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 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 18AUG25

 

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 pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. - Ephesians 3:18-19 Voice of the day Like God’s love for us, the love we show our neighbors shouldn’t be contingent on merit, safety, efficiency, time, money, energy, or even legality. This love of Jesus surpasses all knowledge, and will seem illogical by most standards. - Stephen Mattson, “The Illogical Love of Jesus” Prayer of the day God, fill us with Christ’s limitless love so we may love others without conditions or fear. Advertisement Our Latest Stories ‘Dawn Dusk’ Explores Hope and Faith After Domestic Violence (by Serena Puang) The documentary follows an artist and designer as she uses art to process the loss of her sister. Read more The EPA Has Abandoned Reason. Now We Build Arks (by Avery Davis Lamb) When politicians embrace destruction, we find new ways to protect creation. Read more The Reconstruct: How Divinity School Led Riley MacLeod to a Career in Games Journalism (by Mitchell Atencio) The editor and co-owner of ‘Aftermath’ tells Sojourners why “God is in games too.” Read more From the Magazine: Why Wouldn’t We Resettle White South Africans? (by Craig D. Stewart) The Episcopal Church ended a 40-year history of working with the U.S. government to welcome refugees. 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

VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 17JUL25

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 does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. - 1 John 3:17-18 Voice of the day Our moral compass compels us to act — Jesus compels us to act and to extend our hands in compassion to those who are hungry. Inaction is simply not an option for us. - Eugene Cho, “Jesus Is Hungry in Gaza. Will We Feed Him?” Prayer of the day God, compel us to love not just with words but with action, that we may respond to hunger and suffering with the compassion you command and the courage our faith requires. Advertisement Our Latest Stories The: Reconstruct: Austin Channing Brown Is Full of Herself (by Hojung Lee) In her newest book, Austin Channing Brown talks about how to push back against a world that punishes minority bodies for simply being human. Read more ICE Quotes the Bible in a New Propaganda Video (By JR. Forasteros) A new government video misuses and distorts scripture to justify an aggressive immigration crackdown, blurring the line between faith and enforcement. Read more Superman, the Immigrant, Has Always Reminded Me of Jesus (By Yanan Rahim Navarez Melo) As our nation plunges further into fear of the other, Yanan Rahim Navarez Melo finds that James Gunn’s new movie makes one thing clear: This is a job for Superman. Read more The ‘Jesus and John Wayne’ Soundtrack You Didn’t Know You Needed (By Ezra Craker) Inspired by historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s bestselling book, indie artists Googly Eyes, Joy Oladokun, and Allison Ponthier released the track in June. Read more Advertisements 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.   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

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VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 9JUN25

 

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 I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 Voice of the day Both God and LGBT people send forth a radical love that breaks down fixed categories and boundaries. - Patrick S. Cheng, “Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology” (2011) Prayer of the day Let us dwell in the truth that nothing—no category, boundary, or fear—can separate us from your radical, liberating love that welcomes and affirms all your children. Advertisement Our Latest Stories What Would Jesus Eat in a Collapsing Ecosystem? (by Monique Ezeh) The church’s historic relationship with seafood has contributed to overfishing. What do Christians owe the ocean today? Read more Supreme Court Backs Catholic Group's Bid for Wisconsin Unemployment Tax Exemption (by John Kruzel, Reuters) It's the latest ruling in which the justices took an expansive view of religious rights. Read more The Word Became Flesh—and Crossed a Border (by Karen González) In 167 pages, Isaac Villegas' 'Migrant God' maps out the kind of faith that actually makes a difference in the lives of migrants. Read more Raised as a Preacher's Kid, Now She's a Black Butch Lesbian Writing Jesus Songs (by Josina Guess) Crys Matthews isn't happy about the hypocrisy that passes for Christianity these days. Read more Advertisements Improving Maternal and Child Health Takes a Village “World Renew’s holistic, integrated health programs combine components of agriculture, livelihoods, justice, spiritual transformation, and community development. For those familiar with descriptions of God as a gardener (such as Psalm 104:14), it can be especially powerful to realize how much of this work takes place in a garden.” Read more of the latest sponsored article on our website. 100 sermons on sexual and domestic violence  Scripture is not silent on abuse, but these stories are often missing in our Sunday morning teachings. You can change this! Visit our 100 Sermons on Sexual and Domestic Violence collection and be equipped to tackle these biblical accounts and speak out on sexual and domestic violence. Donate Subscribe

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