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This latest contribution to The Washington Post/Newsweek On Faith online discussion responds to the question: International scientists have raised a new alarm about the dangers of global warming. Should care for the environment be a major priority for people of faith? Why or why not? It already is. The “greening” of evangelicals in particular is…

The latest news on the budget, U.S. troop deaths, immigrants, court martial, Iraq-Senate, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, politics, inequality, Sudan, Africa, religion in China, death penalty, and select Op-Eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Court martial US opens case vs. officer refusing Iraq service – “The US…

May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the Lord!” As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God. – Psalms 40:16-17 +…

The big question, however, is the validity of the protest as communication. Is the current protest making any real headway in re-educating us, in giving us a new attitude toward war? Or is it simply an outlet for the indignation, the frustration and the anxiety of those who see that the war is irrational, but…

If you didn’t read my post on Sen. Biden’s blunder last week, you can read Sunday’s New York Times‘ version of it in an article, “The Racial Politics of Speaking Well.” Based on conversations with a number of black public figures that “elicited the kind of frustrated responses often uttered between blacks, but seldom shared…

E. Ethelbert Miller, who has been called “Washington D.C.’s unofficial poet laureate,” recently interviewed Melissa Tuckey, a poet and activist involved in DC Poets Against the War. (I was lucky to have a poem published in the first edition of their anthology.) I particularly like what Melissa says about the influence of war language on…

The latest news on Iraq, Iran, the budget, another candidate-Giuliani, and select Op-eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Budget. Bush Plan Reins In Domestic Spending – “President Bush took aim at domestic spending as part of a plan to balance the budget in five years without…

[The Lord] judges the world with righteousness; [and] the peoples with equity. The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. – Psalms 9:8-10 + Sign up to…

How much longer am I going to think about my hair more often than about things in the world that matter? – Anne Lamottfrom “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”+ Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

“I tell you what, I’m proud to be representing African-American coaches, to be the first African-American coach to win this.” So said Tony Dungy, coach of the now-NFL-champion Indianapolis Colts, after winning the Super Bowl in a Miami monsoon rain. Because Dungy and his good friend, Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith, were the first two…
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