Sojourners Magazine: February 2020
Plastics are versatile and convenient—and killing us, physically and spiritually. As people of faith, we need to reclaim life in a disposable culture.
Features
Our unwillingness to think beyond current political structures is a failure of Christian imagination, say Jesus-loving anarchists.
How early cinema nativism led an Asian American actor to success—and how the church helped crash his career.
Voices
Going back to Jesus is the best way forward.
“While writing our resolutions, we shouldn’t forget to ask ourselves where God is in all of this, and keep creating.”
Your local bank branch is turning your money into carbon.
Vision
Rian Johnson's lifting up of the least of these is what makes this movie valuable now.
To understand the white working class, look beyond Hillbilly Elegy.
“Letters connect us to the past and future, soldering people together across time and space.”
A review of Shaking the Gates of Hell: Faith-Led Resistance to Corporate Globalization, Second Edition, by Sharon Delgado.
A conversation with Matthias Roberts, author of Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms.
A poem.
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle A.
Funny business by Ed Spivey Jr.
Chicago Teachers Strike to Uplift Their Students
Strong schools need strong unions.