it” that evangelicals really are far more diverse and broad in their political interests than previously assumed. It was not so long ago that I regularly spent a portion…

The latest news on Iraq-Congress, immigration, U.S. Muslims, Iraq-war policy, Iran, immigration, Falwell’s funeral, the Anglican Church, Mideast, and select Op-Eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq-Congress. Democrats capitulate on war funds – “Congressional Democrats backed down in the standoff with the White House over war…

To keep struggling against hate and to practice forgiveness need not mean abdicating one’s rights or renouncing justice. This should be emphasized over and over again. It is part of loving one’s enemy that Christians must remind the “enemy” of justice and right. It is part of loving to speak the truth. – Naim Ateekfrom…

Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say to your neighbor, “Friend, let me take out the speck in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the…

Years ago my friend Gerry Straub underwent a spectacular modern-day conversion, from successful Hollywood TV producer and practicing atheist to downwardly mobile disciple of Jesus, following his hero, St. Francis of Assisi. Soon, he founded a Franciscan-based non-profit, the San Damiano Foundation, where he now makes groundbreaking films documenting the poorest of the world’s poor.…

History does not tend to be kind to Christian theologians who demand war. Peter Steinfels recently called attention to a contemporary history lesson drawn in an ongoing debate between Catholic neo-cons who have supported the Iraq war and the popes and bishops who have not (“A Catholic Debate Mounts on the Meaning of ‘Just War,’”…

The latest news on climate change, Iran, Lebanon, immigration, Iraq, Richardson’s announcement, faith and politics, Darfur, Colombia, and select editorials. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Immigration. Strife over immigration bill as debate begins in the Senate – “even before lawmakers voted 69 to 23 to begin…

We cannot merely pray to You, O God to end war:For we know You made the world in a wayThat we must find our own path of peaceWithin ourselves and with our neighbor. We cannot merely pray to You, O God, to root out prejudice:For you have already given us eyesWith which to see the…

Why do you call me “Lord, Lord,” and do not do what I tell you? – Luke 6:46 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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