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Faithful budget unveiled
Interfaith coalition offers ‘stark contrast’ to partisan proposals
Faith leaders demonstrate how federal budget choices can reflect America’s shared values. read more »
International family planning
Obama proposes funding increase in 2014 budget
Increase critical given severe cuts in early 2013 due to impact of sequester. read more »
Word from Winkler — What a week!
The United Methodist Building bustled this week with people hoping to reform unjust laws; domestic violence, Northern Ireland got time, too. read more »
End brinksmanship
Christian leaders letter to Obama, Congress
Circle of Protection asks both Democrats and Republicans to replace poverty with opportunity. read more »
2013 legislative priorities
Immigration reform, reducing gun violence, ‘moral federal budget,’ combating human trafficking targeted
Priorities support Christian social concerns and represent areas to which the faith community can bring a unique voice to the legislative process. read more »
Faithful alternative to ‘fiscal cliff’
Cut poverty rather than poverty-related spending
Sacrificing access to health and food security at the altar of 'deficit reduction' is profoundly unjust, letter to Obama, Congress declares. read more »
A Faithful Alternative to the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bishop Robert Hoshibata, president of the United Methodist General Board of Church & Society, and Jim Winkler, general secretary, wrote a letter on Dec. 18 to President Obama and members of Congress urging that their negotiations on the so-called "fiscal cliff" include a vision for a moral... read more»
The Fiscal Cliff
FaithLink downloadable study resource connects faith with life
Study guide explains U.S. financial crisis issues, such as ‘sequestration,” addresses how Christian faith can guide reflection on uncertain future. read more »
Christ bore the cross — Atlas shrugged
A recent governor of our state, who is a former lay preacher in his denomination, is reported to have said that his two favorite books were the Holy Bible and Ayn Rand’s Altas Shrugged. If this is true, someone should ask him, “Sir, which of those have... read more »
Interns talk with congressman
Cleaver urges working for public policy that reflects their values
During wide-ranging dialogue, Cleaver responds that many of U.S.'s poorest congressional districts are represented by officials who continuously vote against poverty-ending measures read more »