VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 15JAN26

 

Editor’s note: Sojourners’ new book, Light for the Way: Seeking Simplicity, Connection, and Repair in a Broken World, is now widely available. Order it here. Verse of the day And now I commend you to God and to the message of his grace, a message that is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all who are sanctified. - Acts 20:32 Voice of the day In the monastery, I was radicalized to believe again - that mercy abounds for the hurting, that faith is available to the unbelieving, and that justice is coming. I needed God to give me the eyes to see it and the hands to work for it. - Hannah Keziah Agustin, reprinted in Light for the Way, a new anthology from Sojourners. Prayer of the day Faithful God, rekindle our belief in a better world, as well as our unmistakable place in beholding and building one. Advertisement Our Latest Stories 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 The God They Preach at the Pentagon (by Michael Woolf) It is time to call such characterizations of God what they are: not just bad theology, but the creation of an entirely different deity. Read more Advertisements Sojourners' Confronting Christian Nationalism Reading List This Bookshop list provides a deep dive into the complex topic of Christian nationalism, the value of religious freedom, and ways to further a fair society. Our Bookshop page features a variety of curated reading lists. When you buy through our link, part of the proceeds support Sojourners and independent bookstores throughout the country. Protect Funding for National Public Radio Public broadcasting belongs to all of us. It’s how millions stay connected to the truth, especially in areas where commercial media won’t go. Tell Congress: Protect funding for NPR and PBS now. Keep democracy and accurate news on the airwaves. Donate Subscribe

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VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 12DEZ25

 

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 Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit. - Jeremiah 17:7-8 Voice of the day A tree has roots in the soil yet reaches to the sky. It tells us that in order to aspire we need to be grounded and that no matter how high we go it is from our roots that we draw sustenance. - Wangari Maathai Prayer of the day Almighty God, may our roots be planted firmly in you so that your rising call to justice is sustained within us. Advertisement Our Latest Stories I Came to the U.S. a Capitalist, Now I Support Mamdani (by Yanan Rahim Navarez Melo) Melo blames Bible college: “I found myself trapped within the depths of this American religio-capitalist system, digging myself further into its abyss.” Read more Faith Leaders Share Why They Joined Zohran Mamdani’s Transition Team (by Erwin Kamuene) Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani asked at least 18 faith and religious leaders from a range of traditions to serve his transition. Read more Knives Out’s Rian Johnson Says He Will Always Be a Youth Group Kid (by Tyler Huckabee) ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ wears faith on its sleeve, but Johnson said all of his movies are subtly about his Christian upbringing. Read more Charlie Brown and Sufjan Know the ‘Good Grief’ of Christmas (by Tyler Huckabee) As ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ turns 60, its legacy intersects with another holiday classic: Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Songs for Christmas.’ 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 14AUG25

 

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 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I bear pain in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all day long? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? - Psalm 13:1-2 Voice of the day Our children die before the silence of the world, and before the silence of God. How difficult is God’s silence! - Munther Isaac, “God Is Under the Rubble in Gaza” Prayer of the day O God, in the face of unbearable sorrow and the silence of both the world and heaven, we cry out with the psalmist: How long will you hide Your face? — come near to the suffering and break the silence with Your justice and mercy. Advertisement Our Latest Stories How Divinity School Led Riley MacLeod to a Career in Games Journalism (by Mitchell Atencio) The editor and co-owner of the news site ‘Aftermath’ tells Sojourners why “God is in games too.” Read more Missionary Kids Know the Holes In American Evangelicalism (by Liz Cooledge Jenkins) Holly Berkley Fletcher’s new book analyzes the grief of kids who became collateral damage in their parents’ calling. Read more 5 Imperatives for Seminaries Under Authoritarianism (by Yanan Rahim Navarez Melo) Students are leading the way when it comes to prophetic critique of the Trump administration. Will seminaries follow? Read more From the Magazine: Our Apocalypse-in-Waiting (by Jonathan Frerichs) Eighty years after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan, how can Christians abolish the first global threat of humanity’s own making? Read more Advertisements How much money is enough? Are you giving enough? Saving enough for retirement? Faith and Money Network’s study groups meet via video conference to study and discuss faith-driven approaches to daily life’s money choices. New group starts in September! BE PART OF A HISTORIC EVENT: An Evening with President Lech Walesa Meet the man who defended freedom and became one of the world’s greatest leaders. Lech Walesa, the living legend who pushed the world toward democracy, is coming to the U.S. and Canada on his first-ever Grand Lecture Tour. Register now and hear from the global hero who changed history. www.historyexplorer.com Donate Subscribe Copyright © 2025 Sojourners. All rights reserved. Email: sojourners@sojo.net | Tel.: 202.328.8842