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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 Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers to you; they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on in a manner worthy of God. - 3 John 1:5-6 Voice of the day I have heard it said we are the uninvited. We are the unwelcome. We should take our misfortune elsewhere. But I hear your mother's voice, over the tide, and she whispers in my ear, “Oh, but if they say, my darling. Even half of what you have. If only they saw. They would say kinder things, surely.” - Khaled Hosseini, “Sea Prayer” (2018) Prayer of the day God, open our hearts to our brethren that long for refuge and let them experience a spirit of welcome rather than disdain. Advertisement Our Latest Stories Want to Love Your Neighbor? Grieve With Them (by Elom Tettey-Tamaklo) Who we choose to grieve amidst great moral cacophony indicates who we consider to be human. Read more In ‘Rental Family,’ Brendan Fraser Loves His Neighbor by Lying to Them (by Jenna Barnett) Fraser portrays an American actor living in Tokyo who’s hired to play roles in the lives of real people. Read more ‘Lord of the Rings’ Doesn’t Mean What MAGA Thinks It Does (by Ethan Meyers) Advent reminds us that in life, like in Middle-Earth, the most powerful people are not necessarily the most heroic. Read more I Came to the U.S. a Capitalist, Now I Support Mamdani (by Yanan Rahim Navarez Melo) “I found myself trapped within the depths of this American religio-capitalist system, digging myself further into its abyss.” Read more Advertisements Help Doctors Without Borders Save Lives As humanitarian crises intensify and emergencies compound, our patients need us now more than ever. When you make a donation to Doctors Without Borders, you will help us continue providing urgently needed medical care in places like Gaza, Sudan, and around the world. Doctors Without Borders Needs You Now More Than Ever Doctors Without Borders is on the ground providing medical care, delivering aid, and saving lives in over 75 countries worldwide.We can’t do this work without your support. Now more than ever, we need you. Donate Subscribe Copyright © 2025 Sojourners. All rights reserved. Email: sojourners@sojo.net | Tel.: 202.328.8842