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As Dean Sam Lloyd welcomed us to the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq service at the Washington National Cathedral, he began by saying that he had just heard the most amazing story. He told us of four people from Spokane, Washington, who were traveling to the Witness when they had an accident in Pennsylvania as…

This past week has been a blur of activity with the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq, but I didn’t want to let the passing of Rufina Amaya go unmentioned on this blog. If that name is unfamiliar to you, Amaya was the sole survivor of the worst single massacre in modern Latin American history. A…

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) is known as the “conscience of the House.” He was the young civil rights leader who was beaten, nearly to death, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on the infamous “Bloody Sunday” that led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. John Lewis is a civil…

The latest news on Iran capturing British soldiers, Elizabeth Edwards, Iraq-Congress, Iraq deputy prime minister injured, Iraq- shell lands near Secretary-General, US military, Christians flee-, DC voting rights, immigration, Sudan-Chad, and select Op-Eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary:  BREAKING NEWS. Iran captures British sailors. Iranian Military…

For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat. – Isaiah 25:4-4 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Wholeness for us, as people of God,is moving ever toward oneness with God,regardless of the conditionof our bodies,our lives,our minds.Everyone equally has a capacityto be whole.Wholeness is a gift from God. – Beth A. Richardsonin “Alive Now!” March/April 1992.

Elnour Adam is Projects Director at the Darfur Rehabilitation Project. Sojourners spoke with him recently at Ecumenical Advocacy Days. What is The Darfur Rehabilitation Project? The Darfur Rehabilitation Project is a U.S.-based Darfurian NGO, advocating for the people, Darfur’s peoples’ rights to live humanely. Actually, we are mobilizing the international community, the U.S. people, and…

The latest news on immigration, White House subpoenas, the Episcopal Church, Iraq-Congress, climate change, Iran, U.S. food aid, Darfur, and select Op-Eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq-Congress. House Democrats Weigh Plan for Iraq Withdrawal– “The Iraq debate is scheduled to begin Thursday afternoon on the…

“Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?” Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day, and oppress all your workers. Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to strike with a wicked fist. Such fasting as you do today will…

When shall we have the courage to outgrow the charity mentality and see that at the bottom of all relations between rich and poor there is a problem of justice? – Dom Helder Camara + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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