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 19DEZ25

 

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 know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need. - Philippians 4:12 Voice of the day We, the ordinary people of the streets, believe with all our might that this street, this world, where God has placed us, is our place of holiness. - Madeleine Debrêl Prayer of the day No matter what situations arise or problems we yearn to counter, may we be grounded in your presence. Advertisement Our Latest Stories ‘Train Dreams’ Walks with Job Through Grief and Grace (by Georgia Coley) “We have these things that happen in our lives that completely upend our lives, and it’s hard to find a reason or rationality in them,” director Clint Bentley told Sojourners. Read more 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. We must tell their stories, sing their songs, and struggle with them to realize a more just future. 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 is hired to play pretend 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 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 23SEP25

 

Sojourners works to make the call to justice louder than the voices of hate and division – but we can’t do this without your support. Thanks to a matching challenge of $50,000 from longtime justice advocate and friend of Sojourners, Rick Steves, when you make a donation today every dollar you give will go twice as far. Thank you!  Verse of the day You are the Lord, you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. To all of them you give life, and the host of heaven worships you. - Nehemiah 9:6 Voice of the day Having dominion over the Earth is about responsibility and service to the planet and its people, because God is not a God of waste and exploitation. - Vanessa Nakate Prayer of the day Draw us deeper into responding to the cries of your creation, ever-sustaining God. Advertisement Our Latest Stories ‘The Long Walk’ Confronts a World Desensitized to the Killing of Children (by Georgia Coley) If this is also our reality, how can we re-sensitize our imaginations and our hearts? Read more 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. They do not have the luxury of continuing as normal. 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) The American Church has reached a crossroads in Gaza. Read more Advertisements What if I have doubts about my faith (maybe caused by the church)? Ever struggled with doubt, disillusionment, or pain? You Can Trust a God with Scars offers the skeptical, searching, or simply weary a refreshingly honest search for faith. Here, it’s safe to wrestle with your beliefs and consider a God who not only understands suffering—He bears scars of his own. Oscar-nominated documentary Sugarcane offers free film screenings The SUGARCANE Faith Community Screening Tour offers free screenings to faith communities to support conversations around truth and reconciliation. The goal of this program is to encourage Christians to convene discussions focused on understanding, courage, and repair. Host a free screening for your community: https://sugarcanefilm.com/faith-tour/ 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. Donate Subscribe Unsubscribe or update email preferences Copyright © 2025 Sojourners. All rights reserved. Email: sojourners@sojo.net | Tel.: 202.328.88

VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 26AUG25

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 As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease. - Genesis 8:22 Voice of the day In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. - Robert Frost Prayer of the day God of every season, thank you for the steady rhythms of life that remind us—even through change and challenge—it goes on. Advertisement Our Latest Stories James Dobson Devoted Decades of Ministry to Destroying Us (by Jason Kirk) As a former strong-willed child, I’ve had the notion of James Dobson’s mortality in the back of my mind for the last half-decade or so. Read more 5 Times We Disagreed With James Dobson (by Sojourners Editors) Dobson’s ministry won him a global audience. It also brought him a fair amount of criticism, including from Sojourners. Read more The U.S. Is Playing the Wrong Role in the Good Samaritan Story (by Chad Stanton) For many migrants, Trump has turned a program intended to keep them safe into a source of fear. Read more From the Magazine: Sarah Aziza Won’t Disappear (by Greta Lapp Klassen) But before the Palestinian American author could write ‘The Hollow Half,’ she had to come back to life. Read more Advertisements Join our Spirit Alive 2025-2026 Programs Spirit Alive, the CSJ Institute for Faith Inquiry and Education, launches its fifth season with a provocative webinar series focused on AI, the technology revolutionizing our world. Our seven-session webinar, entitled Artificial Intelligence: New Social and Ethical Challenges and Opportunities, will feature presentations by distinguished scholars. 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. Donate Subscribe Copyright © 2025 Sojourners. All rights reserved. Email: sojourners@sojo.net | Tel.: 202.328.8842