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Sojourners Magazine: June 2023

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The Enneagram's potential for building community and creating a more just society.

Features

An illustration of blue disembodied hands pulling white strings in various directions in the shape of the Enneagram symbol. The background is a mixture of bright pastel colors of the rainbow.

Personality type indicators might seem self-centered, but they can be powerful tools for doing justice in our communities.

by
Josiah R. Daniels
Magazine
Features
A comic book illustration of a male superhero in purple tights, a purple cowl, and red gloves. He's holding a woman in his arms in a city park as a police helicopter circles a tower in the background, where an explosion occurs on an upper floor.

We need our superheroes to save those trapped by the injustice of incarceration.

by
Mitchell Atencio

The prophet Zechariah calls people of faith to ‘speak the truth’ in the face of today's injustices.

by
Robert L. Foster

Voices

Voices
Grain of Salt
An illustration of a tan wall decorated with pieces of Palestinian art. From left to right, there's a painting of a woman holding up the Palestine flag behind her, a map of historic Palestine, a framed key, a white tapestry with complex red patterns, etc.

The Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington, D.C., is a space for Palestinians to express the truth of their history and people.

by Jim Rice
Voices
From The Editors
Illustration of Pamela R. Lightsey, a black lesbian Methodist elder. She has a shaved head and is smiling with red lipstick. She wears a black shirt, red earrings, and red bangles with black stripes. She is framed by a rainbow circle and yellow lilies.

Our stories can profoundly influence how we see the world — and make it a more just place.

by The Editors
Voices
Commentary

Religious leaders argue that increased U.S. funding and military presence stoke human rights abuses and regional instability.

by
Eric Stoner

 

The political Zionist movement has little to do with Christianity — and it’s a threat to both democracy and religious freedom.

by
Joe Roos
Voices
Columns

“I’m learning not to let my own views keep me from interacting with another human being whose narratives about the world are so different from my own.”

by
Liuan Huska

A recent survey examines the driving forces underpinning this belief system.

by
Bill McKibben
Voices
Eyewitness

“Trying to strip people's rights is the opposite of love, and the opposite of what Jesus would do.”

by
Sid High

Vision

Vision
Culture
Julie from 'The Eternal Daughter' (Tilda Swinton) is seen from a side profile staring out a window, where you can see her image reflecting in the glass and a view of a forest in the background.

The Eternal Daughter shows us how we can better carry unwelcome burdens.

by
Abby Olcese
Garrett Turner is dressed in a black suit playing an electric guitar as Ike Turner in the musical 'TINA: The Tina Turner Musical.' A black man in a blue suit is playing the keyboard in the background, where both men are flanked by a purple stage curtain.

Actor Garrett Turner on drawing a clear line between himself and the broken man he portrays.

by
Josina Guess
Joel (actor Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (actress Bella Ramsey) from 'The Last of Us' HBO series are standing side by side on the roof of a neglected building with their arms leaning on a brick wall covered in foliage.

From Revelation to The Last of Us, our end-time imaginings can show us who we are — and who we could be.

by
JR. Forasteros
Vision
Books

Beth Moore discusses trauma and suffering with both candor and restraint in her new memoir.

by
Liz Bierly
The cover for the podcast 'Sounds Like A Cult' is cast against a gray-green backdrop. The cover is an illustration of an open human mouth superimposed over a multi-colored background. The podcast's name is in cursive, positioned between the teeth.

Sounds Like A Cult prompts listeners to question what we fanatically follow.

by
Zachary Lee
Rebecca Shearer (actress Sienna Miller) wears a red shirt and brown shorts with a bandana around her neck while leaning against a tree in a forest and looking up to the sky in the 'Extrapolations' Apple TV series.

Three culture recommendations from our editors.

by
The Editors
Vision
Poetry

A poem

by
Elisabeth Ivey
Vision
Living The Word

June reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle A

by
Natalie Wigg-Stevenson
Vision
H'rumphs

How to keep going and become a glorious serotonin vampire.

by
Beth Cooper-Chrismon