Sojourners Magazine: January 2020
“What I thought was beautification was actually a form of erasing myself—replacing my dark brown hair, my brown skin, my brown eyes, and my flat nose with white features. Over time, I recognized that this was both a theological and an ethical issue: valuing whiteness over brownness where God meant for us to see ourselves as equals.”
Features
My theology says brown skin is beautiful, but my Pinterest page said otherwise.
"If Jesus were here today, he'd probably be shutting off a pipeline," said one activist.
Jesus is that great voice of otherwise, who saw the contradictions of the gospel to the Roman Empire and who acted out an alternative.
Voices
In times of great polarization, we must look to moral visions that unite Americans around a bigger story of us.
To expand the use of fossil fuels in the context of the climate crisis is an immoral and even criminal act.
Record-breaking profits roll in from weapons "drenched in innocent blood."
Sponsorship programs for asylum seekers fight back against the Trump administration's violent and inhumane policies.
“My most potent times of worship have happened while locked arm in arm with Jesus followers.”
What message is the U.S. sending by defying the basic principle of supporting those who face serious persecution based on their faith?
Vision
Living Undocumented follows people whose greatest crime was to believe in the American dream.
HBO's Gentleman Jack focuses on Lister's desire to find a wife and marry her in the eyes of God.
The emotions of The Farewell may be universal but the specific cultural scripts belong to each of us.
A review of I Was Hungry: Cultivating Common Ground to End an American Crisis, by Jeremy K. Everett.
A poem.
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle A.
Funny business by Ed Spivey Jr.
Amazonians to the Church: Not Everything Is For Sale
At the synod in Rome, Indigenous communities challenged the Catholic Church to confront the mechanisms of destruction.