Sojourners Magazine: December 2024
Great with child, Mary’s body begged for the birth of the Christ child. But can we?
Features
And other terrifying Advent questions from a midwife.
Most communion bread is made in a factory. How did the process lose the human touch?
How what’s happening in the Armenian community speaks to the broader struggle of living under Israeli occupation in East Jerusalem and beyond.
Voices
So I went on a five-day silent retreat.
Applying “beginner’s mind” helped me with my mother’s cancer diagnosis. I want to approach the next four years the same way.
Vision
Three culture recommendations from our editors.
Insights from Despicable Me 4, IF, Inside Out 2, and Harold and the Purple Crayon.
In Strange Religion, Nijay K. Gupta explores how the early church was weird, dangerous, and compelling.
Jason Pargin’s I’m Starting To Worry About This Black Box of Doom is a parable of the dangers of the information age.
A poem.
December reflections on scripture from the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C.
Jesus did a lot when he was 33. Maybe I’ll do a little.
The New Nicaragua
First Daniel Ortega came for the Catholics. Now he’s after the Protestants.
To the Israeli Soldier Who Murdered Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi
I covered war for a long time. I know, even if you do not, what comes next.