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Sojourners Magazine: May 2026

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Dementia and the persistence of God’s love.

Features

What my mother-in-law’s dementia is teaching me about God’s love.
by
Josina Guess
Magazine
Features
As the Christian Reformed Church hardened its theology about sexuality, many of its congregations were forced to reevaluate their long-standing denominational ties. Here’s what happened next.
by
Ethan Meyers
How writing to a person who was incarcerated gave my entire family a “life-changing friend.”
by
Judah R. Lopez

Voices

Voices
Tell It Slant
Parsing the policies that can hurt children or help them.
by Julie Polter
Voices
From The Editors
“The Spirit still finds ways to speak when words alone are not enough.”
by The Editors
Voices
Commentary
Connecting the story of Pentecost to the power of embodied worship in the Black Church.
by
Stuart C. Lord
Most politicians are comfortable debating if a war meets certain criteria for legitimacy. But there is a better framework for deciding moral action.
by
Eli S. McCarthy
Voices
Columns
Pay attention to the wisdom and witness of the Catholic sisters who approach our political context from a contemplative stance.
by
Rose Marie Berger
The United States hasn’t lived up to its ideals, but there is one “American Christian value” that I am still trying to pursue.
by
Liuan Huska
Voices
Eyewitness
As a doula and photographer, I want Black and brown mothers to be seen and heard.
by
Brianna Trammell

Vision

Vision
Culture
10 years after an environmental disaster in Colorado, Diné anthropologist Teresa Montoya is still taking photographs that motivate change.
by
Cassidy Klein
The new psychological horror film has much in common with ‘The Great Divorce.’
by
Abby Olcese
Three culture recommendations from our editors.
by
The Editors
Vision
Books
‘Revealing’ offers wisdom for our relational “disclosure dilemmas.”
by
Liz Cooledge Jenkins
Caro Claire Burke’s debut novel ‘Yesteryear’ reveals the state of feminism under capitalism.
by
Greta Lapp Klassen
In Gary Paul Nabhan’s ‘Water in the Desert,’ life is an ecotone.
by
Avery Davis Lamb
Vision
Poetry
A poem.
by
Adegboyega Kayowa
Vision
Living The Word
May reflections on scripture from the ‘Revised Common Lectionary,’ Cycle A.
by
Kyndall Rae Rothaus
Vision
H'rumphs
Leaving MAGA? Here are three Kid Rock-free steps toward repentance.
by
Jenna Barnett