We are going into public with our ashes because Jesus died in public. He didn’t die in the Upper Room surrounded only by his disciples.
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In 2004 I met then-State Sen. Barack Obama at Café Baci, a small coffee shop in Chicago. We spoke for more than an hour. He came alone. No handler, no spokesperson, no notes. He seemed to be relaxed and at ease, answering everything I asked without hesitation.
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Editor's Note: Following here below is the text of Barack Obama's keynote address at the Sojourners/Call to Renewal "Building a Covenant for a New America" conference in Washington, D.C., as he delivered it on June 26, 2006.
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I was intrigued by a recent comment from a major political contributor when he suggested using Bayer aspirin was a viable birth control method for women. Mega-contributor Foster Friess was being interviewed by MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell when he referred to bygone days when “the gals put it between their knees, and it wasn’t that costly.”
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Sunday, February 19, marked the 70th anniversary of the Japanese Internment Camps. In honor of the many Japanese Americans affected, the Japanese American National Museum partnered with Ancestry.com to start the Remembrance Project to ensure these Americans were not forgotten.
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When you read the news as much as I do, you learn which bylines to look for if you want the most comprehensive and well-written coverage of a story. Mr. Shadid was one of those correspondents.
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"We forget that this is not about an issue; it’s not about a cause. This is about somebody's daughter. This is about somebody’s son, little boy, little girl," shares Rob Morris, founder of Love 146, on WNYC's Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin.
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As we shook hands and shared this brief conversation, I was reminded that despite President Obama being arguably “the most powerful man in the world” – beneath it all was simply another broken and fallen man with doubts and fears – just like me and all of us. All in desperately need of the grace of God.
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There are many parallels between biblical laws and the laws enforced by the government. However, they are not the same in all cases. And the distinction is important not only with regard to the separation of the powers of church and state, but also in maintaining the sovereignty of the individual in the face of a powerful government.
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If our default is to ask life’s big questions on Twitter before we offer them in prayer, then someone other than God is in control. If we "Like" what someone is doing on Facebook before we recognize everything God is doing in our lives, maybe we need a social media time-out.
In The Magazine
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A new wave of arrivals makes its mark in America's dairy country.
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"Do you invest it in revenge, or do you think creatively?”
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Who knew hideous sea creatures had their own club?
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Many people who were hopeful for change in the wake of Barack Obama's election have become disillusioned by the rancorous politics of the last few years. What does it take to sustain the struggle for justice over the long haul?
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An interview with theologian Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz on solidarity, public life, and the blessings that come when you really listen.
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And that’s where Occupy has already succeeded, its legacy already established: It has changed the conversation.
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The Bible-inspired movement set the standard -- and the inspiration -- for future campaigns for change.
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ANGELS UNAWARE
Angels Unaware
A song by Carrie Newcomer
He said, "My name is Gabrielle Thomas
I just blew in from out of town
My work keeps me on the road
But it's the best job that I've found
I don't mind the silence
Or the Super 8 Motel
And I've never met a person yet
Without a tale to tell"
He said, “I know you I heard you say
‘Jen, true love has no pride’
You gave Angela and Joe a lift
That night they didn't have a ride
Across the room Elaine has
Drawn your face a hundred times
I don't believe blood alone
The only tie that binds”
Sit right here rest your bones
No one's ever so alone
Take the world down off your shoulders
I don't know why and how
I know is here and now
You can take the world down off your shoulders
He said, “I'm moved to tenderness
By what we cannot bare
Humbled by what we can and do
And learn to share
Seems I traveled years and years
And yet I'm still sitting here
Nothing ever seems to change
Just the dates and just names”
Sit right here rest your bones
No one's ever so alone
Take the world down off your shoulders
I don't know why and how
I know is here and now
You can take the world down off your shoulders
He said thank you for the coffee
And for the extra cream
You seem to know instinctively
That things are never what they seem.
You never know what might blow
In the door from anywhere
And how many of us entertain
Angels unaware
Sit right here rest your bones
No one's ever so alone
Take the world down off your shoulders
I don't know why and how
I know is here and now
You can take the world down off your shoulders
"Angels Unaware" can be found on Carrie's album, Regulars and Refugees.
