Sojourners Magazine: April 2022
Disability rights sit-ins in the 1970s educated America and launched a civil rights movement. At the 45th anniversary, the church still lags behind.
Features
45 years ago, a nonviolent occupation by disability rights activists sparked a movement. It’s time for the church to get on board.
People of faith are resurrecting their stories—one plaque at a time.
Voices
When the Washington Football Team announced its new name in February, some longtime activists were less than impressed.
Digging into history can surface painful realities, but it can also be an engine of creativity for today.
Blockchain can allow us to imagine and build more transparent, democratic, and equitable systems.
I’ve started putting quotation marks around the “our” when I think about “our” land.
“We want to recognize how you have blessed Bandit and how Bandit has blessed you.”
Vision
Joachim Trier’s film explores the subtle changes of the soul and the experiences that define us all.
A few weeks of rest (and screaming into the void) put me back in touch with my creative spark.
The Green Knight puts a magnifying glass to our natural responses to truth, while The Power of the Dog articulates our tendencies to flee from the truths that will expose us.
Ocean Vuong's Time Is a Mother reaches for the depths of what was lost.
An excerpt from Forever In Thy Path: The God of Black Liberation.
A poem.
April reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C.
Is an enormous warehouse full of good-enough furniture really equipped to explain a sensitive theological process? (Spoiler alert: No).
To Love Our Jewish Neighbors Better, We Need to Know Them Better
Why do Christians perpetuate negative stereotypes of Jewish religious life?