by Vote Common Good Team | Nov 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
For Immediate Release November 6, 2018 Vote Common Good MINNEAPOLIS — Pastor Doug Pagitt, executive director of Vote Common Good, issued the following statement in reaction to the election results: “Tonight, the commitment to the Common Good was expressed by...
by Tim Gilman | Oct 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Christianity in America, as we know it, is coming to an end. So we find ourselves at a new beginning! For many of us, it is like that moment when we first believed, letting go of what hinders us, stepping into the unknown with faith instead of fear, and running...
by Britain Miethe | Oct 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Tonight, we were joined by Benjamin L. Corey. He spoke passionately about Jesus, what he went through on Earth and how it relates to our world today. From our time in Las Cruces, we leave you this excerpt. “Jesus was a refugee seeking asylum, undocumented, lived in...
by Britain Miethe | Oct 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Tonight in San Antonio the rain chased us inside, but our meeting was still filled with warmth and light. We were joined by many passionate, powerful leaders, among whom was Shane Claiborne. Shane has been an incredible blessing to Vote Common Good while we’ve...
by Britain Miethe | Oct 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Each night, we will bring you a taste of our local rally right here on our blog. Tonight, in Austin, Genesis Be shared a powerful poem with us. You can read it below. “Mississippi The Microcosm” powerful words, by Genesis Be Mississippi is a microcosm of a...
by Britain Miethe | Oct 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
“You will remember on Nov 6 and after that – tonight we have created history!” – Lorie Bunch Tonight, in Dallas, we had one of our very best rallies yet. We were joined by the Reverend Michael Waters, Genesis Be, Doug Pagitt, Samir Selmanovic, Christy...
by Spencer Downing | Oct 16, 2018 | understanding the problem
At the Vote Common Good Rally in Holland, Michigan, Frank Schaeffer told about his previous trips to the home of the DeVos family. “Has anybody else sat in Rich DeVos’s office at Amway and walked away with a quarter-million dollar check? I have,” he...
by Spencer Downing | Oct 16, 2018 | Vote Common Good
Welcome salt of the earth, hello light of the world. We’re here for some good old fashioned truth tellin’, because friends, some things we’ve been hearing don’t sit so well with our souls. You have heard it said, that “To be Christian you have to vote for...
by Spencer Downing | Oct 16, 2018 | Caravan
At Vote Common Good’s kick-off event in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, John Pavlovitz gave the crowd a message: Hang on, turbulence is coming! His was a warning that times are tough, and not going to get easier soon. “It’s exhausting to give a damn, isn’t it? To be a person...
by Spencer Downing | Oct 8, 2018 | understanding the problem
For almost two years (99 weeks, to be precise) Amy Siskind has been tracking changes made by Trump’s administration that she calls, The Weekly List. Most, if not all, of these changes have moved our nation further away from the common good. Her reason is simple...
