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Faith, hope and love are much more than empty words, they are by their very nature words of action. So on January 9th-11th we are taking action for the common good, and you’re invited.
Los Angeles Times – How a Christian college hurt itself by expelling a married gay student
Some Christian communities in America practice prejudice like dogma. It’s an ugly and reprehensible reality, but also one that is uniquely frustrating for progressive Christians like myself.
Family Holiday Advice
Well, the holidays are upon us. But this most wonderful time of the year has taken on a new level of anxiety in the time of Donald Trump. The mix of political personalities and perspectives seated around any given dinner table means that having a dry turkey is the...
Reflections from El Paso
What I learned from my time at the border
The New Yorker Radio Hour – A Progressive Evangelical on Voting for Democrats
“Conservative Christians—they want to stand with Jesus—and so do progressive Christians, and this is the good news of all this. It means we have to stand with each other as well. So the question then becomes, not only how we talk to ourselves about the Jesus, but how do we talk to each other.”
WNYC – What Did Democrats Get Wrong About Religious Voters in 2016?
“Voters don’t need you to be like them for them to vote for you, but voters do want you to like them if you’re going to ask them to vote for you.”
Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Teaching the Left to talk to evangelicals
“What we want is for religious voters to know that Democratic candidates take them seriously and that they want to ask for their vote, and they want to listen to their ideas, and they want religious voters to be included in the Democratic party.”
CNN – Pastor’s Mission to Teach Democrats How to Court Evangelicals
“If Democrats would reach out to speak with and spend time talking with Evangelical voters, we’re confident a significant percentage of them would think about voting for Democrats.”
My Dysfunctional Family Reunion: How Asking “Values Voters” to Sign a Pledge on Biblical Love Went Anything But Lovingly
Rev. Rob Schenck and Doug Pagitt outside the Value Voters Summit The following is a post by Rev. Rob Schenck: Returning home after a big change in one‘s life and thinking is always challenging, if not difficult. I can remember going back to my parents’ house—where I...
The Advocate – Progressive Christians Promote Love, Inclusion at Values Voter Summit
“But Vote Common Good will be represented at the Values Voter Summit to show there’s an alternative path for religious believers, including evangelical Christians—they don’t have to be part of the Christian right.”