Jim Wallis

Reverend Jim Wallis is the founder and president of Sojourners and the author of America’s Original Sin.

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An Easter Prayer for America

We must resist the terrible teachings of Donald Trump

By Jim Wallis

It's Time for Whites to Accept Responsibility for Racist Systems

Ferguson must be a moral wake-up call to white parents, not just another warning to black parents

By Jim Wallis

Defeating ISIS Will Take More Than Military Action

In order to truly defeat ISIS, we must reduce our dependence on fossil fuels

By Jim Wallis

Ferguson's Reach: A Shot Felt in South Africa

Racially-based injustice is America’s ongoing apartheid

By Jim Wallis

Immigration Laws Should Serve People, Not Politics

Was the law made for people or people for the law?

By Jim Wallis

Let's Treat Children at the Border as Christ Would

This is a moral moment for America and what it means to be an American. And for the church, it is a moment to make clear what it means to be a Christian.

By Jim Wallis

Immigration Reform Has Some Dry Bones

A message for immigration reform is found in a Biblical prophecy

By Jim Wallis

A Letter to Graduates: Whatever Happened to the Common Good?

When considering what's next after graduation, think of others

By Jim Wallis

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 reform

By Jim Wallis

The Questions We Don't Ask on Memorial Day

Why can’t we ask if these wars were right or wrong, worth the terrible sacrifices, or what we have learned from them?

By Jim Wallis

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 are unpredictable, and a spark can change everything.

By Jim Wallis

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 come will suffer

By Jim Wallis

Punishing Donald Sterling Is Good, But It Doesn't Mean Racism is Dead

Racist incidents involving Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling remind us of just how much we have left to do end racism

By Jim Wallis

A Different Kind of Spring Training

This Holy Week, I realized God's hope in a place other than church

By Jim Wallis

Don't 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

By Jim Wallis

Hate Won’t Win

Fred Phelps died early Thursday morning. Phelps was best known for his deeply rooted hatred and promulgating the tasteless slogan “God Hates Fags.” His little group of mostly extended family members that comprised the 59-year-old...

By Jim Wallis

An Evangelical's Plea With the GOP on Immigration Reform: Put People Before Politics

Republicans have a chance to forgo dysfunction and show their compassion

By Jim Wallis
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