Lenny, over at JSpot, writes on the attempt to "move beyond the parochial “environmental” and “labor” special interests towards a broader progressive vision. This progressive vision, in turn, creates opportunities for strategic collaboration that can build towards a sustainable progressive political majority."

Progressive Christians Uniting's Peter Laarman points out:

"In many moderate to progressive congregations, quite a bit of confusion still persists in respect to the difference between doing charity and doing justice. Many congregations have social witness or social action committees, but a closer look at what that the committee actually does reveals that its operational focus is more on the charity side: connecting church members with various volunteer service opportunities, collecting for the local food pantry, etc. . .It goes without saying that a subset of Christians who start asking hard questions about oppressive systems will run up against others in the congregation who object that raising such issues will move the church into forbidden “political” territory. This is why any social action or social concerns committee, or any clergy leader who wants the church to be about justice, needs to proceed with great care and needs to spend a lot of time educating and preparing congregants for the great leap forward."

Pondering the right of Rep. Ellison to swear in on the Qu'ran, Pastor Bob takes on Judge Roy Moore.

Velveteen Rabbi writes about dreams and responsibility.

Pam's House Blend sends prayers out for Sen. Johnson and his family. . .and the nation!

Islamicate brings more history to bear, pointing out that Muslim Americans are no different than Jews, Italians and Polish Immigrants.

Father Jake Stops the World has a sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent.

Seeing new political things (Obama '08 or Oh No!) , Xpatriated Texan writes:

"Perhaps that is what brings out the negative comments about Obama. Or perhaps the problem is that they understand that he really doesn’t care about creating a permanent Democratic majority. He just doesn’t seem to “get” the far left of American politics. Or, more to the point, they don’t 'get' him."

The Rev. Deb Haffner blogs on the second evangelical pastor in Colorado to resign over an homosexual affair. Cross and Flame also addresses the situation over at Street Prophets.

CrossWalk America blogger, Rebecca says that's it's ok to say that "you're not ok."

Clarkson / Talk to Action says, "This is the Time."

Noting the greening of CEO's, Mainstream Baptist states: "It is about time that some leaders with national prominence step up to the plate on this issue. Energy experts and petroleum geologists have been warning for some time that we have reached the level of peak oil production and that world supplies are dwindling."

Jim Wallis deals with the question: "Is America a 'Christian Nation'?"