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.
The Pompeo commission is at odds with Jesus' radically egalitarian teachings.
Immoral legislation calls for dignified rage.
Religious pluralism can deepen solutions and build partnerships for justice.
Vision
Her performance is a powerful inversion of expectations for Asian women in America.
"Savior theology" goes hand in hand with racist thought.
A review of Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland, by Jonathan M. Metzl
A review of American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time, selected and introduced by Tracy K. Smith
A poem.
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C.
Funny business by Ed Spivey Jr.
Will Churches Stand With Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women?
Breaking the silence begins with saying their names.