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# Jim Wallis

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## Jim Wallis


Reverend Jim Wallis is the founder and president of Sojourners and the author of [_America’s Original Sin_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1587433427/?tag=timecom-20)_._


## Jim Wallis


* ![Jim Wallis, president and CEO of Sojourners, speaks during a press conference at the United Methodist Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2013.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06c435eb2a896c32/69888c61428a9e73decd1f35/jim-wallis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 25, 2016  
### [An Easter Prayer for America](https://time.com/4270674/easter-prayer-for-america/)  
We must resist the terrible teachings of Donald Trump  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Hundreds march on day of disobedience in St. Louis](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4971f42cf416926/698760f38e0601918f457b87/457179562.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 15, 2014  
### [It's Time for Whites to Accept Responsibility for Racist Systems](https://time.com/3510622/ferguson-whites-racist-systems/)  
Ferguson must be a moral wake-up call to white parents, not just another warning to black parents  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Sep 19, 2014  
### [Defeating ISIS Will Take More Than Military Action](https://time.com/3404424/isis-military-action/)  
In order to truly defeat ISIS, we must reduce our dependence on fossil fuels  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Sep 5, 2014  
### [Ferguson's Reach: A Shot Felt in South Africa](https://time.com/3271238/fergusons-reach-a-shot-felt-in-south-africa/)  
Racially-based injustice is America’s ongoing apartheid  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents take undocumented immigrants into custody on July 22, 2014 near Falfurrias, Texas.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78760e1ab297da9f/69869d4a35ba6f242cc032b7/immigration-migrants-border.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2014  
### [Immigration Laws Should Serve People, Not Politics](https://time.com/3034053/immigration-laws-should-serve-people-not-politics/)  
Was the law made for people or people for the law?  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jul 18, 2014  
### [Let's Treat Children at the Border as Christ Would](https://time.com/3004786/border-crisis-kids-god-church/)  
This is a moral moment for America and what it means to be an American. And for the church, it is a ...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jul 3, 2014  
### [Immigration Reform Has Some Dry Bones](https://time.com/2954200/immigration-reform-has-some-dry-bones/)  
A message for immigration reform is found in a Biblical prophecy  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 18, 2014  
### [A Letter to Graduates: Whatever Happened to the Common Good?](https://time.com/2895819/a-letter-to-graduates-whatever-happened-to-the-common-good/)  
When considering what's next after graduation, think of others  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![John Boehner, Eric Cantor](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82e09a6a9fa977f5/69869724adae44902a543a45/john-boehner-eric-cantor.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 11, 2014  
### [With Cantor Gone, Immigration Reform Is All On John Boehner Now](https://time.com/2858223/with-cantor-gone-immigration-reform-is-all-on-john-boehner-now/)  
With Cantor out, Speaker Boehner, the faith community is counting on you to act on immigration refor...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 27, 2014  
### [The Questions We Don't Ask on Memorial Day](https://time.com/119998/the-questions-we-dont-ask-on-memorial-day/)  
Why can’t we ask if these wars were right or wrong, worth the terrible sacrifices, or what we have l...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
* ![U.S. President Barack Obama poses with Little League baseball players and their coach at Friendship Park in Washington](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7bc9f956daf4ee3/6986905d3bc99982741a395d/obama-baseball.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 21, 2014  
### [That Time Obama Showed Up At My Little League Game](https://time.com/107710/that-time-obama-showed-up-at-my-little-league-game/)  
On Monday, President Obama showed up at my son's Little League game. In sports and in life, things a...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 20, 2014  
### [The Bible Calls for Moral Action on Climate Change](https://time.com/106238/the-bible-calls-for-moral-action-on-climate-change/)  
To ignore climate change is to abuse the moral call to care for the environment, and generations to ...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 30, 2014  
### [Punishing Donald Sterling Is Good, But It Doesn't Mean Racism is Dead](https://time.com/83128/punishing-donald-sterling-is-good-but-it-doesnt-mean-racism-is-dead/)  
Racist incidents involving Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling remind us of just how much we have left ...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 24, 2014  
### [A Different Kind of Spring Training](https://time.com/76519/a-different-kind-of-spring-training/)  
This Holy Week, I realized God's hope in a place other than church  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 9, 2014  
### [Don't Blame The Central African Republic Conflict On Religion](https://time.com/55813/dont-blame-the-central-african-republic-conflict-on-religion/)  
We in the United States need to act to help our brothers and sisters in the Central African Republic...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)

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