God's Politics

Sen. Sam Brownback and I don’t see eye-to-eye on every issue or policy, but he’s been a faithful ally in our efforts to forge a grand alliance of conservatives and liberals to fight poverty – something he and I agree this country needs. He was also part of our Pentecost conference last year. He just…

At age 75, Dolores Huerta—the mother of the United Farm Workers movement—serves as president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, which educates on public policy issues affecting immigrants, women, and youth. As an advocate for immigrant workers rights, Dolores has been arrested 22 times for non-violent peaceful union activities. In 1998, Dolores received the United States…

The latest news on Iraq-Congress, Pope in Brazil, New Sanctuary Movement, Iraq-Military, Iraq-Christians, national guard, terror plot, immigration legislation, Giuliani-abortion, fuel deficiency, Iran, AIDS drugs, Herod’s tomb, and select op-eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Immigration. New Coalition of Christians Seeks Changes at Borders– “A new…

Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and will be repaid in full. – Proverbs 19:17 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Silence, for many people, allows the soul to grow and develop in its spiritual dimension. In fact, the more one finds the reality of silence, the more significant it becomes. While this in itself is a danger, the same is true of anything else we touch which has such real value. –Morton T. Kelseyfrom The…

At a press conference announcing Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Jim talked about “welcoming the stranger” and “the least of these.” Watch it: See Jim and others respond to questions about the breadth of the campaign here. You can watch the entire press conference at Faith in Public Life. Jim’s remarks weren’t lost on Lou…

Too often, those of us immersed in Colombia get lost in the sheer magnitude of the horrors of the five-decade-old armed conflict: over 31,000 civilians murdered in just the last 10 years; almost 3 million people driven out of their homes since 1985; more than 1,350 massacres perpetrated between 1994 and 2004; at least 134…

I have often felt that the U.S. has been duped into making Muslims the enemy du jour. It’s clear that the business with the Shah of Iran effected a major change in U.S.-Muslim relations. Before that they were our fierce allies; we even gave weapons and training to Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Then…

The latest news on World Bank, Darfur, Turkey-Kurds, Immigration, Iraq-Congress, nuclear terrorism, civil rights, child mortality, and trade. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Immigration. New Coalition of Christians Seeks Changes at Borders– “A new coalition of more than 100 largely evangelical Christian leaders and organizations asked…

When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. – Leviticus 19:33-34…

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