PM’s message on Holocaust Memorial Day
by Gordon Brown
Prime Minister of United Kingdom 1-27-2010
One of my favourite quotes is from the pastor Jim Wallis - that hope is not a feeling, but a decision. And so today we have a decision to make. We can choose to commemorate the holocaust by looking back only on the unspeakable terror and toll. Or we can be lifted and sustained by the memories of the people who retained the ability to be human, even in the most inhuman places, the camp inmates who continued to toast ‘l’chiam’ - to life - right there in the factories of death. »read more

Rev. Wallis with McKinsey Quarterly
by Jim Wallis
McKinsey Quarterly 1-22-2010
McKinsey Publishing’s Rik Kirkland spoke with Rev. Wallis in Washington, DC. »read more

Supreme Court has changed the rules of democracy
by Maryann Tobin
Examiner.com 1-22-2010
Author Jim Wallis said, “Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance law will give a huge boost to the special interests that already exercise a stranglehold on our political system, allowing them to tighten their grip and further prevent any meaningful change. Dismissing the practice of the last century and overturning two major precedents, the Court ruled 5-4 that corporations have the same First Amendment rights as persons, and that those rights include spending corporate funds to influence elections.” »read more

New evangelical group calls for cancellation of Haiti's debt
by Bob Allen
Associated Baptist Press 1-22-2010
Official signers include Joel Hunter, senior pastor of Northland Church in Longwood, Fla.; author, speaker and activist Brian McLaren; and Jim Wallis, president and CEO of Sojourners. »read more

Groups React to Supreme Court Decision on Campaign Finance
by Ted Olsen
Christianity Today blog 1-22-2010
Sojourners founder Jim Wallis, the ruling "will give a huge boost to the special interests that already exercise a stranglehold on our political system, allowing them to tighten their grip and further prevent any meaningful change. … At a time when financial reform is at the forefront of people's concerns, giving big banks and corporations a green light to even further influence our political process is an outrage and an assault to democracy." »read more

He's No Ted Kennedy
by Tobin Grant
Christianity Today blog 1-22-2010
Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners, appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart this week. Stewart appears on the latest cover of Sojourners magazine, and is discussed at length in Wallis's new book. Wallis explained that Stewart "asked questions nobody else was asking—at least not on television. How did we move from wealth resulting from real work to wealth coming from the 'game' of the casino gamblers of Wall Street?" »read more

Jim Wallis, American prophet
by Eboo Patel
On Faith 1-22-2010
In my work as Executive Director of Interfaith Youth Core, I get to be on stage with a lot of experts. I don't get to be on stage with that many heroes. Last night was different - I had the privilege of interviewing Rev. Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners, for an event at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. »read more

Conan O'Brien for Treasury Secretary
by Leslie Savan
The Nation (NY) blog 1-21-2010
So, what Obama needs is a little bit of Conan's anarchic elan. If the banks--who, as Sen. Dick Durbin said of the Congress, "own the place"--won't let him spend money to reform healthcare, he should use his majority to rewrite the tax laws (tax rate changes require only 50 Senate votes and the Vice President's) to take Wall Street's bonus money back. After all, as Rediscovering Values author Jim Wallis said on Jon Stewart last night, the $150 billion that just six banks paid out as bonuses in 2009 could eliminate or postpone all home foreclosures through 2012, or erase the budget gaps in all 50 states. At the least, it could help rebuild Haiti. »read more

Rediscovering Values on Morning Joe
MSNBC 1-21-2010
Video of Jim Wallis as a guest on MSNBC's Morning Joe broadcast. »read more

Video: Jim Wallis on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart
by Jon Stewart
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 1-20-2010
Reprints for 01-21-2010: The Huffington Post.
Jim Wallis says we won't get an economic recovery without a moral recovery as well. »read more

A Tale of Two Robertsons
by Dennis Myers
Pahrump Valley Times 1-20-2010
The American Friends Service Committee, Baptist World Aid, Catholic Medical Mission Board, Catholic Relief Services, Compassion International, Covenant World Relief, Episcopal Relief and Development, Faith in Public Life, International Orthodox Christian Charities, the Salvation Army, Samaritan's Purse, Sojourners and World Vision were all rushing aid to Haitians. »read more

