Sojourners Magazine: November 2019
When Jesus said "love your neighbor," he called us to get outside of our tribal pathways and listen to lives of those whose pathways have been so different from ours. But too often we are limited in loving our neighbor by our narrow pathways of the "neighbors" around us, our people, those we consider "us."
Features
Wade Mullen uncovers the strategies that perpetrators—and their churches—use to silence victims.
Voices
Howard Thurman is a balm for the soul of our nation.
The Christian virtue of humility recognizes that our talents can be used for the greater good.
Breaking the silence begins with saying their names.
The Pompeo commission is at odds with Jesus' radically egalitarian teachings.
Religious pluralism can deepen solutions and build partnerships for justice.
Immoral legislation calls for dignified rage.
Vision
"Savior theology" goes hand in hand with racist thought.
Her performance is a powerful inversion of expectations for Asian women in America.
A review of American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time, selected and introduced by Tracy K. Smith
A review of Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland, by Jonathan M. Metzl
A poem.
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C.
Funny business by Ed Spivey Jr.
How Reparations Help Fix the Mess We Inherited
Making restitution is our generation’s task.