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September 2006

September 29, 2006

The Hall of Shame

I thought you'd like to know exactly who sold the soul of America in the...

September 28, 2006

Dialing To Save Our Soul

Flood the Senate with calls today. CALL your Senators and someone else's. Tell them, "As...

September 27, 2006

George McGovern and Iraq

If you read through McGovern's speeches during the Vietnam era and substitute "Iraq" for "Vietnam,"...

September 27, 2006

The Latest: October 2006 Archive

10/31, 10:19p CT: Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack writes an exclusive to FaithfulDemocrats.com on what...

September 26, 2006

Soul Swapping: Habeas Corpus for “Security”

Have we really come to this?! Has America really decided to sell its soul for...

September 26, 2006

An Evangelical Voice Against Torture

My friend and colleague David Gushee wrote this powerful piece on torture earlier this year. ...

September 26, 2006

Who Would Jesus Torture?

Law professor Paul Campos has a moving op-ed in the Rocky Mountain News this morning...

September 26, 2006

To Kill and Torture for Freedom

Apologists for the Bush Administration are suddenly SHOCKED to learn in the opening sentences of...

September 25, 2006

The Devil is a Democrat?

Jerry Falwell hopes Hillary Clinton will run for the presidency in 2008 because she would...

September 25, 2006

Top Five Bizzaro World Moments

This weekend's values voter summit, serving as a front for Republican electoral activism but claiming...

September 24, 2006

An Ignatian Prayer

Lord, teach me to be generous. Teach to me to serve you as you deserve;...

September 24, 2006

Does Jesus Like Sassy Women?

Last week, a friend gently reprimanded me for my last post, which included a prayer...

September 22, 2006

Values voters: in the footsteps of Jesus?

With conservative groups gathering in Washington, D.C., for the first day of the 2006 Values...

September 21, 2006

Supporting Pregnant Women and the 95-10 Initiative

We have an opportunity to establish viable, concrete routes of support for pregnant women, including...

September 20, 2006

Abortion’s Middle Ground

Not long ago, I stumbled into a heated debate with a friend over the issue...

September 19, 2006

Poor Ralph Reed

Gee, Ralph, you're right--I don't know where any of us got the idea that all...

September 19, 2006

The Tragedy of Abortion

American culture has become so decadent when it comes to sex that anything goes. Abortion...

September 18, 2006

In Memory of Governor Richards

It seems funny that I feel affected by the death of someone that I only...

September 18, 2006

Judgment Day

if the act of judging is a necessary part of life, what can the Biblical...

September 18, 2006

Straight Talk on Abortion

66% of Americans said when it comes to abortion policy we need to seek a...

September 18, 2006

Sen. John Kerry: Service and Faith

Despite this New Englander's past reticence of talking publicly about my faith, I learned that...

September 18, 2006

Wise Words from across the Pond

John Sentamu, an exile from Idi Amin’s Uganda who was appointed earlier this year as...

September 17, 2006

FDHQ: Reducing Abortion Week

Later this week, prominent conservatives will be holding the "Values Voter Summit," a three-day conference...

September 14, 2006

Indiana Prayer

The Indiana House of Representatives wants to open every legislative session with a prayer that...

September 13, 2006

A “Path” To Healing

As I rode the subway home, I remembered the tone and content of responses I...

September 12, 2006

Remembering 9/11 and Judging Our Response

When Jesus said, "Do this in remembrance of me," he was calling us to selflessness...

September 11, 2006

Remembering September 12, 2001

On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was beginning my final year at Duke...

September 11, 2006

A Political Perfect Storm

"Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only...

September 10, 2006

“The Path” to A Warped Collective Memory

The Path to 9/11 is not the path to 9/11. It's the path to a...

September 10, 2006

Right-Wingers in Panic Mode

Perhaps a nationwide recognition that leaving everything up to the free market does not benefit...