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With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord; I will praise [God] 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 109:30-31 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse…

I knew I was asking for it by writing a post about choosing one’s words carefully. One reader hit the nail mostly on the head, while making a general appeal for fairness: Well isn’t the key whether it is the kind of comment one might make about a white contender? But there is the additional…

I woke up to the NPR report this morning that Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Joseph Biden had shot himself in the rhetorical foot with the following remarks in an interview with The New York Observer: I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. Biden…

On Tuesday, following the Senate vote for cloture on minimum wage legislation, Jim Wallis joined Sen. Edward Kennedy, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Sen. Tom Harkin, and religious leaders in a press conference. This post is adapted from his remarks. The final vote on a minimum wage increase in the Senate is expected today. + Download mp3…

The latest news on the Iraq-Senate, war, rebuilding-, income inequality, farm bill, Iran, Libby trial, Biden, Immigration, EITC, and passing of Molly Ivins. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq-Senate. Senators Unite On Challenge to Bush’s Troop Plan– “Democratic and Republican opponents of President Bush’s troop-buildup plan…

You call me Teacher and Lord – and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. –…

What we call church is often a conspiracy of cordiality. Pastors learn to pacify rather than preach to their Ananiases and Sapphiras. We say we do it out of “love.” Usually, we do it as a means of keeping everyone as distant from everyone else as possible. You don’t get into my life and I…

Two stories in the news are more evidence for what I recently called a criminal escalation of an unjust war. The war in Iraq has so stretched the U.S. military that the escalation now initiated by President Bush means troops with inadequate training and short of the necessary supplies are being rushed into a situation…

By now you’ve probably heard about the debate in Dallas. Southern Methodist University is the proposed site for the George W. Bush Presidential Library. The site would host a museum, the administration’s archives, and a public policy institute. The initial announcement in the fall garnered protest from faculty members, students, alumni, and United Methodist clergy…

The latest news on Iran, global warming, Iraq-Congress, New commander, in country-, minimum-wage, the budget, Rabbi Abraham Heschel centennial, Fr. Robert Drinian, and select op-eds.Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq-Congress. Bush’s war powers debated – “In an intensifying debate on the war in Iraq, Democratic senators…
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