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Archive: Jim Wallis
Healing America's Sick Soul
The creation of a better health care system that guarantees full access to affordable quality health care for every American family, all of God's children in this country, would be the moral achievement that could repair, and even heal, our damaged national soul.
By Jim Wallis | August 19, 2009; 11:55 AM ET | Comments (69)
Umpires, Perspective, and the Supreme Court
The claim that any human is able to remain unaffected by their background or have a purely objective view of any case is to claim a quality that belongs only to God.
By Jim Wallis | July 16, 2009; 03:33 PM ET | Comments (1)
Read Them on Our Own and in Community
It is imperative that we both read the Scriptures on our own and read them in community and with clergy.
By Jim Wallis | February 18, 2009; 08:37 AM ET | Comments (66)
Finding the Faith-Based Balance
There must be no proselytizing with public funds, nor funding any worship services or religious activities. In other words, no religious litmus tests, and no required sermons before showers or soup.
By Jim Wallis | February 13, 2009; 02:54 AM ET | Comments (44)
A Renewed Faith in Public Life
I am used to White Houses that want to arrest me--22 times over 40 years. This White House wants our advice.
By Jim Wallis | January 25, 2009; 07:48 AM ET | Comments (2)
So Help Me Allah
The demographics of Congress suggest that someday, America will have a non-Christian President. When that day comes, I hope that they feel free to celebrate as they see fit and to pledge their service to the country as they feel best honors the tradition of the Presidency.
By Jim Wallis | January 19, 2009; 09:22 AM ET | Comments (28)
It's the Morality, Sinner
The strongest critics of the Wall Street gamblers call it putting self-interest above the public interest; the Bible would call it a sin.
By Jim Wallis | September 19, 2008; 01:49 PM ET | Comments (34)
Breaking the "Monopoly on Morality"
When we invited Senator Obama to speak at our annual Pentecost conference in 2006, he used the opportunity to frame his views on the role of faith in politics. It was an extraordinary speech where he said: “[B]because I do not believe that religious people have a monopoly on morality, I would rather have someone who is grounded in morality and ethics, and who is also secular, affirm their morality and ethics and values without pretending that they're something they're not. They don't need to do that. None of us need to do that.”
By Jim Wallis | February 21, 2008; 06:06 PM ET | Comments (0)
The Great Awakening on the Right and Left
The agenda of the faith community—especially the evangelical community—is changing dramatically to include issues such as poverty and pandemic diseases, environmental care and climate change, trafficking and human rights, genocide, war and peace.
By Jim Wallis | February 11, 2008; 01:35 PM ET | Comments (13)
Personal and Public Morality in Politics
Ultimately, personal integrity is vital to public trust. Effective leadership is finally sustained not just by what people say but by who they are.
By Jim Wallis | November 29, 2007; 02:41 PM ET | Comments (1)
Politics Pushes Uneven Policies
If most American Christians could see the daily and constant humiliation of all Palestinians at Israeli check points in the West Bank they would think such behavior is wrong
By Jim Wallis | September 16, 2007; 07:41 AM ET | Comments (14)
Faithful Work Both Sides of the Aisle
A broader conversation, with both sides participating fully, will better for the country, for politics, and for the faith community.
By Jim Wallis | June 7, 2007; 09:33 AM ET | Comments (61)
Committed Intimacy, Not Serial Sexual Dating
The quality of the relationship is the critical factor that distinguishes whether sexuality is sacred or profane.
By Jim Wallis | February 16, 2007; 08:12 AM ET | Comments (14)
Evangelicals: A Tipping Point on the Environment?
Concern over global warming is strong among young evangelicals who have made environmental stewardship a mainstream issue among their peers.
By Jim Wallis | February 9, 2007; 08:01 AM ET | Comments (29)
Prayer Can Be the Most Revolutionary of Acts
In the apartheid era, Archbishop Desmond Tutu's prayers constantly affirmed God’s power over the claims of the South African state, and that was a threat to their power.
By Jim Wallis | February 6, 2007; 09:10 AM ET | Comments (11)
Democracy Must Discipline Religion
Religious convictions must be translated into moral arguments, which must win the political debate if they are to be implemented.
By Jim Wallis | January 29, 2007; 07:31 AM ET | Comments (15)
To Escalate The War Now Is Criminal
A surge will simply mean more young Americans in body bags and wheel chairs, more families left without dads, moms, sons, or daughters, and more slaughter of innocent civilians. The war in Iraq was unjust; to continue it now is criminal.
By Jim Wallis | January 14, 2007; 04:33 PM ET | Comments (11)
Christ Should Inspire Humility, Not Arrogance
Jesus being the Son of God does NOT mean that Christians are better, more right, more righteous, more moral, more blessed, more destined to win battles, or more suited to govern and decide political matters than non-Christians.
By Jim Wallis | December 26, 2006; 12:35 AM ET | Comments (66)
The Path of Jesus...and the State
As a Christian, and an evangelical Christian at that, I want to say emphatically that America is not, and should not be, a “Christian nation.”...
By Jim Wallis | December 19, 2006; 05:13 PM ET | Comments (32)
Reinterpreting and Redeeming Thanksgiving
My goodness. No, Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday! And of course, “non-believers” can celebrate it. Just yesterday on our God’s Politics blog, a Native American leader talked about how they can even find ways to celebrate Thanksgiving, despite the...
By Jim Wallis | November 22, 2006; 04:47 PM ET | Comments (0)
Finding Common Ground on Higher Ground
Religion must be disciplined by democracy...meaning that we don’t claim that our religious authority must be everyone’s or dictate their moral or political fate
By Jim Wallis | November 15, 2006; 03:10 PM ET | Comments (11)
