Two news items to draw to your attention this morning:

First, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, my favorite weekend news program, tackles the topic of the “ethics of foreign policy” in the shadow of the first presidential debate. You can read the story or watch it online by clicking here.

The National Council of Churches announced yesterday that Vince Isner will become the first full-time director of FaithfulAmerica.org. Vince is a former executive with United Methodist Communications in Nashville, Tennessee. While there he worked alongside my former boss, The Rev. Dr. Arvin Luchs. FaithfulAmerica.org is a great new advocacy tool developed by NCC to engage the faith community in online advocacy. Over 100,000 have already signed up to participate.