David Beckmann
God holds you
I recommend a book of pandemic reflections titled God Holds You. Sarah Scherschligt pastors a diverse-in-every-way church (Peace...
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David Beckmann
Dec 19, 20223 min
It's Still Possible to End Hunger
The World Food Program says that the number of people suffering acute food insecurity has jumped to 345 million, with 49 million...
David Beckmann
Aug 22, 20221 min
Give money to Democrats - for God's sake
I’ve worked in a bipartisan way all my life. But Trumpism now dominates the Republican Party, and congressional Republicans have...
David Beckmann
Feb 21, 20222 min
A New Community
I was recently appointed Dean’s Advisor for Political and Economic Justice at Virginia Theological Seminary. This is a three-year...
David Beckmann
Nov 4, 20212 min
Seven Effective Ways to Connect Faith to the Politics of Poverty
The Poverty, God, Politics videos that I’m releasing this fall focus on effective ways to connect faith to the politics of poverty. They...
David Beckmann
Oct 8, 20212 min
A Personal Update
Big things are happening now in our nation and for me personally. Congress is negotiating a transformational recovery package, including...
David Beckmann
Jul 4, 20211 min
What I've Learned From This Experience
From the Sunday after Easter to the 4th of July, I’ve published the Poverty, God, Politics series of webcasts and companion blog posts....
David Beckmann
Jun 20, 20213 min
Church Work Matters
The Catholic bishops this week took a step toward denying communion to President Biden. John Carr’s insightful, 32-minute discussion of...
David Beckmann
Jun 6, 20213 min
The Strengths of Ecumenical Protestants
My experience as president of Bread for the World convinced me that faith-based legislative advocacy works. Bread and its members win...
David Beckmann
Jun 2, 20211 min
Asking Young People to Help us Build Back Better
What an honor to receive an honorary doctorate from the College of the Holy Cross. My brief remarks encouraged the students and their...
David Beckmann
May 30, 20212 min
Faith-Based Organizing and Low-Income People Speaking Up for Themselves
Long-term polling data indicates that political participation among low-income and less educated voters has been consistently low for...
David Beckmann
May 26, 20211 min
Build Back Better - Through the Eyes of Faith
How familiar are you with President Biden’s economic recovery proposals? Have you thought through the big economic decisions our nation’s...
David Beckmann
May 23, 20214 min
How 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 Beckmann
May 9, 20213 min
A Data-Based Picture of Religion and Politics
This week’s webcast features Henry Brady, one of the nation’s foremost political scientists and dean of the Goldman School of Public...
David Beckmann
Apr 11, 20212 min
Poverty, God, Politics Webcast Series
Our nation and world are still suffering the pandemic, our nation’s politics are still broken, and most white Christians would vote again...
David Beckmann
Mar 4, 20212 min
What I'm Doing and Learning
This 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 Beckmann
Feb 11, 20213 min
Biden and Economic Opportunity for All
U.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 Beckmann
Jan 3, 20213 min
Advocacy and Prayer in Trump's Last Days
Donald 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 Beckmann
Dec 10, 20203 min
One Win and Two Challenges
The nation is exhausted by COVID and now more deeply divided by President Trump’s shameless challenge to the election results. But in the...
David Beckmann
Dec 1, 20203 min
Teaching in Berkeley Next Term
I’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...
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