VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 19SEP25

 

Forward this email to someone you know who would like it! Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up here to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Verse of the day Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth? - Galatians 4:16 Voice of the day Without facts, you can’t have truth. Without truth, you can’t have trust. Without all three, we have no shared reality, and democracy as we know it—and all meaningful human endeavors—are dead. - Maria Ressa, “How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future” (2022) Prayer of the day Help us find the strength to embody your voice, God, in honor of those who have been rendered voiceless. Advertisement Our Latest Stories ICE Raids Tear at the Body of Christ (by Adam Russell Taylor) As we sigh about terrible headlines, our immigrant neighbors are living in terror. Read more Criminalizing Homelessness Isn't Just Ineffective, It's Unchristlike (by Kevin Nye) The church has a better solution than what the government offers. Read more Palestinian Christians Have a Warning for the American Church (by Josiah R. Daniels) One thing was clear at the inaugural Church at the Crossroads conference: The American Church has reached a crossroads in Gaza. Read more Ministering To—and Learning From—Those With Dementia (by Jenna Barnett) Geropsychologist Benjamin Mast’s advice on how to care for those with Alzheimer's and dementia, practically and theologically. Read more Advertisements Deep Christian Awakening through 365 Daily Devotionals Based on the hidden Aramaic Words of Jesus Explore the hidden words of Jesus, waiting in the secret chamber of your soul. The world has done its best to make you forget. But the words you are about to read are here to help you remember. Meet not the Jesus of stained-glass windows but the living Jesus, speaking in the rolling breath and rhythm of his mother tongue, Aramaic. May these words be not history, but heartbeat. For Sermons, Bible study, and Seekers of truth. From the Bestselling Author Rev Gert Janse van Rensburg. Asian American Christian Collaborative (AACC) Conference 2025 In a world that often isolates, God calls us into community. That’s why we’re gathering at the AACC Conference — to unite Asian American Christians to grow in faith, reconnect with identity, and lead with greater purpose! Join us October 27-29, 2025 in D.C. for a powerful three day experience. Americans United for Separation of Church and State As part of an investigation into the Trump administration’s dangerous Anti-Christian Bias Task Force, Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State. Donate Subscribe Copyright © 2025 Sojourners. All rights reserved. Email: sojourners@sojo.net | Tel.: 202.328.8842