New & Noteworthy: Black Psalms, Spiritual Timekeeping, and More

Three culture recommendations from our editors.
A Comanche woman stands in a combat-ready pose with a tomahawk against an assailant in the film 'Prey.'
From Prey (2022)

Divine Justice

A Comanche woman eschews gender norms to protect her tribe from fur trappers and alien warriors in the sci-fi horror film Prey. The movie honors Indigenous culture and offers a compelling, brutal picture of divine justice against colonial powers.
Hulu

Modern Psalms

In Psalms for Black Lives: Reflections for the Work of Liberation, Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes and Andrew Wilkes recontextualize the psalms as blunt candor with coarse edges for today’s walk with God. Their devotions envision a healed world, galvanizing readers to develop a just imagination.
Upper Room Books

It’s About Time

In How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now, James K. A. Smith writes that people of faith should seek to understand our place within time, rather than living outside or above it. As temporal beings, Smith invites spiritual timekeeping.
Brazos Press

This appears in the January 2023 issue of Sojourners