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• WATCH: Would Putting Me in Prison Serve the Common Good?

  
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  The United States has the  highest incarceration rate in the world  — about 1.6 million people in 2010. Mass incarceration in our country is a problem, one that too often serves to line the pockets of  for-profit prisons   while tearing families apart and targeting people of color disproportionately.  ...
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• Monasticism, Beloved Community, and The Common Good

  
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  Editor’s Note:  Jim Wallis’ latest book  On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned About Serving the Common Good   is sparking a national conversation of what it means to come together on issues that traditionally divide the nation. Bloggers Adam Ericksen and Tripp Hudgins are ...
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• VIDEO: 6 Months After Superstorm Sandy, Hope Emerges

  
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  This week marked six months since Superstorm Sandy left entire communities devastated, families homeless, and many with little hope. But in the midst of this natural disaster, many banded together. As is true with many of our nations tragedies, recent and throughout our history, communities form and hope emerges amid ...
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• Public Education for the Common Good

  
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  America is at a crossroads: We live in a society that promotes working for our own ends, but if we are to survive and flourish it is time to start sacrificing for the common good by working together. In early April, advocates for public education traveled to Washington D.C. for Occupy the Department of Education ( ...
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• The Spirituality of Sports and the Common Good

  
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  Editor’s Note:  Jim Wallis’ latest book  On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned About Serving the Common Good   is sparking a national conversation of what it means to come together on issues that traditionally divide the nation. Bloggers Adam Ericksen and Tripp Hudgins are ...
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• Why Edgewater Collective Isn’t Faith Based

  
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  Over the past couple of months, I have been investing a good amount of time in launching our grassroots community development organization, Edgewater Collective. Thankfully, the mistakes and lessons learned from starting, maintaining and closing a coffee bar has helped me in starting this new venture. This time around ...
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• Lattes for the Common Good

  
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  Editor’s Note:  Jim Wallis’ latest book  On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned About Serving the Common Good   is sparking a national conversation of what it means to come together on issues that traditionally divide the nation. Bloggers Adam Ericksen and Tripp Hudgins are ...
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• (VIDEO) Stories That Change the World

  
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  Stories are what change the world, more than just ideas. And that’s what I am seeing and hearing on the road — stories that will change people for the common good. Nobody outside of Washington trusts Washington because there are no more human stories — just money and the calculations of power. But even ...
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• Creating Culture of Unity through Interfaith Cooperation

  
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  I agree with Rev. Wallis — focusing on the common good is a good step toward answering the question of how to be on Gods side, and solving many of our nations greatest points of division. In a country as diverse as ours, however, it can be challenging to know what the common good actually is. As individual ...
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• Surprising Our Enemies: What If We Flipped the Script?

  
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  Editor’s Note:  Jim Wallis’ latest book  On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned About Serving the Common Good   is sparking a national conversation on what it means to come together on issues that traditionally divide the nation. Bloggers Adam Ericksen and Tripp Hudgins are ...
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• Live streaming: Jay Richards debates Jim Wallis tonight at 8 PM Eastern time

  
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  UPDATE: The audio, video and summary of the debate are posted here . Looking for something good to watch tonight? How about a debate? Details: Jay Richards  (Discovery Institute) and  Jim Wallis  (Sojourners) will address the question of Christian social engagement through the subject of the Common Good. ...
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• What Does Tim LaHaye Have to Do with Doulas?

  
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  I have a new post up at Christianity Today’s women’s blog–her.meneutics–about the role of the labor doula, why Medicaid may soon pay for doula care, and why Christians should care. Here’s a sample: At one time, evangelical Christians gave hearty support to “natural childbirth”: before Tim LaHaye was ...
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