VERSE AND VOICE FROM SOJOURNERS 10JUL26

 

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 turned my mind to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the sum of things and to know that wickedness is folly and that foolishness is madness. - Ecclesiastes 7:25 Voice of the day If we fear something, it is all the more imperative we study it thoroughly. - Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts (2020) Prayer of the day Rather than losing ourselves in discomfort or fear, make us conscious of the encompassing richness that seeking to understand can provide. Advertisement Our Latest Stories A New Dante Movie Gets Lost In Hell (by Tim Brinkhof) Solid performances from Oscar Isaac and Martin Scorsese (!) can’t help ‘In the Hand of Dante’ grasp the poet at its center. Read more I’m a Christian. Here’s Why I Still Call Myself ‘Queer’ (by Georgia Coley) We should be skeptical of calls to gatekeep, even when it means being misunderstood. Read more But God Was Not in the Sonic Boom (by Ethan Meyers) Two years after a Fourth of July airshow, I can't hear a fighter jet without thinking of the prophet Elijah. Read more Celebrating America Without Losing Our Soul (by Adam Russell Taylor) If Trump’s hubris is all we see as we observe this national milestone, we’re missing the bigger story. Read more Advertisements Antiracism and the Church Race and racism shape every aspect of life in the U.S., including the church. Join the Garrett Collective for Antiracism and the Church, developed by Rev. Dr. Jennifer Harvey, and cultivate daily habits, ongoing learning, and an activated desire to deepen our roots and relationships with one another and God. Action Alert: End the Blockade Against Cuba Join us now to contact Congress and demand an end to hostilities against Cuba. In this moment, we must follow the best traditions of our faith and extend our hand to Cuba in love and charity. Demand that we start true diplomatic talks paired with natural disaster aid for the island while respecting the Cuban people’s right to determine their own government. Donate Subscribe Copyright © 2026 Sojourners. All rights reserved. 611 Pennsylvania Ave SE #342, Washington, DC 20003 Email: sojourners@sojo.net | Tel.: 202.328.8842