VCG On The Road – San Antonio
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...
VCG On The Road – Austin
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...
VCG On The Road – Dallas
“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...Frank Schaeffer: Elect People With the Guts To Oppose Trump
“Has anybody else sat in Rich DeVos’s office at Amway and walked away with a quarter-million dollar check? I have,”
Doug Pagitt: “You Have Heard It Said”
You have heard it said that you should keep your faith private and out of politics, and your politics out of your faith, but we are here to be reminded that you should let your light shine before all and not buried under a bushel basket.
John Pavlovitz: “Blessed are the Damn-Givers”
“Decide what matters to you, and then what are you going to do about it? How are you going to leverage your gifts, and your time, and your resources, and your vote to make sure that the people who come after us have an America worth inheriting?”
Keeping Track of What’s NOT Common Good
Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.
Before We Can Restore Wholeness, We Have To Name the Brokenness
I’ve been an Evangelical Republican for most of my life. I was a strong Republican. I was a staunch Republican. I was one of those knocking-on-doors-sticking-yard-signs-in-the-grass Republicans.
The Compassionate Trump Voter
You voted for Trump in 2016. You held your nose, decided that taking the least-bad option would be better than failing your responsibility to participate as a citizen, and you marked your ballot to elect the lecherous, foul-mouthed phony who at least promised to support some worthwhile policies. You became a Trump Voter.