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Deceit is in the mind of those who plan evil, but those who counsel peace have joy. – Proverbs 12:20-20 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

This article also appeared today at Time.com When I first heard that President Bush was vowing to veto a bipartisan bill to expand child healthcare, my immediate thought was more personal than political. What has happened to him?, I wondered. Now that he has followed through on his threat, I can’t help but think about…

Yesterday Jim stood with a group of religious leaders to challenge President Bush’s promised veto of a bill to expand health coverage for children. He told some of the story of Bush’s early days in office that he told here last week, asking what happened to his “compassionate” conservatism, and asking why Bush would veto…

With all the fuss around Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent visit to New York, you’d think that he had political power, command of the military, or at least strong popular support in his homeland. Actually, he has none of the above, as Stephen Zunes argues in a recent Foreign Policy in Focus article: Why…is all this attention…

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. – Romans 14:17-17 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a human life any longer. – Martha Nussbaum O Magazine, November 2003

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With James Dobson and major conservative evangelical leaders threatening to bolt the Republican Party if Rudy Giuliani is nominated for president, conventional wisdom about God and politics has been turned on its head. For the last 25 years, conservative evangelicals could reliably count on the Republicans to choose a candidate acceptable to their version of…

The great mystery of God’s love is that we are not asked to live as if we are not hurting, as if we are not broken. In fact, we are invited to recognize our brokenness as a brokenness in which we can come in touch with the unique way that God loves us. The great…

Thus says the Lord: Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed. – Isaiah 56:1-1 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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