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"God is not distant from creation but moves in deep harmony with the land and Indigenous people."
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Nine Bible Verses About Indigenous People and Land Rights
God has always cared about the stories and lived experiences of Indigenous people.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"God is not distant from creation but moves in deep harmony with the land and Indigenous people."
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"We hear a lot about gratitude as both spiritual practice and a boost to our mental health. But I confess: Lately I’ve caught myself asking what, exactly, is there to be so thankful for?"
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When Giving Thanks Feels Hard
Gratitude reminds us that a better world is possible.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"We hear a lot about gratitude as both spiritual practice and a boost to our mental health. But I confess: Lately I’ve caught myself asking what, exactly, is there to be so thankful for?"
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The order would apply to about 233,000 refugees who entered between Jan. 20, 2021 and Feb. 20, 2025, according to the memo signed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joe Edlow.
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Trump To Reopen Cases of Thousands of Already-Admitted Refugees
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November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The order would apply to about 233,000 refugees who entered between Jan. 20, 2021 and Feb. 20, 2025, according to the memo signed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joe Edlow.
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"Did you hear the sap from the trunk? /
Did you see the tree cough its oxygen? /
The stomata, like quartz in a desert on a tree."
(Steve Smock, 1992)
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Did you see the tree cough its oxygen? /
The stomata, like quartz in a desert on a tree."
(Steve Smock, 1992)
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Painting a Canvas
A poem
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November 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"Did you hear the sap from the trunk? /
Did you see the tree cough its oxygen? /
The stomata, like quartz in a desert on a tree."
(Steve Smock, 1992)
sojo.net/magazine/may...
Did you see the tree cough its oxygen? /
The stomata, like quartz in a desert on a tree."
(Steve Smock, 1992)
sojo.net/magazine/may...
"On a personal level, though, what might decolonization look like?" (2019)
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Engaging in the Hard Work of Community This Thanksgiving
When we say we are already decolonized, we are neglecting the seriousness of the journey toward decolonizing in all its complexities.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"On a personal level, though, what might decolonization look like?" (2019)
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"Our task is to bring the rich resources of our tradition to life in ways that liberate our neighbors rather than feed our worst tendencies," writes Michael Woolf.
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Amid Immigration Cruelty, ‘Stranger Things’ Feels Like a Modern-Day Parable
As a pastor in Chicago, watching federal agents sow mistrust and harm children no longer seems like a sci-fi nostalgia trip,
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November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Our task is to bring the rich resources of our tradition to life in ways that liberate our neighbors rather than feed our worst tendencies," writes Michael Woolf.
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"What we’re seeing here is a sort of trickle-down morality, where the vices of wealthy and powerful people start to mutate the consciences of everyone else," writes Tyler Huckabee.
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Finding the Apostle Paul in the Epstein Files
The Epstein controversy has shown how the rich have trapped themselves in senseless and harmful desires.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"What we’re seeing here is a sort of trickle-down morality, where the vices of wealthy and powerful people start to mutate the consciences of everyone else," writes Tyler Huckabee.
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"To that end, Johnson—who grew up evangelical but drifted away from faith later in adulthood—says 'Wake Up Dead Man' is his most personal film yet."
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‘Wake Up, Dead Man’ Takes Benoit Blanc to Church
Rian Johnson's new ‘Knives Out’ movie finds Daniel Craig’s detective getting caught up in a battle for the soul of the Christian faith.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"To that end, Johnson—who grew up evangelical but drifted away from faith later in adulthood—says 'Wake Up Dead Man' is his most personal film yet."
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered a broad review of all refugees who entered under former President Joe Biden.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered a broad review of all refugees who entered under former President Joe Biden.
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It's hard when the people we love hold beliefs we don't share, especially if we find those beliefs harmful or offensive. These articles offer some advice on how listen, talk, and navigate boundaries.
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Disagree With Your Family About Faith and Politics? These Articles Are for You
It's hard when the people we love hold beliefs we don't share, especially if we find those beliefs harmful or offensive. These articles offer some advice on how listen, talk, and navigate boundaries.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It's hard when the people we love hold beliefs we don't share, especially if we find those beliefs harmful or offensive. These articles offer some advice on how listen, talk, and navigate boundaries.
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"Horror is just a color on a color palette that I can use to paint a story; it’s a great strength of Christian art over the years that they’ve been able to depict what’s at stake."
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Unto Us a Scary Child Is Born
‘The Carpenter’s Son,’ a new Nicolas Cage horror movie, uses the apocryphal ‘Infancy Gospel of Thomas’ as inspiration.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Horror is just a color on a color palette that I can use to paint a story; it’s a great strength of Christian art over the years that they’ve been able to depict what’s at stake."
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My article on Wake Up Dead Man is live at @sojo.net! I have been completely annoying about this movie to people for the last two weeks, so read my piece to find out why.
‘Wake Up, Dead Man’ Takes Benoit Blanc to Church
Rian Johnson's new ‘Knives Out’ movie finds Daniel Craig’s detective getting caught up in a battle for the soul of the Christian faith.
sojo.net
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My article on Wake Up Dead Man is live at @sojo.net! I have been completely annoying about this movie to people for the last two weeks, so read my piece to find out why.
