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Category Archives: politics
Proposed Charitable Deduction Cuts Threaten Nonprofit Work
The following is taken directly from the National Council of Nonprofits website. Federal tax law currently encourages individuals to give to charitable organizations whose missions they support by providing an itemized deduction. Policymakers in Washington are focusing on how to … Continue reading
Grand Rapids Justice Conference
If your schedule is open on April 16 and you live near or will be in the Grand Rapids area, consider attending the Grand Rapids Justice Conference. Interested? Click on the link to Justice Conference.
Posted in , Association for a Just Society (AJS), economic justice, Immigration, Immigration Reform, justice, peace and justice, politics, poverty, social justice
Tagged Association for a Just Society, Biblical Justice, Evangelicals for Social Action, justice, Ron Sider, social justice
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Restoring Political Civility: An Evangelical View
If you are concerned about and/or interested in restoring political civility as a Christian–it doesn’t matter if you’re mainstream Protestant, Catholic, Evangelical or any other stripe of Christian in my opinion–the site entitled, Restoring Political Civility: An Evangelical View, is … Continue reading
Posted in civility, politics, Reconciliation
Tagged Christian Civility, civil discourse, civility, politics, Richard Mouw
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Getting Beyond Labels – Part II
Please also read Part I of the God’s Politics blog written by Jim Rice, editor of Sojourners. In Part I Jim shares some tips about about how to get beyond labels when engaging in discourse with another individual. In Part … Continue reading
Getting Beyond Labels – A Primer on Civil Discourse and Behavior
Tomorrow I will be leading a discussion on the topic of civility for a group of Kuyper College social work students. I think the professor, Dr. Judi Meerman, asked me to do this because of some postings I have had … Continue reading
Posted in , civility, politics, Reconciliation
Tagged civil discourse, civility, God's Politics, partisan politics, Sojourners
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A Covenant for Civility . . . YES!!!
If, like me, you are concerned and/or disturbed by the growing vitriol by groups and individuals aimed at those they disagree with, then I think you should read the posting by Jim Wallis on the God’s Politics blog. I appreciate … Continue reading
President Obama’s Notre Dame Commencement Address
Once again, President Obama includes a comment about the importance of faith and the faith community drawing on his own experience and stories as he delivers his commencement address to graduates of Notre Dame. Continue reading
Posted in catholic, diversity, ecumenical, Obama, politics
Tagged Brown vs. Board of Education, church, community organizing, differences, diversity, faith, Notre Dame, Obama
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NAE Leader’s Somewhat Surprising Comments on Presidential Election
Richard Cizik, vice president for governmental affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals, talks very openly about his views of Obama, McCain, and Palin in this NPR interview http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95142910. If I were an undecided Evangelical, I might seriously consider, or at least … Continue reading
Posted in evangelical, government, politics, social justice
Tagged election, McCain, NAE, National Association of Evangelicals, Obama, Palin, politics, presidential candidates
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Confronting Our Racial Volcanoes
I just read a post by Michael Emerson (Divided By Faith) that he wrote for Ed Gilbreath on Ed’s Reconciliation Blog. In it, he reports on a gathering of a few dozen Christian leaders who gathered at Duke Divinity School’s … Continue reading
No Struggle = No Progress
The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. The conflict has been exciting, agitating, all absorbing, and for the time being putting all … Continue reading
Posted in , equality, justice, liberation, politics, social justice
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