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Give your sorrow all the space and shelter in yourself that is its due, for if everyone bears [their] grief honestly and courageously, the sorrow that now fills the world will abate. But if you do not clear a decent shelter for your sorrow, and instead reserve most of the space inside you for hatred…

He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them he has set the world. – 1 Samuel 2:8-8 + Sign up to receive our…

The latest news on minimum wage, Iraq-VN Vets in Congress, Troops in Iraq, Iran, Darfur, health care, Israel-Palestine, and global warming. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Minimum wage. Senate to Consider Minimum Wage Bill With Tax Breaks– “The Senate is expected to clear the way on…

If we live, we live in the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. Why then do you…

[N]either the stockpiling of sophisticated armaments nor an extensoin of territory are an adequate guarantee or a viable substitute for peace. They are illusory. The best borders are peaceful borders, and the best security lies in a truly peaceful relationship between neighbors. – Naim Ateek from “Justice and Only Justice: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation”…

In another example of the pharmaceutical industry’s efforts to make governments worldwide its enforcers, corporate giant Novartis today announced it would keep pushing its lawsuit for its “right” to get patents in India on minor repackagings of pre-existing drugs. India’s generic drug producers currently make a large part of the lifesaving drugs for AIDS and…

This latest entry by Jim in the Newsweek/Washington Post series On Faith addresses the following question: As the presidential campaign begins to take shape, do you think it is appropriate and or important for the candidates to express their personal religious views and to use religious rhetoric? Why? I have said and written many times…

“God weeps,” Archbishop Tutu told participants in the ecumenical gathering near the conclusion of the World Social Forum in Nairobi, “and says, ‘Who will help me so we can have a different kind of world, one in which the rich know they have been given much so they can share and help others?'” More than…

A Sojourners/Call to Renewal contingent joined the thousands at Saturday’s peace rally on the National Mall. On March 16, in observance of the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, we’re also helping to organize a worship service at the National Cathedral, followed by a march to the White House. There will be other services…

The latest news on Iraq-protests, immigration, African Union- Sudan, Iraq-Congress, new analysis on Iraq-Iran, another presidential candidate, political internet, the Gulf Coast, Churches and elections, Climate change-Davos, Drinian passing, and a select Op-Ed. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq. Iraqis Raid Insurgents Near Shiite Holy City…
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