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The Bodies the Desert Hides The desert across time and space, in the cultural and spiritual imagination, has drawn humans to it.

"In the U.S. the desert has served as a metaphor for escapist tendencies. An unsettled, ancient space where freedom was still attainable. But the desert was never empty, and it was never disconnected." sojo.net/articles/bod...

Latino Churches and the Rise of Right-Wing Politics Is “miraculous meritocracy” driving some believers towards a gospel of entitlement?

"White Christian nationalism is a religious fabrication that forces adherence to an imagined identity." sojo.net/magazine/sep...

Embracing Ancestral Wisdom to Fight Extreme Weather Instead of Western theologies of dominance, Indigenous practices protect nature and humans as one.

"[Many] contemporary attitudes about human dominance over nature are rooted in colonial ideas about cultural and racial superiority — principles that the Christian church helped uphold and spread." sojo.net/articles/emb...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Is Embedded in the Bible DEI is just one way we can repent of and repair the effects of the systemic sin of racism.

U.S. institutions, including churches, were founded on profound structural inequities and still carry that taint. sojo.net/magazine/jul...

Brandi Carlile’s Radical Gospel of Gentleness “What I'm talking about is radical, filthy, trembling, scary, life-changing, beautiful forgiveness,” says the Grammy winner, whose new album releases Oct. 1.

In her memoir, 'Broken Horses,' Carlile writes that she found “salvation where the rest of the misfits and rejects find it: through twisted, joyful, sexual, weird, and wonderful music.” sojo.net/articles/cul...

Fasting From Food Waste in a Season of Hoarding Crises, like Lent, can push us to reconsider our relationship to food and land.

“So much that we have been given as a gift just returns to a trash pile.” sojo.net/articles/new...

Raising Children for Joy in the Face of Climate Catastrophe Parenting in perilous times requires keeping our children safe – and empowering them for action.

Parenting in perilous times requires keeping our children safe – and empowering them for action. sojo.net/magazine/mar...

Hollywood's Golden Age of Racism How early cinema nativism led an Asian American actor to success—and how the church helped crash his career.

How early cinema nativism led an Asian American actor to success—and how the church helped crash his career. sojo.net/magazine/feb...

Actually, ‘They’ Is a Beautiful Pronoun for God We need more expansive language to describe the fullness of God.

"Given both masculine and feminine descriptions of God in scripture, what pronouns are appropriate for us to ascribe to God? God is neither a man nor a woman, and yet God has both masculine and feminine characteristics. We need more expansive language." sojo.net/articles/act...

Our Attention Is a Sacred Resource How Sydney Sweeney's ad became a flashpoint in the distraction economy.

"We are not algorithms. Though it can be hard to remember in the heat of any given internet moment, our attention is a force we can control." sojo.net/articles/opi...

The Editors: Moving With Joy An introduction to the August 2025 issue of ‘Sojourners.’

"Remember the joy of bodies in motion — a perfectly executed scissor kick, an actor fully in character, wheelchair dancing at a “No Kings” protest, or even walking to the pulpit to preach “freedom dreams.” Move with joy." sojo.net/magazine/aug...

‘My Sixth Great-Grandfather Bought My Sixth Great-Grandmother’ Revisiting my entangled and complicit family history.

"The intertwining of moral injury and trauma are destiny only if we let them be." sojo.net/magazine/sep...

Has Technology Killed Our Capacity for Awe? Many psychologists fear awe is receding from our lives and that a vital social resource is disappearing.

"Our technologies are not simply springboards to becoming gods or mirrors through which to flatter ourselves. They should also humble us." sojo.net/articles/cul...

Meditating on Love and Connection with Mr. Rogers and C.S. Lewis On how to be both safe and good.

In the Mister Rogers’ biopic 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,' Fred Rogers asks his struggling friend to join him in what is essentially a contemplative exercise. “We’ll just take a minute and think about all the people who loved us into being,” Rogers gently suggests. sojo.net/articles/cul...

Who Is My Neighbor? The opposite of loving your neighbor is being indifferent to them.

"The opposite of loving your neighbor is being indifferent to them." sojo.net/magazine/nov...

Why We Need a Theology of Protest Hong Kong's anti-extradition protests are singing liberation.

"Rather than the Cross that evangelicals wish to elevate, perhaps it is the Whip of Jesus that must inform our praxis." sojo.net/articles/why...

3 Ways That Calling God 'Mother' Transforms Us What difference would it make if we called God mother instead of only father?

"By entering into relationship with humankind in a fleshly, tangible way, God mothers us." sojo.net/articles/3-w...

Our Attention Is a Sacred Resource How Sydney Sweeney's ad became a flashpoint in the distraction economy.

"An old billboard campaign reminded drivers that 'You are not stuck in traffic. You are traffic.' We can apply the same logic to our era of social media-fueled distractions." sojo.net/articles/opi...

The Editors: Moving With Joy An introduction to the August 2025 issue of ‘Sojourners.’

An introduction to the August 2025 issue of ‘Sojourners.’ sojo.net/magazine/aug...

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Who Built Your Pew? In some Iowa churches, the Sunday offering supports the prison industrial complex.

In some Iowa churches, the Sunday offering supports the prison industrial complex. sojo.net/magazine/jun...

5 Imperatives for Seminaries Under Authoritarianism Students are leading the way when it comes to prophetic critique of the Trump administration. Will seminaries follow?

"I offer five imperatives for Christian institutions that say they are committed to faithfully living as sites of moral formation and theological instruction." sojo.net/articles/opi...

Why Does Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Love the Phrase “Common Sense”? The adage “follow the money” may apply.

"Is Kennedy driven by common sense or just dollars and cents?" sojo.net/magazine/aug...

The Radical Power of Lament Lament makes room for a group or a person to grieve what ought rightly to be grieved.

"When words fail, lament helps those who’ve endured suffering express their pain, sorrow, and grief." sojo.net/articles/rad...

Is a Contemplative Life Still Possible? Nearly 50 years after his death, Thomas Merton inspires a letter to a young man.

"You wanted to know whether it is possible for you. Which is to say, you know something about how difficult is it to become yourself in this world." sojo.net/articles/con...

Martin Luther’s ‘Dream’ Church? It Wasn’t in Europe Luther launched the Protestant Reformation in 1517, but he began that year fascinated with Ethiopian Christianity.

Luther launched the Protestant Reformation in 1517, but he had begun that year fascinated with Ethiopian Christianity. sojo.net/articles/mar...

11 Dorothy Day Quotes in Remembrance of the Radical, Pacifist Servant of God Day embodied what it meant to put faith into action for social justice, deeply seated in her conviction to serve the poor and vulnerable.

"We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community." sojo.net/articles/cul...

5 Imperatives for Seminaries Under Authoritarianism Students are leading the way when it comes to prophetic critique of the Trump administration. Will seminaries follow?

The world feels increasingly precarious, and various crises are compounding and multiplying. What moral responsibility do religious institutions—especially seminaries—have at this time? sojo.net/articles/opi...

What Will We Risk To Defy Unjust Immigration Orders? In the late 19th century, Chinese Christians joined other migrants in defying government orders, even at threat of deportation. Will we have the same courage?

"In this anxious moment, I find it helpful to remember a similar era from the late 19th century, a time when Chinese migrants, under threat of mass deportation, collectively resisted with one of the greatest instances of civil disobedience in U.S. history." sojo.net/articles/opi...

Why Does Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Love the Phrase “Common Sense”? The adage “follow the money” may apply.

The adage “follow the money” may apply, writes Julie Polter. sojo.net/magazine/aug...