Sojourners Magazine: December 2019
Around the world, visual artists are transforming objects "created for evil" into works of beauty and power.
Features
Four artists who chose to turn trauma into sights to behold.
Though it's touted as a solution to our economic woes, universal basic income is a distraction from what workers need most.
"Everyone is welcome to bring their own traditions; only sexism, racism, homophobia, and other forms of exclusion are off the table."
Voices
Jesus’ birth was an event destined to radically transform the earth with the kingdom of God.
The Anglican Church of Canada models restitution to Indigenous communities.
The moment to decide how we will respond to climate change is now.
Vision
James Turrell's installations limit what viewers see, creating opportunity for beauty and chaos.
Honoring the poet who always left space for grace to flow.
Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life provokes difficult questions, doubt, and belief.
A review of The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe, by Richard Rohr.
A review of The Adjunct Underclass: How America’s Colleges Betrayed Their Faculty, Their Students, and Their Mission, by Herb Childress.
A review of Soul Space: Creating Places and Lives that Make a Difference, by Linda Lawrence Hunt
A poem.
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle A.
Funny business by Ed Spivey Jr.
Mary’s Song of Sanctuary
The Magnificat is a call to action.