by Doug Pagitt | May 25, 2021 | Press Coverage, Voices
Creative Commons The following is an opinion written in Religion Unplugged by Doug Pagitt (executive director of Vote Common Good), Shane Claiborne (speaker for Vote Common Good), Lisa Sharon Harper, Jemar Tisby, and Soong-Chan Rah: There are some seismic shifts...
by Doug Pagitt | May 25, 2021 | Press Coverage, Voices
The Rev. Zachary Hoover, left, is with LA Voice, a multiracial and multifaith organization that planned the May 31, 2020, evening vigil in remembrance of George Floyd in Los Angeles. RNS photo by Alejandra Molina The following is an opinion written in Religion News...
by Brian McLaren | May 16, 2021 | How To Heal Our Divides, Voices
The following is an excerpt written by Brian McLaren, speaker for Vote Common Good, for the book How to Heal Our Divides. Available now! In 2017, I was invited to get involved with Vote Common Good, led by my long-time friend Doug Pagitt. Vote Common Good aimed to...
by Shane Claiborne | May 9, 2021 | How To Heal Our Divides, Voices
The following is an excerpt written by Shane Claiborne, speaker for Vote Common Good, for the forthcoming book How to Heal Our Divides. I met a man in Texas once who came up after a speaking event. He confessed to me, “I am a redneck. A gun-toting, whiskey drinking,...
by Michael Waters | May 2, 2021 | How To Heal Our Divides, Voices
The following is an excerpt written by Michael W. Waters, trainer for Vote Common Good, for the forthcoming book How to Heal Our Divides. Around midnight on October 16, 1915, William Joseph Simmons, a Methodist minister, ascended Stone Mountain in Georgia with fifteen...