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The latest news on the NAE and the religious Right, Iraq, presidential politics, Bush in Columbia, Iran, Mideast, attorney general, Darfur, and select Op-Eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: NAE & Religious Right. NAE Leaders Advance Broad Agenda with Landmark Document on Human Rights and Torture–…

In a meeting of religious leaders this week with a number of U.S. senators, one senator opened the meeting by saying, we agree with you that budgets are moral documents, and that’s what we want to talk about today. As Congress begins this year’s budget debate, we reminded the senators that for years the faith…

I’ll make a confession. I’ve lived long enough to see the emergence, the trend, and now the aging of the genre of Easter ambulance-chasing publishers. Every Lent, as Christians afflict themselves with minor fasting in order to participate more directly in the sufferings of Christ, and as Christians eagerly anticipate the good news called Easter,…

First of all, kudos to those who took the high road this week when commenting on our global warming posts. While there are still occasional exceptions, most of you displayed graciousness and civility, even in disagreement. And if I am not mistaken, I even glimpsed some mild apologies for misunderstandings and mischaracterizations. Maybe we really…

The latest news on Iraq, crime rise, billionaires, Iran, nuclear weapons, Bush in Brazil, FBI errors, children’s health insurance, and heating assistance. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq-Congress. Democrats shift iraq war debate to exit strategy – “Democratic leaders outlined plans Thursday to compel President Bush…

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. – Leviticus 19:18-18+ Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

For many of us it is not our politics that constrains us to say and do what we do and say in opposition to apartheid and in working for a new South Africa. It is precisely our relationship with God, it is our worship, our meditation, our attendance at the Eucharist, it is these spiritual…

I agree with Brian McLaren: The recent letter written by James Dobson and others to the National Association of Evangelicals – in reference to Rev. Richard Cizik’s leadership about global warming – is a sign of progress; evidence of the growing numbers of evangelicals who embrace environmental stewardship as a Christian duty. I am also…

The latest news on Iran, Darfur, homeless in New York City, Iraq, immigration, foreign policy, climate change, religion, federal prosecutors, libby conviction and select op-eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq-Congress. Democrats shelve plans to force Iraq pullout – “Congressional Democrats have dramatically scaled back their…

With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord; I will praise him in the midst of the throng. For [the Lord] stands at the right hand of the needy, to save them from those who would condemn them to death. – Psalms 140:12-13 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse…
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