It Matters
by Matthias Roberts It matters how we do life in this world. This world. Not the next world. Not the world that we are waiting for. This world. The more I pay attention to the...
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Witness the Vote: Matthew 25 Voter Protection Project
Sojourners is launching a series of two webinars to inform faith communities across the country how they can actively love the ones Jesus called “the least of these” on Election Day. The first webinar...
Prayers 4 Peace: Musalaha
by Claire Stewart Reconciliation is something bigger than just people who hate each other and making them friends. It represents the heart of God. – Yoel At the annual Musalaha Summer Camp, this statement...
NoDAPL Is Everywhere
by Andrea Smith (photos of NoDAPL protests by Joe Bursky, Creative Commons license) The proposed Dakota Access Pipeline that is currently the center of the Indigenous struggle was previously scheduled to be built near...
G.I. Joe Is the New Barbie
by Mandy Smith “At what point do our cultural norms prevent both men and women from becoming the fully human persons God intended them to be?” Gordon Fee Much has been written about the...
How Then Shall We Respond?
by Micky ScottBey Jones What has been the response from various churches to the Indigenous-led protection of water at Standing Rock and opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline (#NoDAPL)? A few denominations have issued...
9 Reasons Christians Fail to Love Their Neighbors
by Karen Wilk I think we would all agree that when it comes to understanding God’s mission, God’s people and even Godself, context matters. If we agree with this assertion, then it follows that...
Just Vision: Films to Help Us See
by Claire Stewart What happens when local role models lead unarmed movements and demonstrate to the world what is possible when grassroots leaders choose to act? This is the story that Just Vision seeks...
Protecting the Water at Standing Rock
by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel “We are alive…. We are alive…. We are alive.” This was the first thing we heard when we arrived at the Water Protectors camp established by the Standing Rock Sioux...
Please Don’t Talk About My School Like That
by Abby Norman “Oh! What part of town do you live in?” It’s the get-to-know-you question that I love—and also the one I am learning to avoid. I have lived in Atlanta for the...
Heroes or Neighbors?
by Aimee Fritz “So what does this have to do with refugees?” I asked my kids at breakfast. “I don’t know. Maybe the naked part?” my son offered. “He’s naked? That’s what ‘stripped him...
