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 15JUL25

 

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 No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. - Matthew 6:24 Voice of the day When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses. - Shirley Chisholm Prayer of the day God, help us choose you over profit, and give us the courage to serve justice when wealth tempts us to look away. Advertisement Our Latest Stories ICE Quotes the Bible in a New Propaganda Video (By JR. Forasteros) A government video distorts scripture in a recruitment drive for the immigration crackdown. Read more Prophets Don’t Tweet ‘I Told You So’ (By Tyler Huckabee) If your response to deadly flooding in Texas is that voters brought this upon themselves, God and I would like a word. 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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