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Wisdom of a 5th-Grade Solomon

Nicole Baker Fulgham 9-30-2009

"Ms. Baker, why are you teaching here?" one student, whom I'll call Solomon, inquired during one of our after school tutoring sessions. "You went to college," he continued unabashedly.

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Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of our Country

Jim Wallis 9-29-2009
With an issue like health, deeply personal, but of great public concern, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debat
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Health Care: Where Do We Go from Here?

Edward Gilbreath 9-28-2009
Sixteen Christian leaders talk faith, policy, justice, and reform. Featuring Jim Wallis, Harry R.
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Discrimination in Services -- No. Protection of Faith Identity -- Yes

Jim Wallis 9-25-2009
This post responds to the following question posed on The Washington Post's "On Faith" forum
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'Loving Thy Neighbor': People of Faith Speak Out against Unjust Immigration Laws

Allison Johnson 9-25-2009
A recent Center for American Progress report, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/09/loving_thy_neighbor.html" href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/09/loving_thy_nei
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Our National Loss of Civility

Rich Nathan 9-24-2009
"You lie!" yelled Representative Joe Wilson during President Obama's recent address before a joint session of Congress.
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Obama's Health-Care Speech: Hope Over Fear

Jim Wallis 9-10-2009
In his speech last evening, President Barack Obama made the commitments that a broad coalition in the fait
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Five Christian Considerations for Health-Care Reform

John Hay Jr. 8-25-2009
I approach the discussion about health-care reform from the perspective of an urban
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The Moral Core of the Health-Care Debate

Jim Wallis 8-20-2009
With all of the shouting, the fear, and now what often looks like hatred -- we are in danger of losing the moral "core" of this health-care debate.
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President Obama to Participate in Nationwide Call-in on Health Care

Kevin Lum 8-11-2009
Jim Wallis and other faith leaders from across America kicked off "40 Days for Health Reform"
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When Local Police Do Immigration Enforcement, the Community Suffers

Julie Peeples 8-03-2009
Two contrasting images recently brought into focus a growing chasm: a forty-something man in jeans and T-shirt squeezing the microphone at a community forum on immigration, face tight with anger a
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What My Broken Collar Bone Taught Me About Our Broken Health-Care System

Melanie Weldon-Soiset 7-16-2009
I was in a car wreck in 2002. After a drunk driver hit the car in which I was a passenger, I found myself with fractured ribs and a broken right clavicle.
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Three Moral Issues of Health Care

Jim Wallis 7-02-2009
Good health is the will of God for each and every one of his children.
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40 Ways to Celebrate Interdependence Day on July 4

Shane Claiborne 6-23-2009
It's wild how easily we get sidetracked from Holy days by holidays, and how quickly we can smother our central identity in Christ with other identities such as our national identity.
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Immigration Reform: The time has come

Jim Wallis 6-11-2009

The time has come for comprehensive immigration reform. After several failed attempts in past years, the president has promised it and the White House is showing a clear commitment to it.

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Postville Community Leaders Rally Around Immigration Reform

Allison Johnson 5-14-2009

Postville, Iowa, is a powerful place. Tuesday, hundreds of community members and people of faith from across the country gathered to pray and reflect on the traumatic events of May 12, 2008.

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The First 100 Days

Jim Wallis 4-30-2009
Wednesday marked the 100th day of President Obama's administration and the final day of Sojourners' http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=events.m2ep&item=m2ep-home&source=r...
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Why I Got Arrested on Good Friday

Shane Claiborne 4-21-2009

"Good" Friday was real good this year. We remembered Jesus, and we remembered Jesus disguised in the "least of these" -- those who continue to be tortured, spit on, slapped, insulted, misunderstood

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Three Encouragements Toward Making Your Churches More Multicultural

Eugene Cho 4-20-2009
Ministry has its up and downs. Such is life.
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50 Ways to Love Your Neighbor

Shane Claiborne 4-14-2009
With the National Day of Prayer coming up (May 7), a lot of folks around the country are organizing prayer services in church sanctuaries and town halls.
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