Sojourners Magazine: November 2024
Rituals of death and faith along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Features
Monuments that bear witness to the ubiquity of death — and faith — in America’s southwestern borderlands.
Honoring the civil rights activist whose accomplishments spanned from founding Sweet Honey in the Rock to writing an opera of Parable of the Sower.
An interview with social activist Rahiel Tesfamariam on identity, spiritual power, and what it takes to imagine freedom.
Voices
I’ve been in grim awe of the many ways military service is used and twisted in political campaigns.
Christian leaders in our politics should be committed to the truth.
Vision
Three culture recommendations from our editors.
NPR’s Extremely American tries to reckon with the vulnerability created by Christian nationalism’s patriarchal commitments.
In a climate of overstimulation, these films invite viewers to be still.
Jamie Quatro’s Two-Step Devil is a theological thought experiment.
Two authors offer practical ways to advocate for change without depleting our souls in the process.
A poem.
November reflections on scripture from the Revised Common Lectionary (Cycle B).
And speaking of fighting back against autocracy, will barbecue tongs be enough?
Do We Have the Courage To Make the World a Loving Place?
Looking at James Baldwin and Richard Avedon’s 1964 Nothing Personal through a 2024 lens.
How I Resist the Stench of Jim Crow
Voter suppression has again taken hold. But I refuse to lose.