Voices of 2010: Sources: New York Times, Newsweek, RNS, Washington Post, NPR
"Every time Haiti takes one half step forward, something like this
happens. . . . It's so unfair. Why does this happen to Haiti over and over again?"
—Lauren Stanley, an Episcopal missionary
in Haiti, after an earthquake in January
devastated the impoverished island nation
"A question that'll be asked about every four weeks is,
'Is anybody here having an affair?'"
—Senator Tom Coburn (R., Okla.), about the weekly
"supper accountability session" held at the
C Street house in Washington, where conservative Christian politicians
live and meet, including some who have been caught in sex scandals
"Traditional Christianity identifies greed, sloth
and pride as three deadly sins—sins that
manifest themselves in BP's disaster."
—Robert Parham, executive director of the
Baptist Center for Ethics, on why the oil spill
in the Gulf of Mexico is a moral crisis
