David BeckmannFeb 212 minA New CommunityI was recently appointed Dean’s Advisor for Political and Economic Justice at Virginia Theological Seminary. This is a three-year...
David BeckmannNov 4, 20212 minSeven Effective Ways to Connect Faith to the Politics of PovertyThe Poverty, God, Politics videos that I’m releasing this fall focus on effective ways to connect faith to the politics of poverty. They...
David BeckmannOct 8, 20212 minA Personal UpdateBig things are happening now in our nation and for me personally. Congress is negotiating a transformational recovery package, including...
David BeckmannJul 4, 20211 minWhat I've Learned From This ExperienceFrom the Sunday after Easter to the 4th of July, I’ve published the Poverty, God, Politics series of webcasts and companion blog posts....
David BeckmannJun 20, 20213 minChurch Work MattersThe Catholic bishops this week took a step toward denying communion to President Biden. John Carr’s insightful, 32-minute discussion of...
David BeckmannJun 6, 20213 minThe Strengths of Ecumenical ProtestantsMy experience as president of Bread for the World convinced me that faith-based legislative advocacy works. Bread and its members win...
David BeckmannJun 2, 20211 minAsking Young People to Help us Build Back BetterWhat an honor to receive an honorary doctorate from the College of the Holy Cross. My brief remarks encouraged the students and their...
David BeckmannMay 30, 20212 minFaith-Based Organizing and Low-Income People Speaking Up for ThemselvesLong-term polling data indicates that political participation among low-income and less educated voters has been consistently low for...
David BeckmannMay 26, 20211 minBuild Back Better - Through the Eyes of FaithHow familiar are you with President Biden’s economic recovery proposals? Have you thought through the big economic decisions our nation’s...
David BeckmannMay 23, 20214 minHow Can It Be That Most White Christians - and 80% of White Evangelicals - Voted for Trump?Galen Carey, Vice President of the National Association of Evangelicals, explains the Evangelical movement, its ministries among people...
David BeckmannMay 9, 20213 minA Data-Based Picture of Religion and PoliticsThis week’s webcast features Henry Brady, one of the nation’s foremost political scientists and dean of the Goldman School of Public...
David BeckmannApr 11, 20212 minPoverty, God, Politics Webcast SeriesOur nation and world are still suffering the pandemic, our nation’s politics are still broken, and most white Christians would vote again...
David BeckmannMar 4, 20212 minWhat I'm Doing and LearningThis is an unusually personal post. Eight months after retiring from Bread for the World, I’m now teaching in Berkeley and, at the same...
David BeckmannFeb 11, 20213 minBiden and Economic Opportunity for AllU.S. policies have shifted more to the benefit of poor and near-poor people in President Biden’s first month than in any month in the...
David BeckmannJan 3, 20213 minAdvocacy and Prayer in Trump's Last DaysDonald Trump consistently does what’s in his self-interest. We’ve come to know him and must expect that he will do everything he can to...
David BeckmannDec 10, 20203 minOne Win and Two ChallengesThe nation is exhausted by COVID and now more deeply divided by President Trump’s shameless challenge to the election results. But in the...
David BeckmannDec 1, 20203 minTeaching in Berkeley Next TermI’m excited to share that I’ve been appointed a Joint Fellow by Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy and the Church Divinity School...
David BeckmannNov 13, 20203 minPray for President Elect Biden I am grateful for the leadership of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in the early days of this dangerous post-election...
David BeckmannOct 26, 20203 minThree Biblical Reasons to Support Biden and the Democrats in this ElectionFor many years I worked in a bipartisan way to pass legislation to reduce hunger. But I’m no longer the primary spokesperson for Bread...
David BeckmannOct 21, 20202 minCrisisIbility and the Path to a Better WorldMy friend Devry Boughner Vorwerk focuses her new podcast on my “new venture” to connect politics, spirituality, and social justice. I...