Sojourners Magazine: April 2024
A “sliver of reparations” for an erased Black neighborhood in Athens, Georgia gives us a glimpse of what real redress might look like.
Features
How a local group is raising funds for the erased community of Linnentown, Georgia.
How my fellow inmate got trapped in an American immigration nightmare.
How the humor and honesty of a 16th-century Spanish nun helped me trust God.
Voices
Unhip virtues are also a part of discipleship, even if they aren't trendy.
Following Jesus in his joyful mission of liberation for all.
After 27 years of global climate talks, politicians at COP28 finally named the elephant in the atmosphere.
Our personal formation depends on how we hold grief and journey with it.
To gain asylum in the U.S., migrants have to use a complicated app to get individual appointments, often splitting up families.
Vision
Three culture recommendations from our editors.
On the rare media depictions of religious parents embracing their children's queerness.
In The Zone of Interest, a Nazi commandant and his family live a seemingly normal life — next door to Auschwitz.
I put the chatbot on the “Southern Baptist” setting and braced for the worst.
Eric A. Seibert offers ways for church leaders to retell biblical stories to imagine a nonviolent outcome.
The Quickening is a book for anyone who can’t find easy answers to these questions.
A poem.
April reflections on scripture from the Common Revised Lectionary (Cycle B).
Becoming a passive energy producer costs nothing if you play your cards right.
Poverty Is a Policy Choice
Your tax breakdown: $2,300 for the military and weapons; $10 for homelessness assistance programs.
Can Multiracial Democracy Survive?
Racial justice and pro-democracy advocates share a common agenda.