VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 30JAN26

 

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 And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.” - Revelation 21:5 Voice of the day If nothing ever changed, wouldn't it be absurd? - Hirayama, “Perfect Days” (2023) Prayer of the day God of renewal, stretch our visions of the future beyond the frameworks of the systems currently in place. Remind us that you delight in our imaginings. Advertisement Our Latest Stories The Bible Character That Most Resembles Trump (by Rubin McClain) In both the Bible and the U.S., when rulers feel that their power is being threatened, they reach for indiscriminate force. I cannot help but see echoes of Herod’s world in our own, as state terror abounds, and tyranny reigns. Read more The Chaplain Helping the Timberwolves Stand in Solidarity with Minnesota (by Mitchell Atencio) “God has gifted you with extraordinary abilities, and that’s not a small feat,” Matt Moberg tells NBA players, “but that didn’t remove you from your brother next door or your sister down the road.” Read more How You Can Support Minnesota, According to Local Faith Leaders (by Mitchell Atencio) You do not have to be in Minneapolis to stand in solidarity with those resisting ICE. Read more To Stop ICE Killings, More Christians Need To Tell the Truth (by Adam Russell Taylor) We follow in the tradition of biblical prophets who interrupted injustice by naming the spiritual lies it feeds upon. Read more Advertisements Become an Agent of Change Connect theory, analysis, reflection, and practice in the Master of Peace and Conflict Studies – a course-based professional degree. Prepare to advance nonviolent peacebuilding and community-led change by identifying and transforming systems of violence, marginalization, and oppression locally and globally. Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo. Apply by February 1. Rest that Your Soul Has Been Craving The new book Light for the Way brings together 50 years of wisdom from Sojourners magazine on how contemplation, rest, and community fuel justice work. With voices like Julia Alvarez, Walter Brueggemann, and Richard Rohr, this is your guide to sustaining prophetic resistance. Donate Subscribe Copyright © 2026 Sojourners. All rights reserved. Email: sojourners@sojo.net | Tel.: 202.328.8842

VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 7JAN26

 

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 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. - Isaiah 55:8-9 Voice of the day She was seeking confirmation of the voice and vision, and everywhere she found and acknowledged answers. A personal answer for all other creations except herself. She felt an answer seeking her, but where? When? How? - Zora Neale Hurston, “Their Eyes Were Watching God” (1937) Prayer of the day Whenever we are buried in the weeds of uncertainty, reassure us that you are at work regardless of how well we perceive your ways. Advertisement Our Latest Stories Our Prayers for You in the New Year (by Adam Russell Taylor) 2025 was a doozy. Here are our prayers for our readers in 2026. May they embolden us to advance God’s reign of justice, peace, and steadfast love with greater urgency and courage. Read more Anti-ICE Nativities Are the Reason for the Season (by Emma Cieslik) The churches putting up these nativities are declaring that they refuse to be complicit in the very same violence that threatened Jesus at his birth. Read more Bethlehem Is Still a Reminder of Joy Amid Grief (by Elom Tettey-Tamaklo) For two years, the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem canceled its traditional Christmas celebration. This year, the festivities resume. Read more DHS Bars Norma Pimentel’s Charity From Federal Funding (by Ken Chitwood) The department appeared to cite Catholic Social Teaching to allege that Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley mismanaged funds in service of noncitizen immigrants. Read more Advertisements Shop for New Books with Bookshop Looking for your next great read? Check out Sojourners' Bookshop page for curated selections of books on social justice and living your faith. When you buy through our Bookshop link, part of the proceeds support Sojourners and independent bookstores throughout the country. Engage and Adapt Free Webinar SojoAction invites you to register for another installation of their ongoing “Engage and Adapt” training series on January 13, 2026, at 7 p.m. EST. This webinar will focus on “A Justice-Centered Look at Federal Health Funding,” featuring special guest Lauren Reliford, MSW, Policy Director for the Children’s Defense Fund. Donate Subscribe Copyright © 2025 Sojourners. All rights reserved. Email: sojourners@sojo.net | Tel.: 202.328.8842

VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 1JAN26

 

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 For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven. - Ecclesiastes 3:1 Voice of the day No experience has been too unimportant, and the smallest event unfolds like a fate, and fate itself is like a wonderful, wide fabric in which every thread is guided by an infinitely tender hand and laid alongside another thread and is held and supported by a hundred others. - Rainer Maria Rilke, “Letters to a Young Poet” (1934) Prayer of the day God of change, as we embark on this fresh start in a new year, invite every person to consider the intentionality of every moment you place before us. Advertisement Our Latest Stories Anti-ICE Nativities Are the Reason for the Season (by Emma Cieslik) The churches putting up these nativities are declaring that they refuse to be complicit in the very same violence that threatened Jesus at his birth. Read more Bethlehem Is Still a Reminder of Joy Amid Grief (by Elom Tettey-Tamaklo) For two years, the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem canceled its traditional Christmas celebration. This year, the festivities resume. Read more DHS Bars Norma Pimentel’s Charity From Federal Funding (by Ken Chitwood) The department appeared to cite Catholic Social Teaching while alleging that Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley mismanaged funds in its service of noncitizen immigrants. 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

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VERSE AND VOICE 29DEZ25

 

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 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe, for indeed our God is a consuming fire. - Hebrews 12:28-29 Voice of the day Stroke a flint, and there is nothing to admire: / Strike a flint, and forthwith flash out sparks of fire. - Christina Rossetti Prayer of the day Teach us how to tend to the fire of faith and justice so that it continues and lasts beyond our contributions. Advertisement Our Latest Stories Anti-ICE Nativities Are the Reason for the Season (by Emma Cieslik) The churches putting up these nativities are declaring that they refuse to be complicit in the very same violence that threatened Jesus at his birth. Read more Bethlehem Is Still a Reminder of Joy Amid Grief (by Elom Tettey-Tamaklo) For two years, the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem canceled its traditional Christmas celebration. This year, the festivities resume. Read more DHS Bars Norma Pimentel’s Charity From Federal Funding (by Ken Chitwood) The department appeared to cite Catholic Social Teaching while alleging that Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley mismanaged funds in its service of noncitizen immigrants. 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 Unsubscribe or update email preferences Copyright © 2025 Sojourners. All rights reserved. Email: sojourners@sojo.net | Tel.: 202.328.8842

VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 30DEZ25

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 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing. - Malachi 3:10 Voice of the day Heaven is a banquet and life is a banquet too, even with a crust, where there is companionship. We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community. - Dorothy Day Prayer of the day God, through the joy of good works done in good company, fill us with purpose and hope every time we gather at your table. Advertisement Our Latest Stories Anti-ICE Nativities Are the Reason for the Season (by Emma Cieslik) The churches putting up these nativities are declaring that they refuse to be complicit in the very same violence that threatened Jesus at his birth. Read more Bethlehem Is Still a Reminder of Joy Amid Grief (by Elom Tettey-Tamaklo) For two years, the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem canceled its traditional Christmas celebration. This year, the festivities resume. Read more DHS Bars Norma Pimentel’s Charity From Federal Funding (by Ken Chitwood) The department appeared to cite Catholic Social Teaching while alleging that Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley mismanaged funds in its service of noncitizen immigrants. 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