God's Politics Study Group

America is stuck in a moment, groping for a way ahead, a way that fuses the bravery, the soul fire and the politics of our place in the world's story.

The Internet is a swamp, filled with exotic flowers of doctrine and policy, swimming with vitrol and anger, growing like kudzu.

One of the songs that actually inspired me to blog includes these lyrics:

somebody do something
anything soon
I know I can't be the only
whatever I am in the room
so why am I so lonely?
why am I so tired?
I need company
I need backup
I need to be inspired

A group of us have decided to face up and sing, to band together via our blogs to spend the next few weeks commenting on Jim Wallis's new book God's Politics.  This week, we'll post some on what keeps us from talking about faith and politics - next week, we'll start with chapter-by-chapter discussions.

The schedule is below:

Week of April 11

Chapter 1 Take back the faith  April 11 Christy

2 A lack of vision April 13 Bob, Betsy

3 Is there a politics of God? April 15 Jen, Bill

 

Week of April 18

4 Protest is good; alternatives are better  April 18  Christine, Bill

5 How should your faith influence your politics?     April 20 Liz, Naomi

6 Prophetic politics April 22 Bob

 

Week of April 25

7 Be not afraid April 25 Renee, jake

8 Not a just war April 27 Christian, Dave

9 Dangerous religion    April 29   Jared, Holly

 

Week of May 2

10 Blessed are the peacemakers     May 2  salty

11 Against impossible odds  May 4       Rick, Jose

12 Micah's vision for national and global security 187 May 6 Christian

 

Week of May 9

13 The poor you will always have with you? May 9 Liz, Holly

14 Poor people are trapped in the debate about poverty May 11 christy, cory

15 Isaiah's platform  May 13 Jen, jake

 

Week of May 16

16 Amos and Enron  May 16 Rick

17 The tipping point     May 18 Jimmy, Betsy

18 A consistent ethic of life    May 20 Renee, Holly

 

Week of May 23

19 Truth telling about race    May 23 Mary Hess, Jose

20 The ties that bond     May 25 Jen

21 The critical choice May 27 Bob

Comments

[Cheryl Glenn]

hey there, i just picked up 'god's politics' a couple of weeks ago and i'm stoked that you guys are discussing it online. i look forward to see what comes out of the conversation!