Jim Wallis Quotes

Jim Wallis — American Writer born on June 04, 1948,

Jim Wallis is a Christian writer and political activist. He is best known as the founder and editor of Sojourners magazine and as the founder of the Washington, D.C.-based Christian community of the same name. Wallis is well known for his advocacy on issues of peace and social justice. Although Wallis actively eschews political labels, he describes himself as an evangelical and is often associated with the evangelical left and the wider Christian left. He works as a spiritual advisor to President Barack Obama. He is also a leader in the Red-Letter Christian movement... (wikipedia)

The media seems to think only abortion and gay marriage are religious issues. Poverty is a moral issue, it's a faith issue, it's a religious issue.

You can't be evangelical and associate yourself with Jesus and what he says about the poor and just have no other domestic concerns than tax cuts for wealthy people.

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.

The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.

The left and right are not religious categories. They're often not even value categories.