Sojourners Magazine: July 2019
For $99 you can scrape your cheek with a swab and mail it to a company for analysis...but what can DNA testing really tell you about identity?
Features
When sexual abuse occurred in their church, Rev. Heidi Hankel and her congregation refused to let it stay hidden.
Voices
We have a new logo and color scheme, but our commitment to social justice remains as strong as ever.
We moved together from bondage into mutuality.
When theological language fails us, we must take up a form of spiritual activism.
Why I'm only reading books by black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and other authors of color.
Rev. Ann Sullivan on the wildfires that destroyed Paradise, Calif.
Vision
Talking race, faith, and dance with the first black principal ballerina of the Houston Ballet.
Spike Lee's masterpiece on racism and community would go on to inspire a wave of filmmakers of color.
A review of ‘Modern Kinship: A Queer Guide to Christian Marriage,’ by David and Constantino Khalaf.
A review of ‘Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness,’ by Jennifer Berry Hawes
A poem.
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C
Funny business by Ed Spivey Jr.
The Green New Deal’s Power Comes from the Grassroots
Climate action doesn’t rely on Congress.