Voting – Red Letter Christians

Nominating a Black Woman to the U.S. Supreme Court Will Advance Justice and Democracy

February 11, 2022

To be clear, this appointment does not obliterate the president of his broader responsibility to the Black community. He still needs to raise the minimum wage and address housing insecurity, the climate crisis, student loan debt and voting rights. But the courts have been stacked with conservative white men for far too long.

For These Next Seven Days: A Prayer for Those Filled With Dread

Benjamin Boswell

October 27, 2020

Church Life, Peace & Nonviolence, Theology

Let not our hearts sink into anxiety and dread by the unceasing spin cycle of 24 hour news or the bread and circuses of the imperial intrigue. Instead . . .

Communities of Moral Deliberation

Nathan Warf

September 23, 2020

Church Life, General, Politics

Should we emphasize personal rights over the responsibilities we owe each another? Should we emphasize what the law permits over what the Gospel demands? Of course not, yet these attitudes are all too common among white evangelicals.

Jesus Isn’t on the Ballot. That Doesn’t Mean Christians Can Opt Out.

Shane Claiborne

September 14, 2020

General, Politics, Theology

We had some solid ideas for serious change in America back then. Like putting the Amish in charge of Homeland Security and melting all of our weapons into garden tools and enacting the biblical year of Jubilee, where property is redistributed and financial debts are forgiven. We were dead serious about some of those ideas (and still are). A lot has changed

2020 is the Year of Religious Women Voters

Jennifer Butler

September 10, 2020

General, Politics, Women

We’re just 8 Sundays away from the 2020 election. Between now and then, a moral reckoning among women of faith will determine the future of this nation and, I dare say, the planet.