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1 month ago | 
sojo.net | Josiah Daniels
This interview is part of The Reconstruct, a weekly newsletter from Sojourners. In a world where so much needs to change, Mitchell Atencio and Josiah R. Daniels interview people who have faith in a new future and are working toward repair. Subscribe here. Conspiracy theories were fun once. It used to be fun to sit around and argue with your friends about New York City’s sewers being filled with lizard people, Tupac Shakur still being alive, or the government being controlled by a secret society.
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1 month ago | 
sojo.net | Josiah Daniels
In a favorite photo of mine, I stand grinning with my arm around my college’s mascot, Rocky the Golden Eagle. The photo was taken in 2009 when I first arrived at Cornerstone University’s campus in Grand Rapids, Mich. Looking at the photo now, I can’t help but think how naïve I was about the school’s theology and politics.
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1 month ago | 
sojo.net | Josiah Daniels
This interview is part of The Reconstruct, a weekly newsletter from Sojourners. In a world where so much needs to change, Mitchell Atencio and Josiah R. Daniels interview people who have faith in a new future and are working toward repair. Subscribe here. I am not convinced that the way progressive Christians have criticized Christian nationalism is always particularly insightful or self-aware.
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2 months ago | 
sojo.net | Josiah Daniels
This interview is part of The Reconstruct, a weekly newsletter from Sojourners. In a world where so much needs to change, Mitchell Atencio and Josiah R. Daniels interview people who have faith in a new future and are working toward repair. Subscribe here. You are familiar with thought-terminating cliches.
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2 months ago | 
sojo.net | Josiah Daniels
At some point this Easter Weekend, Christians will be reflecting on the final words that Jesus spoke from the cross, sometimes referred to as the seven last words of Jesus. When I was younger, I was convinced that System of a Down’s “Chop Suey!” was a Christian song because lead vocalist and lyricist Serj Tankian incorporated Jesus’ final declarations into the song.
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2 months ago | 
sojo.net | Josiah Daniels
This interview is part of The Reconstruct, a weekly newsletter from Sojourners. In a world where so much needs to change, Mitchell Atencio and Josiah R. Daniels interview people who have faith in a new future and are working toward repair. Subscribe here. Has the state of Israel become an idol?
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
sojo.net | Josiah Daniels
I learned of Rev. Munther Isaac during my first trip to Israel/Palestine in 2012. He was a speaker at the Christ at the Checkpoint, a Christian conference dedicated to advocating for peace and justice in the Holy Land. In the years since, I’ve followed his work and witness for peace and justice in the region. So, when I went to Israel/Palestine last October, I was eager to spend time with the man who delivered a sermon heard around the world just days after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
sojo.net | Josiah Daniels
This interview is part of The Reconstruct, a weekly newsletter from Sojourners. In a world where so much needs to change, Mitchell Atencio and Josiah R. Daniels interview people who have faith in a new future and are working toward repair. Subscribe here. The term “woke” has become something of an anathema in recent years. Those on the Right use “woke” to disparage anything they think of as social justice or political correctness.
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Mar 11, 2025 | 
sojo.net | Josiah Daniels
This interview is part of The Reconstruct, a weekly newsletter from Sojourners. In a world where so much needs to change, Mitchell Atencio and Josiah R. Daniels interview people who have faith in a new future and are working toward repair. Subscribe here. I listen to a lot of music from all different genres. In a single day, you can find me listening to Albert Ayler’s spiritual skronk, Digable Planets’ jazz rap, and Dry Cleaning’s post-punk.
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Feb 18, 2025 | 
sojo.net | Josiah Daniels
This interview is part of The Reconstruct, a weekly newsletter from Sojourners. In a world where so much needs to change, Mitchell Atencio and Josiah R. Daniels interview people who have faith in a new future and are working toward repair. Subscribe here. I’d wager that whether you are new to Sojourners or a longtime subscriber, you probably have a deep admiration for the late Salvadoran archbishop and liberation theologian, St. Óscar Romero. And if you don’t, then you’re about to.
