Sojourners Magazine: December 2023
Advent is often a busy time for Christians as we prepare for the commemoration of Jesus’ birth. But the nativity story is replete with theological, familial, and political lessons about rest. How can we intentionally slow down this holiday season, in hopes of yielding the fruits of rest?
Features
Five suggestions for stillness despite the busyness of the season.
Christian ministries and other organizations are helping teen parents carve out a space where they can be ‘fully mom and fully teenager.’
Voices
“It is profoundly significant that Jesus was born not in a secure, two-income household but to an unwed teenage mother.”
For many around the world, especially those being forced from their homes, there is little opportunity for rest this Advent season.
The sort of preparedness that money and stockpiles can’t buy.
How Michael Tabor fights against climate change on his Christmas tree farm.
Vision
Three culture recommendations from our editors.
Good Omens revisits the story of Job, making it come alive in new ways with humor and new characters.
In The Country of the Blind, Andrew Leland reflects on the false binaries of blindness and sightedness.
Amanda Held Opelt's new book explores the lost rituals of grief.
Reckoning With Power by David E. Fitch invites us to reframe how we think about power structures within the church.
A poem
December reflections on scripture from the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle B
Lessons in communicating with your cat via the Holy Spirit.
Charged With “Collectivism, Mutual Aid, and Social Solidarity”
How Georgia’s attorney general indicted Stop Cop City protesters using RICO laws.
Do You Ever Do What You Hate?
There are antidotes to moral exhaustion in a world of complex injustice.