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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 28, 2006

Book Release: Christianity for the Rest of Us

By Diana Butler Bass My just-released book, Christianity for the Rest of Us (Harper,...

September 27, 2006

No Easy Way Out

I recently posted an article which said that the US should do more to reduce bloodshed...

September 27, 2006

An Open Letter to the Religious Right

Yes, I admit it...I lifted the entire post from 'Believers Against Bush,' but I hope...

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

If not now, when?

And if not us, who? Here's a simple thing we can do now to...

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 27, 2006

Thank You Representative Nancy Pelosi

Taking the House floor to demand an investigation of the Foley matter was a true act...

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

Candidate Shipe on Immigration Dilemma

I believe that the issue of Immigration must be looked at as a complex set...

September 26, 2006

What if it were US Under the Boot?

Reading about the bloody rivalry between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq, I struggle for a...

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

Torture mocks laws, civil and religious

The Crucifixion is not a model for justice. The evolution of Western values is...

September 26, 2006

Now what are we going to do about it?

Well, that's settled. We all agree torture is unequivocally evil. Yet we're faced with the...

September 26, 2006

A Christian Response to Torture

"With the Bush administration seeking to redefine the Geneva Conventions so some forms of torture...

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

Commonweal Gets It Wrong

Democrats' challenge is not a lack of religion, but verbalizing just how religion motivates our...

September 25, 2006

Christians Bring Hope for the Planet

By Melanie Griffin, Sierra Club Let’s face it, to dedicate your life to protecting...

September 25, 2006

The Concept of the Common Good

Change is never easy, and Will Roger's famous description of his Party has definitely continued...

September 25, 2006

Catholics and the Democratic Party

Anyone interested in learning more about the relationship between Catholics and the Democratic Party (past...

September 25, 2006

Call 1-800-GOD-SAYS

[Robotic voice:] Information. City and state, please? Heaven. One moment please... [click...buzzz...whirrr...snap..snap...human voice...

September 25, 2006

Being Good Stewards

"God told us in Genesis to "fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion"...

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 25, 2006

The Great Warming

A new movie on climate change features a major segment about the emerging voice...

September 24, 2006

An Ignatian Prayer

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

September 24, 2006

The 2004 Exit Polls and “Moral Values”

When confronted with a term like "moral values" (not defined in any precise way by...

September 24, 2006

Does Jesus Like Sassy Women?

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

September 24, 2006

New Testament Prayer and Politics

We're doing this all wrong Last week, I was reading in Epihany, one of my...