Rediscovering Values event
Chicago Public Radio 1-20-2010
Reprints for 01-20-2010: The Chicago Council.
In the wake of the global financial crisis, the inevitable question arises as to whether the rules and values that were in place to safeguard the capitalist system have failed or whether the system itself is in need of an overhaul. In addition to considering regulatory changes, many commentators have called for a serious reflection on the morals and ethics underpinning the system and, in particular, the concept of the common good. Join The Chicago Council on Global Affairs for a discussion on how the economic crisis has presented us with an opportunity to revisit and reevaluate our core values as citizens of a global community. »read more

Jim Wallis on the Tavis Smiley Show
by Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley Show 1-19-2010
Reprints for 01-20-2010: National Catholic Reporter. The Huffington Post. 01-21-2010: Black Voices Online.
Tavis: Good to have you here. When I first saw the book, "Rediscovering Values," my first thought was, is it too late? Wallis: Well, I think the country is ready for a conversation about values. These town meetings began in my home town of Detroit (unintelligible) and the meeting may not be ready but the country is, because underneath this economic crisis there's a values crisis. So we won't get to an economic recovery without a moral recovery too. »read more

Faith-Based Funding for Teen Challenge Stirs Debate
by Ethan Cole
The Christian Post 1-19-2010
Reprints for 01-20-2010: Dakota Voice.
In September, progressive evangelical leader Jim Wallis, who is a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, contended that there is a need for faith-based charities to “preserve” their religious identity. “[S]ervice provision is not the same thing as hiring,” Wallis stated in a blog found on the ministry Sojourners’ web site. “To do what they do, faith organizations must maintain their identity.” »read more

Anti-Death Penalty Movement Wooing Conservatives
by Brett Barrouquere
The New York Times 1-18-2010
Reprints for 01-18-2010: Air America. AOL News. Boston.com. Comcast.net. Examiner.com . Forbes.com. MiamiHerald.com. San Jose Mercury News. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Huffington Post. The Washington Post. Yahoo! News.
The effort has been backed by Richard Viguerie, a fundraiser and activist considered the father of the modern conservative movement. Viguerie, in a July 2009 essay in Sojourners magazine, wrote that executions are supposed to take the life of the guilty -- but noted there are enough flaws in the system to fear an innocent person has been put to death. »read more

Put Your Faith Into Action for Social Justice
by Jim Wallis
Poverty In America 1-16-2010
Jim Wallis, the public theologian and President and CEO of Sojourners, is part of Change.org's Changemakers network, comprised of leading voices for social change. Change.org asked Wallis to respond to questions to provide context for his work and the causes he supports. »read more

Jim Wallis Extended Interview
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly 1-15-2010
Watch more of Bob Abernethy’s January 15, 2010 interview with Jim Wallis about the economy, values, and financial reform. »read more

Wall Street and Values
by Bob Abernethy
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly 1-15-2010
BOB ABERNETHY, host: As public outrage continues over Wall Street’s plans to pay multimillion-dollar bonuses to its top executives and traders, President Obama called such bonuses “obscene” and proposed a new tax on the country’s largest banks. Meanwhile, the heads of the four largest investment banks were the first witnesses before a bipartisan commission investigating the causes of last year’s financial crisis. A new book out this week called “Rediscovering Values” urges moral as well as economic reforms. Its author is Rev. Jim Wallace of Sojourners magazine. Jim, welcome. As you look back at the causes of the so-called Great Recession, what are the most important ones that you see? »read more

Author appearances
by Laura Stewart
Daily Herald 1-15-2010
Meet "Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street and Your Street" author Jim Wallis as he discusses and signs copies of his book at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Borders, 101 Rice Lake Square, Wheaton. (630) 871-9595. »read more

Haitian Shockwaves
by Tobin Grant
Christianity Today blog 1-15-2010
Sojourners used its Facebook page as a way for readers to post links and to offer ways to help Haiti. Readers listed links to many organizations, including denominational humanitarian organizations like Covenant World Relief, Catholic Relief Services, and ministries already in Haiti, such as New Life for Haiti and Compassion International. »read more

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