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November 2008

November 08, 2008

Sermon: Trimmed And Burning

For America...whose self-inflicted wounds of racism and bigotry run so deeply...such a moment in history...

November 07, 2008

The Confession Of A Young White Evangelical

Sorry Mr. Schmidt, I didn’t vote for John McCain. For a generation it worked like...

November 07, 2008

The Bible As The Barometer For The Moral Values Of Conservatives

When I was a little girl, I can remember having to escape the burning homes...

November 05, 2008

Felons Can’t Vote…Unless they are IN the Senate?!

Wow, what a night. I know everyone is going to be writing about Obama and...

November 05, 2008

Reflections On The Election Courtesy Of My 3-Year Old

Tuesday morning, when my family headed for the polls, I asked our three year-old if...

November 04, 2008

Mississippi Republicans Rig Ballots… Voter Fraud in Play

Phil Singer over at "The Marathon Blog" has broke the story that Mississippi Republicans are...

November 04, 2008

The Battle for America

The year was 31 B. C. The date was September 2. History has recorded it...

November 04, 2008

The Day Hope Defeated Cynicism

I was there. I bought the t-shirt. At 6pm today, I bought the Obama victory t-shirt....

November 03, 2008

Dole in Final Week Takes Up Role as Poster Child for All that is Wrong in Politics… and It Backslides… I Mean Backfires…

I've seen some misleading and terrible political ads over the years but Elizabeth Dole's attack...

November 03, 2008

There Is No Maverick Behind The Curtain

When I was growing up in rural Washington, Georgia, the first city in America named...

October 2008

October 31, 2008

Election eve greetings

Just found this website and wanted to sign up to be part of the community. ...

October 30, 2008

Help Matthew 25: Donate Now!

The progressive faith-based organization rallying behind Barack Obama, Matthew 25 Network has announced on Facebook...

October 30, 2008

Larry will Bring Classroom Values to Congress

The congressional campaign in North Carolina’s 8th District becomes more negative with each attack Republican...

October 29, 2008

Dole’s Mean-Spirited Attacks on Hagan’s Spiritual Life

Four days ago, Faithful Democrats endorsed Kay Hagan. We did so with the full confidence...

October 29, 2008

Why I Am Excited and Concerned about a Barack Obama Presidency

I include myself among the millions in our country who are very excited by the...

October 29, 2008

American Heroics

624787. That was the number that John McCain grimaced through pursed lips in the...

October 29, 2008

James Dobson’s ‘Letter From 2012 in Obama’s America’ by Jim Wallis

Below is an article originally posted on the God's Politics blog. James Dobson's ‘Letter...

October 28, 2008

John Knows the Dream

Ohio’s 16th District is one place we hope to see change in America this November,...

October 27, 2008

The Googlie: A Progressive, Faith-Based Perspective

“Change isn’t incremental; it’s exponential.” If this statement makes you think of Obama’s...

October 26, 2008

Putting Politics Aside

In the movie Waking the Dead, Fielding, a young man pursing his political ambition is...

October 26, 2008

The Silver Lining to the Storm Clouds: The Economic Crisis as Opportunity

"Creating a new energy economy isn't just a challenge to meet," Barack Obama told a...

October 25, 2008

Keep on truckin’, Tom

Stumping across the 5th district of Virginia, from the rural back roads of Nelson County...

October 24, 2008

Render Unto Caesar, Render Unto God

It will not be regular practice to post sermons on FaithfulDemocrats.com, but last Sunday I...

October 24, 2008

My Testimony, My Vote

Christian leaders on the far right have been supporting conservative, mostly Republican candidates for decades....

October 24, 2008

The Values of Parker Griffith

Faithful Democrats is proud to endorse Parker Griffith, Alabama's Fifth District Democratic Congressional candidate. Griffith...

October 23, 2008

A Tale of Two Gaps

This election invokes our national ghosts in an unusual way. All-Saints and All-Souls...

October 23, 2008

Driehaus for the House

Steve Driehaus is the type of Democrat the party needs. He is pro-life, fiscally conservative,...

October 23, 2008

Alabama’s Bright Spot

Montgomery Alabama Mayor Bobby Bright, who is running for AL's 2nd Congressional district, is a...

October 23, 2008

My Personal ‘Faith Priorities’ For This Election by Jim Wallis

Below is a great post by Sojourner's Jim Wallis on the election and his faith...

October 22, 2008

A Leader We Can Trust

"Politics is a good thing." That is the slogan of Larry Sabato's Center for Politics...