Welcome to the NSP

The NSP welcomes people of every faith and all people of good will. In every faith there is a struggle happening right now between those who hear God speaking as the force of power and domination and those who hear God speaking as the force of healing, transformation, love and generosity. As the Network of Spiritual Progressives, we put our spiritual values into practice by lifting up our voices and working together to make love and caring the new bottom line in our personal, civic and political lives. We are glad you are here!

What’s Affordable?

Puzzled by what you hear about the federal budget and what cuts we need to make?  Check out these facts about what’s affordable.

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Embracing Israel/Palestine is now available. Click here to order your copy right now!

Embracing Israel/Palestine is a must-read for those who care about peace in the Middle East. It is provocative, radical, persuasive, and, if given the attention it deserves, could make a major contribution to reconciliation. Please read this book! —Archbishop Desmond Tutu

UN Petition

Recognize Palestine / Recognize Israel

The NSP encourages you to sign this petition. Click here to read more and to add your name.

Editorials and Actions from Tikkun Magazine

Help Us Create Passover Seders or Easter Gatherings for the 99 PercentBoth Passover and Easter have a message of liberation and hope for the downtrodden of the earth. And today, it’s important to understand that the “downtrodden”– those who are hurt by the materialism a …
No Joy in Mudville–Iran & Romney; Obama abandons Habeas Corpus; IsraelMitt Romney Embraces The Neocons  by MJ Rosenberg The top three vote-getters in the Iowa caucuses — Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) — responded to success in very different ways. …
My Response to Anti-Palestinian Vandals Who Defaced My HomeAfter appeared on KQED Tuesday morning, two black-hooded men defaced my home with signs claiming, "Palestine is an Arab fantasy." I will not be deterred. Read more >>
Occupy Chanukah and ChristmasChanukah was the first recorded national liberation struggle against Greek imperialism, and Christmas celebrates the birth of a hoped-for messiah to free the Jewish people from Roman imperialism. Both …
Urgent: call your Congressperson, Senator and US President Obama to stop indefinite detentions!URGENT  Dec. 14 The House is currently voting on the conference report for the National Defense Authorization Act which contains language authorizing indefinite detentions of persons SUSPECTED of terr …

News from the Tikkun Daily Blog

Ralph Seliger: With Michael Lerner in New YorkI made a point of seeing Rabbi Lerner twice in his recent sojourn to New York. Last Sunday evening, he was part of a panel discussion of religious leaders and academics at Riverside Church, called “Oc …
Chisda Magid: The Inevitable Extinction of the Palestinian-American RepublicanMitt Romney and Newt Gingrich in typical fashion characterized the Palestinian population as “Hamas and others who think like Hamas,” as Romney said. Both candidates were emphatic that American and Is …
Be Scofield: Reason and Racism in the New Atheist MovementPerhaps one of the most widespread claims by the New Atheists is that religion is harmful. For Richard Dawkins it is a virus that spreads and infects the mind and is comparable to child abuse. For the …