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the latest reports on Iraq and Congress, antiwar protests, Iran, the Mideast, presidential politics and marriage, U.K. churches and the MDGs, and E.J Dionne on “Christians Who Won’t Toe the Line” Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq-Congress. Senate Rejects Democrats’ Call to Pull Troops– “The Senate…

The struggle against torture and cruel treatment of prisoners by the U.S. received a major boost this week. In its recently concluded meeting, the National Association of Evangelicals board of directors last weekend endorsed an important new statement – An Evangelical Declaration Against Torture: Human Rights in an Age of Terror. The statement begins: From…

The identifying of gifts brings to the fore [a] large issue in our lives – the issue of commitment. Somehow if I name my gift and it is confirmed, I cannot “hang loose” in the same way. I would much rather be committed to God in the abstract than be committed to [God] at the…

When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk,…

the latest reports on Al Qaeda, Iraq and Congress, Iraq and the military, evangelicals against war, immigration, Darfur, British nuclear weapons, health insurance, education, presidential politics, and “Reports of the GOP’s Death…” Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Al Qaeda. Alleged Architect Of 9/11 Confesses To Many…

Hear a recent sermon by Diana at Calvary Episcopal Church in Memphis, Tennessee. + Listen to the streaming audio Diana Butler Bass (www.dianabutlerbass.com) is the author of Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church is Transforming the Faith (Harper San Francisco).

President Bush is finishing a trip to Latin America – a trip that the White House has billed as advancing “the cause of social justice in Latin America.” From the rhetoric, you’d think that the president has finally recognized that poverty and inequality are the central issues in Latin America; that it is not free…

The latest news on children’s health insureance, envangelicals for human rights, attorney general, Iraq, President in Latin America, climate change, Pope and non-negotiables, immigration, fair trade and select Op-Eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Attorney General. Gonzales admits `mistakes made’ – “In a widening storm over…

For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored? – Jeremiah 8:21-22 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of…

Bright Sadness is the true message and gift of Lent: … the sadness of my exile, of the waste I have made of my life; the brightness of God’s presence and forgiveness, the joy of the recovered desire for God, the peace of the recovered home. Such is the climate of Lenten worship; such is…
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