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Sojourners Magazine: July 2019

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For $99 you can scrape your cheek with a swab and mail it to a company for analysis...but what can DNA testing really tell you about identity?

Features

What genetic ancestry tests can’t tell you about identity

by
Daniel José Camacho
Magazine
Features

When sexual abuse occurred in their church, Rev. Heidi Hankel and her congregation refused to let it stay hidden.

by
Jenna Barnett

Ten ways God's peculiar hope keeps fear from overpowering us.

by
Walter Brueggemann

Voices

Voices
Hearts & Minds

We have a new logo and color scheme, but our commitment to social justice remains as strong as ever.

Founder and Ambassador
Voices
From The Editors

About our new look.

by Jim Rice
Voices
Commentary

We moved together from bondage into mutuality.

by
Joshua Grace

Climate action doesn’t rely on Congress.

by
Alexandra Tempus

We need fierce advocacy.

by
Kaitlyn Schiess
Voices
Columns

When theological language fails us, we must take up a form of spiritual activism.

by
Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros

Why I'm only reading books by black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and other authors of color.

by
Jeania Ree V. Moore

Don’t blame God for the steadily rising waters.

by
Bill McKibben
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Eyewitness

Rev. Ann Sullivan on the wildfires that destroyed Paradise, Calif.

by
Ann Sullivan

Vision

Vision
Culture

Three July culture recommendations from our editors.

by
The Editors

We need art not for its politics, but for its freedom.

by
Faith-Marie Zamblé

Talking race, faith, and dance with the first black principal ballerina of the Houston Ballet.

by
Ronya-Lee Anderson

Spike Lee's masterpiece on racism and community would go on to inspire a wave of filmmakers of color.

by
Abby Olcese
Vision
Books

A review of ‘Reaching Forever: Poems,’ by Philip C. Kolin.

by
Lou Ella Hickman

A review of ‘Modern Kinship: A Queer Guide to Christian Marriage,’ by David and Constantino Khalaf.

by
Da’Shawn Mosley

A review of ‘Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness,’ by Jennifer Berry Hawes

by
Josina Guess
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Poetry

A poem.

by
Richard Schiffman
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Living The Word

Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C

by
Kenyatta R. Gilbert
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H'rumphs

Funny business by Ed Spivey Jr.

by
Ed Spivey Jr.