Statistics Are People Too
But those who will be impacted adversely by a premature return to “normalcy” are not just numbers.
The Babylonian Captivity of the Church
When St. John wrote the book of Revelation, he was trying to help the first century Christians understand how to be people of God while living in what was the oppressive Roman Empire. Whenever those early Chris...
Social Justice Is Central to the Gospel
Label justice how you want, I plan to take action.
Heeding Evidence & Wisdom for Immigration Justice
The proposition that “strong borders” would translate into lower crime rates simply does not fit with the reality documented by real-world evidence
What Jesus’ Economy Looks Like
As Christians, we need to have a holistic approach to life transformation. We need to be about creating jobs, planting churches, and meeting basic needs — one community at a time.
Are You A Consumer?
NOV 7, 2013 | BY: MICAH BALES -- Over the course of my lifetime, it seems that consumer has become the most common word used to refer...
Money is our Language and our Love
BY: MICAH BALES -- Our relationship to money is a choice. The culture of transaction is powerful, and it is backed up by almost all of...
The Economy and a Pair of Shoes
BY: TOBIAS ROBERTS -- Local is community, and ultimately, what is good for the local community, is good for everything else. Prioritizing...
Is Evangelicalism Headed for a Split?
BY: TONY CAMPOLO -- What those of us in the Red Letter Christian tradition are trying to do is simply to elevate the radical lifestyle that Jesus...
Occupying God's Vision of Jubilee
I'm so excited to see this US example of alternative economics: the Rolling Jubilee! It's self described as "a bailout of the people by the people" in which the project buys debt for pennies on the dollar, but...