Rev. Jim Conn

Rev. Jim Conn is the founding minister of the Church in Ocean Park and served on the Santa Monica City Council and as that city's mayor. He helped found Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, Los Angeles, and was a founder of Santa Monica's renter's rights campaign. Rev. Conn is a regular contributor to Capital & Main.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Rev. Jim Conn

Opinion

Iceberg ahead: America’s racial conflicts
April 13, 2017 By Rev. Jim Conn
The blast of racial incidents that have hit the headlines recently didn’t come out of nowhere.
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Environment

Will businesses continue to fight climate change?
April 6, 2017 By Rev. Jim Conn
Perhaps there’s always good news and bad news.
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Environment

Keeping both eyes open to climate change
March 16, 2017 By Rev. Jim Conn
If we continue to live the way we do, the results will be dire—for humans, even rich ones, and for many animals.
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Opinion

Donald Trump and the theology of empire
March 14, 2017 By Rev. Jim Conn
A sizable group of people in this country cling to the idea that God regularly interrupts the flow of the world’s natural order to pick winners and losers in everything from elections to football games.
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Environment

Water, water — everywhere and nowhere
March 10, 2017 By Rev. Jim Conn
Use water as if it were precious. It is. Our life depends on it.
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Opinion

The next four years: Turning grief into action
January 18, 2017 By Rev. Jim Conn
People working together bring change – and encouragement.
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Opinion

Radical hope in an upside-down time
January 6, 2017 By Rev. Jim Conn
America has moved into new territory – a world we do not recognize.
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Opinion

Faith, hope, and clarity
December 21, 2016 By Rev. Jim Conn
Our time and this culture confuse meanings, especially during this moment in history.
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