VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 10APR26

 

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 Keep alert; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. - 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 Voice of the day When people ask me about what made the biggest difference in my healing, I tell them that I was believed and tremendously loved. I never felt blamed or shamed into silence. - Aishah Shahidah Simmons Prayer of the day Beloved Counselor, ready our hearts to hear the hurts of our siblings. Bolster the urge to help remedy them. Advertisement Our Latest Stories Trump Has Ushered in a New American Age of Moral Catastrophe (by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson) The gospel’s power of life and wounds of love were a rebuke to Roman emperors. It's still a rebuke to would-be emperors today. Read more Jews Paused Indiana’s Abortion Ban Using Religious Freedom Law (by Hannah Feuer, the Forward) After Roe, Hoosier Jews for Choice used the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to gain access to reproductive health care. Read more ‘The Faithful’ Gives Biblical Women More Voice—But Not More Depth (by Brandon Grafius) The new Hulu series emphasizes the strength and agency of the female biblical characters, but is opaque about why we should admire them. Read more ‘The Peace President’ Threatens to Annihilate an Entire Civilization (by Emma Cieslik, Yanan Rahim Navarez Melo) God’s kingdom is ushered in not by war but by acts of resistance against the military-industrial complex and the powers that be. Read more Advertisements Free Webinar on Co-op Development Join Faith and Money Network for a 90-minute webinar with co-op developer Jonathan Welle. On Wednesday, April 22, at 7:00 pm Eastern, Jonathan will share lessons from Cleveland Owns, an economic democracy incubator that enables neighbors to build cooperative businesses and organize campaigns for community control of resources. Serve as a Jesuit Volunteer in the Pacific Northwest Where will next year take you? Use your skills to make a real difference. Live in a community passionate about faith and justice. Rise to this moment. Become a Jesuit Volunteer. Learn more about a service year in the Pacific Northwest at jvcnorthwest.org. Donate Subscribe

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VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 10FEB26

 

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 I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. - John 13:34-35 Voice of the day If the goal was to increase the love, rather than winning or dominating a constant opponent, I think we could actually imagine liberation from constant oppression. We would suddenly be seeing everything we do, everyone we meet, not through the tactical eyes of war, but through eyes of love. We would see that there's no such thing as a blank canvas, an empty land or a new idea - but everywhere there is complex, ancient, fertile ground full of potential. - adrienne maree brown Prayer of the day God who is love, widen our own capacity to love so that our actions are an echo that reflect you. Advertisement Our Latest Stories God Bless Bad Bunny’s America (by Amar D. Peterman) Brimming with unabashed joy, Benito’s halftime performance was a display of the gospel truth that love will overcome death-dealing hatred. Read more The Golden Rule Would Survive Nuclear ‘Fallout’ (by Josiah R. Daniels) The retro-futuristic, darkly absurd, post-apocalyptic TV series shows that the path of the Golden Rule is scattered with crucifixions. Read more A Forgotten Utopia Comes to Life in ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ (by Zachary Lee) Mona Fastvold was determined to remember the ecstatic Shaker “who mothered the world.” Read more This Nation’s Violence Is No Longer Private (by Vincent Lloyd) Once confined to prisons and wars, our worst human instincts are no longer hidden—they’re paraded on city streets. Read more Advertisements Let the Richness of Black History Inform Your Faith Step into a narrative of resilience and faith. Grace to Overcome connects you with powerful lessons from 31 people throughout Black history and Scripture. Let the past inform the present and enrich your faith. Find Your Place in the Movement Spend a year doing justice work that matters. Sojourners Fellowship combines hands-on advocacy, media, and nonprofit management roles with intentional Christian community in Washington, D.C. Housing, health insurance, and stipend are provided, all in a supportive environment. Donate Subscribe Unsubscribe or update email preferences Copyright © 2026 Sojourners. All rights reserved. Email: sojourners@sojo.net | Tel.: 202.328.8842

VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 19JAN26

 

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 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. - Colossians 3:14 Voice of the day The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love – whether we call it friendship or family or romance – is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light. - James Baldwin Prayer of the day Loving God, when we are unable to see our worth in this world, allow us to borrow the belief in each other’s goodness until we can. Advertisement Our Latest Stories Our Most Anticipated Films of 2026 (by Zachary Lee) There are two "Mary" titled projects this year, so we're feeling excited over here at Sojourners. Read more Renee Good Was Not a Terrorist. She Was a Poet (by Olivia Bardo) It’s not hard to see why the Minnesota mom’s poetry won an award. It rings with faith, humanity, and love for neighbor. Read more ‘Hope Is Starting to Die’ as Israel Set to Expel Aid Groups From Gaza (by Bekah McNeel) Thirty-seven aid organizations are set to be expelled from the region in March. Read more How Affirming Ministries Serve Incarcerated LGBTQ+ People (by Erwin Kamuene) There are few safe spaces for LGBTQ+ Christians. That’s doubly true when they’re incarcerated. Ministries are trying to change that. Read more Advertisements Seeking Simplicity, Connection, and Repair in a Broken World Feeling burnt out? Light for the Way brings together 50 years of wisdom on how contemplation, rest, and community fuel justice work. With voices like Wendell Berry, Kathleen Norris, Joan Chittister, and Daniel Berrigan, this is your guide to reclaiming spiritual practices during difficult times. Tell Corporations: Stop Collaborating with ICE Every deportation flight, corporate contract, and service agreement that keeps Immigration and Customs Enforcement running sends the same message: corporate America is choosing profit over human lives. Donate Subscribe Copyright © 2026 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

 

VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS AND ESPECIALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THESE TIMES 18DEZ25

 

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