Sojourners

Sojourners magazine is a monthly publication that focuses on progressive Christian views and is associated with the American Christian social justice group, Sojourners, which originated from the Sojourners Community. The magazine made its debut in 1971, initially titled The Post-American. It offers a range of editorials and articles that discuss the intersection of Christianity and politics, the role of the church in social issues, social justice topics, and aspects of Christian living. Common themes in its articles include fair trade practices, interfaith dialogue, efforts for peace, and initiatives aimed at reducing poverty. The magazine is based in Washington, D.C.

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Bible Verses About Justice That Everyone Should Know

1 week ago | sojo.net | Tyler Huckabee

James Baldwin tells us that “ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” One proof of Baldwin’s theory is that many Americans believe that the Bible is skeptical of social justice, or even outright hostile to it. You can see this in how many Americans criticize poor people with lines like “God helps those who helps themselves” — a quote that does not appear anywhere in the Bible.
Why Do So Many Christians Fall For Conspiracy Theories?

1 week 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.
The Push to Open the Country’s First Religious Public School Isn’t Over, Proponents Say

1 week ago | sojo.net | Nadra Nittle

This story was originally reported by Nadra Nittle of The 19th. Meet Nadra and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. One of the most awaited Supreme Court rulings of the year ended in a deadlocked decision that led to triumph for supporters of church-state separation in schools.
Springsteen Despises Trump. But He’s Not Your Liberal Mascot

2 weeks ago | sojo.net | Tyler Huckabee

Shortly after the release of 1982’s Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen was in a bad place. He did not like being famous, did not like the pressure of celebrity. He’d dreamed of being a rock star, but this was something else entirely. People were calling him the voice of a generation, the balladeer of America’s soul, and he felt this was putting an untenable distance between him and his art.
How To Make a Mountain Move

2 weeks ago | sojo.net | Josina Guess

A SMALL TREE grows near the parking lot at a state park close to my home. I noticed this tree more than a decade ago when our children were very small: A sapling rooted in the crack of a giant boulder. Over the past 14 years the split in the boulder has widened. As the tree has gotten a little taller and broader, the rock has gradually changed its shape, splitting and cracking. The tree’s bark folds around the rock; the two have become inextricably bound up with one another.
A Pastor Defends No-Fault Divorce

2 weeks ago | sojo.net | Melissa Martin

SAM’S PARTNER HIT them. Sam knows the partner is at fault, but can’t shake the feeling that getting a “no-fault” divorce would be a lie. “I really don’t know what to say,” admitted a colleague and friend. My friend was a new pastor with a church member in an abusive marriage; we’ll call that church member Sam. My friend walked with Sam as they made the decision to get a lawyer, but they were both overwhelmed with the specifics of the divorce proceedings.
Grandpappy Was on the Wrong Side of History

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.
Can Christians Make Cool Clothes?

2 weeks ago | sojo.net | Tyler Huckabee

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. After the COVID-19 pandemic, I started paying more attention to what I was wearing. It had been a year of sweatpants and T-shirts, and I was ready to switch things up to be presentable for the outside world.
R.O. Kwon Won't Ever Stop Writing About Losing Faith

3 weeks ago | sojo.net | Mitchell Atencio

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. R.O. Kwon, the bestselling novelist of The Incendiaries and Exhibit, does not believe in God. Even so, Kwon’s writing about God and faith feels more familiar to me than that of many who do believe.
The Most Hopeful Statistic I’ve Come Across in the Last 35 Years

3 weeks ago | sojo.net | Bill McKibben

SINCE I AM a Christian, I worship the Son, not the sun. That said, I’ve been spending most of my time lately thinking about that large ball of gas the good Lord was kind enough to hang in the sky, 93 million miles away. In fact, we’re getting ready for an entire weekend devoted to considering the most important object in our physical world — though it is the only one you can’t look at directly.