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Sojourners Magazine: June 2026

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A Christian response to America’s 250th birthday. Go deeper by using these questions recommended by our editors.

Features

The church has often amplified the worst American lies. How can we get to a better, more honest future?
by
Jemar Tisby
Magazine
Features
What is your prayer for our nation as it celebrates 250 years? Here’s a place to start.
by
Julia Alvarez, Randy Woodley, Simran Jeet Singh, M Jade Kaiser, Sandy Ovalle, Lydia Wylie-Kellermann, Isaac S. Villegas, Timothy Peoples, Julian Davis Reid, Daisy Khan, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, Kat Armas, James Martin, SJ
It’s liberating to let go of hubris.
by
Kenji Kuramitsu

Voices

Voices
Mobilizing Hope
Voting and participating in elections is vital, but we can do something more.
Voices
From The Editors
Sojourners’ response to “America 250.”
by Betsy Shirley
Voices
Commentary
Instead of sparklers and flags, I’ll tell an older story.
by
Lisa A. Dellinger
Lessons for the United States from the biblical Babylon saga.
by
Richard T. Hughes
Voices
Columns
Thankfully, God has provided us with help for the physical terror the planet is about to unleash. Will we utilize it?
by
Bill McKibben
Weaving a tapestry of belonging in the United States will demand something different from each of us.
by
José Humphreys III
Voices
Eyewitness
When we’re so adjusted to injustice, truth can appear very violent.
by
Peter Ahn

Vision

Vision
Culture
A new hymn for the United States’ 250th anniversary.
by
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
The United States of Robert Altman’s ‘Nashville’ feels familiar.
by
Sergio Lopez
Doug Wilson wants no flags in church. I used to agree with him.
by
Darren Saint-Ulysse
Vision
Books
In ‘All We Say,’ a former Obama speechwriter shares 15 speeches that defined America for better and worse.
by
Jenna Barnett
Three culture recommendations from our editors.
by
The Editors
In ‘Make Your Home in This Luminous Dark,’ James K.A. Smith shows how the “mystical path of unknowing” can lead to a felt sense of God’s love.
by
Sarah James
Vision
Poetry
A prayer.
by
Edwidge Danticat
Vision
Living The Word
June reflections on scripture from the ‘Revised Common Lectionary,’ Cycle A.
by
Kyndall Rae Rothaus
Vision
H'rumphs
Is it too late for England to take us back?
by
Ed Spivey Jr.