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Sixty-two years ago today, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hanged at the Nazi concentration camp in Flossenburg, Germany, for his role in the anti-Hitler resistance. His books – Life Together, Ethics, The Cost of Discipleship, Letters and Papers From Prison, and others – continue to be read and discussed widely. Last year, Harper San Francisco published A…

From a video by Christian Aid: Christian leaders, including Jim Wallis (Sojourners), John Bell (Iona Community) and the Bishop of Durham (England), reflect on the biblical call for justice. This film was produced by the video team at Christian Aid, the international development agency of the churches of the UK and Ireland. Christian Aid works…

On Good Friday, 2007, a friend drew my attention to a fascinating editorial by CNN contributor Roland Martin. It expressed in both intellectual content and emotional intensity what many of us think and feel about the state of the Christian community in the United States. Along the way it offered this rather inspiring vision –…

The latest news on climate change, congress, Iraq-military, Iraq-anti-U.S. rally, Iraq, U.S. politics, Pope Benedict Easter message, Congress, immigration, presidential politics, hunger in Africa, homelessness, and select Op-Eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq-anti-US rally. Huge turnout for anti-US rally – “Hundreds of thousands of supporters…

Without faith, hope, and love nothing sinful is totally abolished, nor is anything good fully attained. – St. Maximus the Confessor + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

You who fear the Lord, praise him! … For he did not despise or abhor the affliction of the afflicted; he did not hide his face from me, but heard when I cried to him. From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him. The…

I am on spring break with my family this week. As we approach Good Friday and Easter, I wanted to share with you the concluding chapter to my book, The Call to Conversion. It’s a reflection on the cross and resurrection, “The Victory.” It will be posted in three parts: Below is the final installment.…

Philosopher George Santayana is credited with the saying, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Over on The Huffington Post this morning, there is an excellent example of the truth of that statement. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. writes: “In 1968, my father, running for president, addressed in a speech, the White…

The latest news on Pelosi in Syria, global warming, Pope Benedict-new book, Iraq-President v. Congress, Mideast arms sales, Presidential candidate fundraising, Darfur, Marcus Borg, and the passsing of note-Coach Eddie Robinson. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iran-British sailors. British sailors arrive home – “Fifteen British sailors…

At the center of the Christian understanding of revelation and redemption stands the person of Jesus. Of him we say that he not only brings us the revelation of God, but that in his person he is the revelation of God. -Monika K. Hellwigfrom Jesus: The Compassion of God (The Liturgical Press, 1983) + Sign…
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