Julie Polter

2 weeks ago | sojo.net | Julie Polter

I GREW UP in Northwest Ohio, in the house where my dad was born. My mother was from Eastern North Carolina. My dad’s paternal great-grandparents immigrated to Ohio from Germany in the 1870s. My mom didn’t know much about her people, except that they’d always been rural and not well off. A relative once sardonically expressed thanks that our paternal ancestors left Germany long before they could become Nazis and that our Southern relatives were all probably too poor to have enslaved people.

3 weeks ago | sojo.net | Julie Polter

Features Advice for overwhelmed Christians from Jarvis Williams, a pastor turned pro-democracy organizer. Why I went from having contempt for this legal process to believing it is a lifesaver.

2 months ago | sojo.net | Julie Polter

When I was just shy of 18, I watched my mother die of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. CLL killed her less than two years after diagnosis. She was 51. Fast forward a few decades: Over the past 30 years, researchers have discovered biomarkers for a variety of cancers, including CLL, which can aid in diagnosis, assessing prognosis, and developing new, more targeted treatments.

Feb 27, 2025 | sojo.net | Julie Polter

Learning to be emotionally available will be some of the deepest and most spiritual work I will do.

Oct 10, 2024 | sojo.net | Julie Polter

ON NOV. 11, the world observes Armistice Day, Remembrance Day, or what we in the U.S. call Veterans Day. In the U.S. it is meant to honor anyone who served in the armed forces. If you know Sojourners — which has a long history of anti-war activism, sharing the gospel call to nonviolence, and naming and critiquing the destruction wrought by the U.S. military-industrial complex — you may wonder where I’m going with this.