Two experts, TIME's Amy Sullivan (an evangelical) and journalist Mark Stricherz (a Catholic), discuss faith and politics in the 2008 election.
The high priests in the Wall Street Church of Corporatism have issued forth another op-ed fatwa against the majority of Americans who connect their faith to our environment.
In today's Wall Street Journal piece, "Global Warming as Mass Neurosis," editorial board member Bret Stephens rips into the faithful:
Stephen wants you to buy Barbara Ehrenreich's book so she gets super rich and has to swallow her words.
It's not every day that Matthew 5 is the topic of our national conversation. And it's worth a Beatitudes Society tip o' the hat when James Dobson, who has made tens of millions distilling the Bible down to two issues, gets publicly reminded of the radically broad message of the Sermon on the Mount.
LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama said Tuesday that evangelical leader James Dobson was "making stuff up" when he accused the presumed Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible.
» read more | 1 commentProphetic Sermon | Beyond the Either/Or God - Yvette Flunder
Submitted by Alex Carpenter on June 21, 2008 - 5:52am.Rev. Yvette Flunder describes a process of faith that moves beyond having all the answers to living the questions.
» add new commentTim Russert | Man of Faith and Politics
Submitted by Alex Carpenter on June 16, 2008 - 5:17pm.In this video with Sally Quinn, Tim Russert discusses his childhood, faith, the Catholic Church, religion mixing with politics, and a life of service.
» read more | add new commentProphetic Sermon Series | Otis Moss III | Liberating the Colt
Submitted by Alex Carpenter on June 11, 2008 - 5:34pm.Rev. Otis Moss III: 2007 Proctor Institute Great Preachers Series.
I like that: I was colonized, but now I'm carrying the Lord.
___This is a new series I'm starting for the summer. Each week, I will be posting an excellent - inspiring, creative, provocative - short sermon clip.
» read more | add new commentEmerging Leaders are Getting Organized
Submitted by Alex Carpenter on June 9, 2008 - 11:37pm.350 leaders under the age of 30 met at Sojourner's Justice Revival in Columbus, Ohio to discuss social justice and activism. Shane Claiborne, of The Simple Way, spoke to the young leaders.
Did you attend?
» 2 commentsAn Ode to Aussie Racial Sorrow
Submitted by Alex Carpenter on June 5, 2008 - 8:58pm.The New York Times notes:
A song about racial reconciliation with the Aboriginal minority has become the fourth-biggest-selling recording in Australia, even though it is available only as a download from the Web.
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