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Evangelical Voters Let Politics Trump Religious Purity — Is Romney Using Mormonism As A Shield? — Kurds Remain On The Sideline Of Syria’s Uprising — In Poll, Many Link Weather Extremes To Climate Change — Long Time Coming: Trayvon’s Law — 22 Soldiers Die In South Sudan-Sudan Border Battle — Palestinian Prisoners Launch "Battle Of Empty Stomachs" — Corporations Spending The Most On Lobbying See Their Tax Rates Drop — Education Without Borders (OPINION) — Euro-American Misperceptions Of The Tunisian Revolution.

God, we pray for those who have acted as bullies, and for all who continue to bully others. Lord, though we may not know what elicits this behavior, we ask that you help them to see the humanity in their peers and in themselves. Help the people in their lives to plant seeds of kindness, patience, and self-control. Amen.
 

UN Toughens North Korea Sanctions Over Rocket Launch — Afghan Schoolgirls Poisoned In Anti-Education Attack — Antipoverty Tax Program Offers Relief, Though Often Temporary — Why The NRA Pushes ‘Stand Your Ground’ (OPINION) — Christians Debate: Was Jesus For Small Government? — Why 'Blue Like Jazz' Won't Save Christian Cinema — Do Americans Love War? — Most Americans Say Tax System Favors Wealthy — Can 'Caring Across Generations' Change the World? — Does Anyone Realize What The GOP Just Did? — Why Are There So Many Coups In West Africa?

"Whether you like it or not, whether you know it or not, secretly all nature seeks God and works toward [God]." - Meister Eckhart

'Heretics': The Crisis Of American Christianity — Web Freedom Faces Greatest Threat Ever, Warns Google's Sergey Brin — Is Trayvon Martin's Death The Catalyst Of A New Movement? (OPINION) — Tweaks To Alabama’s Draconian Immigration Law Are Not An Improvement (OPINION) — President Obama Vows Action On Immigration Policy — Ron Sider: Obama, GOP Budgets Both InadequateTutoring Surges With Fight For Middle School Spots — Many U.S. Immigrants’ Children Seek American Dream Abroad — 'The Voice': New Bible Translation Focuses On Dialogue — Liberal Christians Disagree With Paul Ryan: GOP Budget Not Biblical — Living The “Good” Life — Does Fracking Cause Earthquakes? — Long Political Fights Ahead Over Dueling Tax Plans.

"If there is among you anyone in need, a member of your community in any of your towns within the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your needy neighbor. You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet the need, whatever it may be." - Deuteronomy 15:7-8

The End of Capitalism, So What's Next? – Romney-Huckabee Would Make 'Appealing' GOP Ticket – Student Loan Debt A Growing Threat To The Economy – Gingrich Charges Fox News With Pro-Romney Bias – Protests Follow Cease-Fire In Syria – Goldman Sachs CEO Gets $16.2 Million Pay Package – Transformative Development: How Jim Yong Kim Might Change the World Bank – Gallup: Public Understanding Of Climate Science Continues Rebounding.

“It is too easy to find an excuse for inaction by pleading the decadence of civilization, or even the imminent end of the world. This defeatism, whether it be innate or acquired or a mere affection, seems to me the besetting temptation of our time. Defeatism is invariably unhealthy and impotent; can we also prove that it is unjustified? I think so.” - Teilhard de Chardin from Building the Earth

Santorum Out, Evangelicals Edge Closer To Romney, But Warily — Jesus Would Oppose The Paul Ryan Budget (OPINION) — Connecticut Lawmakers Vote To Repeal Death Penalty — War Looms For Obama In Iran, Syria, And North Korea — Interim Mali Leader Promises Vote, Anti-Rebel FightIs Facebook Making Us Lonely? — Children v. Dirty Business — Energy Costs Stir Worries In U.S. Economic Expansion — Post-ABC News Poll Shows Drop In Republican Support For Afghan War — The Maddow Doctrine: We Need To Make War Hard Again — Two Leading Social Conservative Groups Back Romney — The State Of Communities Of Color In The U.S. Economy — The Romney/Ryan Budgets Cuts In Anti-Poverty Spending Would Disproportionately Impact Women.