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Sojourners Magazine: September-October 2025

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In Gaza, Israel uses water as a weapon of war.

Features

Israel has turned God’s most essential provision into a weapon.
by
Mae Elise Cannon, Ben Norquist
Magazine
Features
And other thoughts from a previously unpublished interview with Walter Brueggemann.
by
Jim Rice
When a retired pastor gives away her inherited farmland, is it gift or reparations?
by
Martha Park
With humor and hope, Brueggemann saw the world that could be.
by
Julie Polter

Voices

Voices
Mobilizing Hope
As the recently departed Walter Brueggemann put it, “a new world is coming into being.”
Voices
From The Editors
An introduction to the September-October 2025 issue of ‘Sojourners.’
by The Editors
Voices
Commentary
Now is the time to learn how to demand your rights.
by
Kim Musheno
When Liberian women started praying, they toppled a dictator. Maybe we can learn from that.
by
Sarah Sanderson
Voices
Columns
“This is why some people don’t want peace: they make more money from war.”
by
Rose Marie Berger
I still go, even though it’s often easier to join like-minded people beyond church walls.
by
Liuan Huska
Voices
Eyewitness
The complex reality a photojournalist wants you to see in Kashmir.
by
Faisal Bashir

Vision

Vision
Culture
Three culture recommendations from our editors.
by
The Editors
From indigo to periwinkle, Imani Perry’s ‘Black in Blues’ shows the cultural diversity of Africa and Afro-diasporic peoples.
by
Jeania Ree V. Moore
What better time to remember the words of the “prince of paradox” than during a kid’s movie about a dragon slayer who becomes a dragon friend?
by
Zachary Lee
Vision
Books
Megan Giddings’ ‘Meet Me at the Crossroads’ explores mystery by way of seven “uncontrollable, unkillable and unknowable” doors.
by
Ezra Craker
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
by
Sarah James
But before the Palestinian American author could write ‘The Hollow Half,’ she had to come back to life.
by
Greta Lapp Klassen
Vision
Poetry
A poem.
by
Alexa Mergen
Vision
Living The Word
September reflections on scripture passages from the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C.
by
Dong Hyeon Jeong
October reflections on scripture from the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C.
by
Dong Hyeon Jeong
Vision
H'rumphs
The good news is, any moment now we should start laughing.
by
Ed Spivey Jr.