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VIDEO: "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
A half a century after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. penned “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” King’s prophetic words continue to reverberate. In “To Redeem the Soul of America” (April 2013), author and historian Vincent G. Harding recounts his time with King and explains how King’s “living letter” impacts each of us today.
Watch this video to learn more about King’s historic letter.
Clergy Response to "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
On Good Friday 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. led a nonviolent march through the streets of Birmingham, Ala., to draw attention to the injustices of segregation. Arrested for marching without a permit, King composed “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in response to eight white ministers who criticized the timing of the civil rights demonstrations. Rebuking the clergymen for not taking a bolder stance against segregation, King declared that “Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”
Spiritual But Not Religious: Oswald Chambers
Modern passages from Oswald Chambers' classic devotional reader "My Utmost for His Highest."
A Pledge of Nonviolence
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This pledge, which draws on one used by Mahatma Gandhi's independence campaign in India, was used in the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1950s and '60s.
Create Your Own Church Sign
Some messages are worth retelling.
AUDIO: Evangelicals for Peace
Take heart! A new generation of evangelicals for peace is on the rise.
VIDEO: The Spiritual Practice of Bread-Making
Spiritual growth through bread-making
VIDEO: Editor vs. Stink Bugs
Watch what happens when stink bugs invade the Sojourners editorial retreat.
Four Reasons to Rethink the Death Penalty
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Sidebar to "Gandalf, Gollum, and the Death Penalty"
VIDEOS: Caroline Herring
"The social justice singer-songwriter of her generation."
Photo of the Month: Room at the Inn?
December 2012 photo of the month
Behold, the Rachel
Rachel Held Evans, in both her guises (photos courtesy of Dan Evans)
An extended interview on biblical womanhood with Rachel Held Evans.
2012 Election Guide: Why Voting Matters
Vote your conscience with Sojourners’ 2012 election guide
Correction
Our June 2012 issue described Rebecca Barrett-Fox, interviewed in “The Face of Hate,” as a former editor of The Journal of Hate Studies; in fact, she is its book review editor, while interviewer Joanie Eppinga is its former editor and current assistant editor. We regret the error.
From the Editors
Even while Occupy Wall Street and the worldwide movement it has helped ignite captured the public’s attention this fall, some observers claimed not to understand what the protests were all about.
Correction
Father Jacek Orzechowski’s name was misspelled in our November 2011 issue. We apologize for the error.
From the Editors
Loving our neighbors is usually easier in the abstract. The members of Heartsong Church, just outside of Memphis, Tennessee, made that love very real last year in a concrete act of welcome. An Islamic faith community was moving in nearby, and their new center wasn’t going to be ready in time for Ramadan. So the members of Heartsong, in a simple act of Christian hospitality, invited their neighbors to use the church building during the Muslim holy month.