@jbarnett.bsky.social on the startling implications of "Nuremberg" showcasing "both the horror and the love that Nazis were capable of." sojo.net/articles/cul...

"In 'Parable of the Sower', a Baptist minister’s daughter creates a new religion amid a series of environmental and economic disasters, in a place where violence and death are shockingly common." sojo.net/magazine/nov...

Commentary from @oliviabardo.bsky.social on Ben Brooks' "The Greatest Possible Good" and the fallout of a character's self-described "road to Damascus moment", leading to a higher question of how we live out the Gospel.

We must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness. -Colson Whitehead, “The Nickel Boys” (2019) sojo.net/daily-wisdom...

"To that end, [Neil] Datta agrees with ADF International on one point: What happens in Europe may well become a blueprint for other countries." sojo.net/articles/new...

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To welcome and defend children, then, is to turn toward Jesus himself. And to turn away from children—to neglect, starve, or endanger them—is to extend the crucifixion to them, writes Yanan Melo. sojo.net/articles/opi...

"A young and openly queer British woman with a lyrical voice and a heart for Palestine and trans people? This was not the person I’d traditionally expected to make the 'case for Christianity.'" sojo.net/magazine/nov...

"If we are unhappy with the world as it is and want something different, we’re going to have to act differently." sojo.net/articles/opi...

Jesus may have heard words of wisdom from his mother Mary, but she did not help him save the world from damnation, the Vatican said on Tuesday. sojo.net/articles/new...

"I wasn’t interested in the piety of it. I was interested in the honesty of it. I needed to become my real self, which is what all of us are meant to be." sojo.net/articles/cul...

"We are not spirits that are simply housed in bodies. We are our bodies. There can be no spiritual life that does not engage the body." sojo.net/articles/cul...

While tariffs don’t show up in scripture, the biblical prophets regularly decried unjust taxation and economic exploitation. sojo.net/articles/opi...

In light of Trump's calls for an increase in nuclear testing, this 1983 piece from our archives examines the impacts of such testing on indigenous people in the South Pacific and the church's outcry against future efforts. sojo.net/magazine/aug...

"What is good news to the poor except for the end of poverty, a sharing of abundance?" sojo.net/magazine/mar...

"In a conversation often dominated by brash and dogmatic pundits, I found this 'cracked voice' to be uniquely beautiful, curious, and faithful in all its honest wrestling," writes Georgia Coley. sojo.net/magazine/nov...

Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), known in the U.S. for helping overturn Roe v. Wade, sets its eyes on Europe's Digital Services Act. sojo.net/articles/new...

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When I choose to see the good side of things, I’m not being naive. It is strategic and necessary. It is how I’ve learned to survive through everything. -Waymond Wang, “Everything Everywhere All At Once” (2022) sojo.net/daily-wisdom...

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"Recovering from trauma isn’t linear, and it’s never finished. But when we lean on each other, the road is a little easier." sojo.net/magazine/nov...

"If they can do that to me, when I’m dressed in a clergy collar and not on federal property, while the whole world is watching, then what are they doing inside that facility, which immigrant rights advocates describe as a 'black hole.'" sojo.net/articles/opi...

"Jesus says very clearly at the end of the world, we're going to be asked, you know, how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him and welcome him or not?" sojo.net/articles/new...

"If saints through the centuries have noticed God in nature, my suburban walks of gratitude surely 'count' as holy enough. If God made me with ADHD, they must have a plan to meet me in it." sojo.net/articles/adh...

"America is not special. It’s not immune to the problems of collective living. To make yourself sick because you have problems that every collective community of people has makes me think you’re more guilty of hubris than you ought to be." sojo.net/magazine/jun...

Pope Leo offers his strongest rebuke yet against Trump's treatment of migrants in the U.S. sojo.net/articles/new...

"We have rarely witnessed such brutality erupt into public view like it has in Chicago. For me, this is a spiritual emergency, and it means putting our bodies on the line in order to stop deportations," writes @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social

"Bringing our faith to bear upon the political process is an endless endeavor. Choosing leaders is an important step, but only one. There’s much more work to be done." sojo.net/articles/our...

"How is an art-shaped theology relevant to those of us who do not paint (much less paint with Christ’s tears), sculpt, or sing?" Sojourners' Julie Polter interviewed @iamfujimura.bsky.social for this piece from 2021. sojo.net/magazine/feb...

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As we reflect on the impact Dick Cheney had on American life, we look back not only at his actions in the role of U.S. Vice President, but also at his work as Wyoming's congressional representative from 1979 to 1989. sojo.net/articles/opi...

@josinaguess.bsky.social reflects on Ashley M. Jones' latest book "Lullaby for the Grieving" and how changing the way we navigate uncertain terrain can eventually lead to a place of rest. sojo.net/magazine/nov...

"A large segment of Mamdani’s constituents are hungry for a politics that confronts capitalism, not a politics built on sustaining it." sojo.net/articles/opi...

"Churches cannot solve hunger, and trying to—or even just trying to meet urgent local food needs—will monopolize their resources," Adam Buzard said. sojo.net/articles/new...

"But segregation still haunted the church. / For three hundred years you were / a saint-in-waiting, invisible as the poor / of Peru. (Philip C. Kolin, 2018)" sojo.net/magazine/nov...

"If ever the 20th century has been given a key to the secret of wisdom in a crazy world, it is in Francis." (1981) sojo.net/magazine/dec...

"I’m not quite conspiratorial enough to think someone is coordinating a full-scale assault on empathy, but if they were, this is how you’d do it." sojo.net/articles/cul...

Bekah McNeel reports on the increasing pressure placed on churches and food banks to fill the gap of SNAP - and why that model isn't sustainable. sojo.net/articles/new...

"This is a season in which we need some people to give more generously to shore up organizations working to resist and build, while others give their time and talents to offer aid to those who are vulnerable." sojo.net/articles/opi...

"Whether it’s a poem, a prayer, a song, or a friend’s hand reaching out, it is good to know there is a way through." sojo.net/magazine/nov...

"As a society, we make a habit of overlooking and underappreciating those things we deem feminine. So why all this attention on the divine feminine now?" sojo.net/articles/cul...

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When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry person is bread. -Desmond Tutu sojo.net/daily-wisdom...

"It is time to broaden and reclaim a truly pro-family agenda to protect and strengthen all families." sojo.net/articles/wha...

"The Great Mirror of Love sees us fully and calls us beloved." sojo.net/magazine/nov...

How are you shaping your life for spiritual resilience and generosity? sojo.net/magazine/dec...

You must learn to say prayers / that become time travelers, / prayers that can trumpet past / a guilty conscience, past our attics / of guess and superstition. (Fredrick Zydek, 2004) sojo.net/magazine/jun...

"Billing travel as soul care is a thorny rhetorical move." sojo.net/magazine/aug...

"Visual arts offer a new language in which to convey the spiritual and sacred in human experience." sojo.net/magazine/mar...

How do you respond to a 2-year-old who asks you what a soul is? sojo.net/magazine/may...