Start your month with us in prayer!
This month, we’re joined by Doug Pagitt of Vote Common Good, live from the road on their national tour.
Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove pray with us on the feast of Thérèse of Lisieux, then talk with Doug Pagitt about how Vote Common Good began in 2017, the faith leaders now running for office, the PBS documentary Who’s the We?, and The Ride 2026 — retracing the 1961 Freedom Ride from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans with original Freedom Riders and their families, two weeks before the midterm elections.
Resources from the conversation
Follow along with the morning’s reading: Common Prayer, October 1 — Morning · every day’s prayers at commonprayer.one
Doug Pagitt — author, pastor, and Executive Director of Vote Common Good. dougpagitt.com
- Vote Common Good — votecommongood.com
- The Faith, Politics and the Common Good national tour — find them on the road near you
- Who’s the We? — the documentary of the 3,265-mile bike ride along the U.S.–Mexico border and across the Gulf Coast, now on PBS · whosthewe.org
- The Ride 2026, October 17–28, Washington, D.C. to New Orleans — theride2026.org · ride with us · meet the Freedom Riders · partner or sponsor
- Hindsight 2020 — voters who changed their minds after 2016, and why
- Support Vote Common Good — votecommongood.com/donate
Also mentioned
- The New York Times Magazine — “Can Democrats Reclaim the Christian Moral High Ground?”
- Politico — “Democrats are running pastors for office. Republicans are attacking their religious comments.”
- Repairers of the Breach — lead a march to the polls during early voting
- The National Peacemaker Association — nationalpeacemakerassociation.org
- School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism — in the RLC Store · watch the September Book Club with Dr. Jorden Sharick
Gather with us
- Alternative Seminary, October 10 — “The Hip Hop Gospel: The Prophetic and Mystical Message of Hip Hop Music”
- 3rd Annual Peacemaker Summit, Philadelphia, October 22–24 — details and registration
- RLC Book Club, October 28 — “What Grows in Weary Lands” with Tish Harrison Warren
- RLC Book Club, November — Randy Woodley, “How Western Christianity Got It Wrong”
- All upcoming gatherings — redletterchristians.org/events