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Sojourners Magazine: July 2021

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Time for a new paradigm in Palestine/Israel? Why settlements have made a two-state solution impossible.

Features

Is the Two-State Solution Obsolete?

Israeli settlements have made a viable Palestinian state impossible. Finding a new path to peace in the Middle East.

by

Jonathan Kuttab

Magazine

Features

Tips for the Wayward Meditator

You don’t even have to be good at it.

by

Julia Alvarez

A worker hands a bag of groceries to a woman at La Casa in Mt. Pleasant, Washington, DC.

How To Give Away Your Church—and Fight Gentrification at the Same Time

The process of giving away La Casa was both highly logical and deeply mystical.

by

Amanda Huron

A black and white photo of a family in Palestine.

Imagining Other Possibilities

The untenability of the two-state paradigm necessitates a shift in our thinking.

by

Oriel Eisner

Voices

Hearts & Minds

An illustration of three people holding up a giant gavel that is making a noise.

It Should Not Take so Much To Convict Police

Justice requires transformation.

Jim Wallis

Founder and Ambassador

Voices

From The Editors

An illustration of poet Marianne Chan with her eyes closed and flowers behind her head

From the Editor: July 2021

Israeli settlements have made the two-state approach impossible, and thus made clear the need for a shift in our thinking.

by Jim Rice

Voices

Commentary

Illustration of people holding up stars and colorful building blocks.

What God Has Done and Will Do Through Our Asian American Experience

We are more than inherited doctrines and practices.

by

Easten Law

Paper cut outs of people hold hands, but one in the middle is ripped apart from the others and is falling.

U.S. Children Are in Crisis—Relief Must be Permanent

Emergency relief isn't enough to counter decades of poverty.

by

Starsky Wilson

A wrench used in manual labor creates a shadow of a cross.

There Is Still Power in Unions

For church and labor alike.

by

Heath W. Carter

Voices

Columns

A map is cut out to look like a pac man with chomping, sharp teeth.

‘Black Matters Are Spatial Matters'

Future change begins with present navigation.

by

Jeania Ree V. Moore

A science beaker is engulfed in a flame.

Dismantling Creation and Spreading Disease

Attacks on science are dangerous.

by

Bill McKibben

Voices

Eyewitness

Photo of a gathering of Episcopal leaders outside St. John the Divine Cathedral.

‘I Refuse To Let Hatred Destroy My Faith’

On facing a pandemic of anti-Asian violence.

by

Rt. Rev. Allen K. Shin

Vision

Culture

Parker Millsap sits on a rock in the forest.

Parker Millsap's Folk Music Called Him Inward. It's Calling Us Too

The singer-songwriter finds a great deal of hope in the hymns he grew up with.

by

Chuck Armstrong

In this vintage photo, a bishop of a church stands among Indigenous children, a scene from 'Exterminate All the Brutes.'

The Sin of Shape-Shifting Supremacists

Reclaiming history in Exterminate All the Brutes.

by

Abby Olcese

The cover of Laura Mvula's album is a photo of her dancing among stars and galaxies, and the cover of 'Muslim Writers At Home' is a blue background with a pen.

New & Noteworthy: ‘Pink Noise,’ Muslim Writers, and More

Three culture recommendations from our editors.

by

The Editors

In this Chloe Wise painting, a man is hugging and touching the hand of a person with sterility gloves and purrell hand sanitizer..

A Layer of Sterility

Gallery hopping in a pandemic.

by

Faith-Marie Zamblé

Vision

Books

The cover of 'Borders and Belonging' has a map in the background.

We Are Living in Shouty Times

Amid all this noise, the quiet biblical Book of Ruth has something to say.

by

Julie McGonegal

The cover of 'Living Brave' has a photo of Shannon Dingle and her husband hugging and smiling.

Finding a Way Back to God After Tragedy

An interview with Living Brave author Shannon Dingle.

by

Liuan Huska

Vision

Poetry

Cain's Legacy

A poem.

by

Elisabeth Ivey

Vision

Living The Word

Which Side Are You On?

July reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle B.

by

Isaac S. Villegas

Vision

H'rumphs

Pass Me Anything But the Peace

From our guest humor columnist.

by

Jenna Barnett