Gratitude is a muscle that especially needs to be strengthened in times of duress, writes Adam Russell Taylor.
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When Giving Thanks Feels Hard
Gratitude reminds us that a better world is possible.
sojo.net
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Gratitude is a muscle that especially needs to be strengthened in times of duress, writes Adam Russell Taylor.
sojo.net/magazine/dec...
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"We rejoice when captives are freed. But the 'pacification' of Gaza is not the same as God’s shalom."
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From the Editors: Advent Is a Season of Waiting
An introduction to the December 2025 issue of 'Sojourners.'
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November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"We rejoice when captives are freed. But the 'pacification' of Gaza is not the same as God’s shalom."
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"In biblical times, modern times, and Ozian times, people don’t like to be told that they need to change their ways."
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In ‘Wicked’ and the Bible, Prophets Are Scorned for Truth-Telling
Both Elijah and Elphaba are empowered by their strong conviction of what is right and just, even when it ostracizes them.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"In biblical times, modern times, and Ozian times, people don’t like to be told that they need to change their ways."
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"Many of these prayers grapple with what it means to give thanks for God’s abundance in a world that fails to share that abundance equally, on a holiday that is a painful reminder of how poorly European Christian settlers repaid Indigenous hospitality."
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9 Thanksgiving Prayers and Blessings for a More Just World
Need a prayer to offer around the table before the meal? Here you go.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Many of these prayers grapple with what it means to give thanks for God’s abundance in a world that fails to share that abundance equally, on a holiday that is a painful reminder of how poorly European Christian settlers repaid Indigenous hospitality."
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"In communities of faith, abuse often stems from toxic theology that asserts male power, dominance, and authority over women, though domestic violence happens to all people and all genders, in both heterosexual and LGBTQ relationships."
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Here's How Your Church Can Help Survivors of Domestic Violence
Practical ways faith communities can recognize and prevent domestic violence while supporting those experiencing it.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"In communities of faith, abuse often stems from toxic theology that asserts male power, dominance, and authority over women, though domestic violence happens to all people and all genders, in both heterosexual and LGBTQ relationships."
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"Looking at images of bombed-out apartment blocks and plumes of black smoke rising across Ukraine, my thoughts turned to the land."
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During War, the Land Weeps
Despite all the ways we have neglected and terrorized the land, she still loves us and rises up to care for us.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"Looking at images of bombed-out apartment blocks and plumes of black smoke rising across Ukraine, my thoughts turned to the land."
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Zachary Lee interviews Lofty Nathan, the director of ‘The Carpenter’s Son,’ a new Nicolas Cage horror movie that uses the apocryphal ‘Infancy Gospel of Thomas’ as inspiration.
sojo.net/articles/cul...
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Unto Us a Scary Child Is Born
‘The Carpenter’s Son,’ a new Nicolas Cage horror movie, uses the apocryphal ‘Infancy Gospel of Thomas’ as inspiration.
sojo.net
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Zachary Lee interviews Lofty Nathan, the director of ‘The Carpenter’s Son,’ a new Nicolas Cage horror movie that uses the apocryphal ‘Infancy Gospel of Thomas’ as inspiration.
sojo.net/articles/cul...
sojo.net/articles/cul...
"In a choreography of liberation movements that privileges broad, bold gestures, it was the quiet, yet courageous, refusal of Shiphrah and Puah that paved the way toward freedom."
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Holy Resistance Isn’t Just For History’s Winners
The Hebrew midwives’ silent refusal to obey pharaoh provides a model for resistance today.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"In a choreography of liberation movements that privileges broad, bold gestures, it was the quiet, yet courageous, refusal of Shiphrah and Puah that paved the way toward freedom."
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Thank you for this powerful tracing of the intellectual lineage of @sojo.net. It is one of the great honors and educations of my life to walk with the Sojourners community and to meet and talk with Dr. Vincent Harding there. Bless you for this important work 🙏🏽
Sojourners’ Christian racial-justice work drew on voices like Lisa Sharon Harper (@lisasharper.bsky.social), Vincent Harding, and Rose Marie Berger (@rmberger.bsky.social), who wrote about civil rights legacies, policing, and global anti-racism struggles.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thank you for this powerful tracing of the intellectual lineage of @sojo.net. It is one of the great honors and educations of my life to walk with the Sojourners community and to meet and talk with Dr. Vincent Harding there. Bless you for this important work 🙏🏽
"It’s unjust and counterproductive that our country has such uneven access to affordable child care for children during their most formative years."
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Does the United States Disregard the Health of Its Children?
The church could be a game changer in ensuring that every child in the U.S. is able to get the best start in life.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"It’s unjust and counterproductive that our country has such uneven access to affordable child care for children during their most formative years."
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I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. -C. S. Lewis
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The Latest Issue of Verse & Voice
Today's verse, voice, and prayer to inspire your day.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. -C. S. Lewis
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