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...
by Doug Pagitt | Apr 22, 2021 | Press Coverage, Voices
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepared to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims...
by Doug Pagitt | Mar 24, 2021 | Press Coverage, Voices
Christian flags and symbols were prevalent at the January 6 Capitol attack. Selcuk Acar/NurPhoto via Getty Images The following is an opinion written in Business Insider by Ani Zonneveld and Doug Pagitt, executive director of Vote Common Good: With the Senate’s...
by Vote Common Good Team | Mar 10, 2021 | Press Coverage
Jeremiah Johnson said he will end his ministry, Jeremiah Johnson Ministries, after apologizing for inaccurately prophesying former President Donald Trump’s re-election. In this screenshot, Johnson speaks in a YouTube video from a series titled: “I Was Wrong.”...
by Nick Brock | Mar 4, 2021 | Voices
The following is an opinion written in the Holland Sentinel by Nick Brock, community organizer for Vote Common Good: Perhaps you’ve paid attention to the impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump? Whether you agree or disagree with the acquittal verdict of...
by Doug Pagitt | Feb 25, 2021 | Voices
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. The mob proceeded to breach the Capitol. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) In post-9/11 America, the word “radicalization” has usually conjured images of...
by Vote Common Good Team | Feb 24, 2021 | Press Coverage
Tasos Katopodis/Getty “More than 100 evangelical Christian leaders signed an open letter Wednesday in which they admitted that there were Christian elements invoked during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.” —From “100 Evangelical Leaders Slam ‘Heretical Version’ of...
