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"Notably, she puts the voices of Black women front and center. Between these general prayers, which include liturgies for Juneteenth and Kwanzaa, Riley weaves wide-ranging meditations."
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A Prayer Book That I Could Not Put Down
Cole Arthur Riley's “Black Liturgies” is gentle, audacious, and refreshing.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Notably, she puts the voices of Black women front and center. Between these general prayers, which include liturgies for Juneteenth and Kwanzaa, Riley weaves wide-ranging meditations."
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26: St. Stephen's Day: Give to the poor all that you don't need.
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Twelve Days of Christmas
26: St. Stephen's Day: Give to the poor all that you don't need.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
26: St. Stephen's Day: Give to the poor all that you don't need.
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These books, selected by Sojourners’ staff members, are just a few of the many titles from the past quarter century that have helped us process that pain into fuel for change.
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The Best Faith and Justice Books of the Century (So Far)
The books that helped shape the church and justice work across the last 25 years.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
These books, selected by Sojourners’ staff members, are just a few of the many titles from the past quarter century that have helped us process that pain into fuel for change.
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"It doesn’t offer the warm and fuzzies, but it does prompt us to take a critical look at the traditions we keep and the facades we wear."
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‘Spencer’ Is the Ultimate I-Won't-Be-Home-for-Christmas Film
Kristen Stewart's Princess Diana brings surrealism and tragedy to the onslaught of royal Christmas movies.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"It doesn’t offer the warm and fuzzies, but it does prompt us to take a critical look at the traditions we keep and the facades we wear."
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"To be in labor is to be completely beyond yourself, given over wholly to another, and the pain of its outworking."
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Do We Dare Beg for the Birth of the Christ Child?
And other terrifying Advent questions from a midwife.
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December 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"To be in labor is to be completely beyond yourself, given over wholly to another, and the pain of its outworking."
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We cannot limit the expanse of Jesus’ miracle to one season. May these words enliven us this season and into the next year.
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24 Christmas Quotes About Faith and Justice
At its core, the Christmas story is radical.
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December 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We cannot limit the expanse of Jesus’ miracle to one season. May these words enliven us this season and into the next year.
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"We must remember that Christmas is a time when we see the power of God at work and can decide how we want to participate in, and witness to, that power."
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The Missing Figurine in Your Nativity Scene
It took me years to realize that there was a character missing from my congregation’s telling of the story.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"We must remember that Christmas is a time when we see the power of God at work and can decide how we want to participate in, and witness to, that power."
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"To receive the Christ Child is to share in who he becomes, to share in his mission. We humbly enter the stable when we break the bread of life in places of despair, embody solidarity with the wounded, live in such a way that hope is not extinguished."
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Christmas Is for the Oppressed
A Palestinian reflection on entering the season of Advent.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"To receive the Christ Child is to share in who he becomes, to share in his mission. We humbly enter the stable when we break the bread of life in places of despair, embody solidarity with the wounded, live in such a way that hope is not extinguished."
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"By night’s end, they would be full of carbs and regret, vowing to play charades next year."
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Politically Polarized Family Attempts White Elephant Gift Exchange
By night’s end, they would be full of carbs and regret, vowing to play charades next year.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"By night’s end, they would be full of carbs and regret, vowing to play charades next year."
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"...Tonight /
a small globe /
is pierced by the Light /
and the center holds."
(Pamela S. Wynn, December 2019)
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a small globe /
is pierced by the Light /
and the center holds."
(Pamela S. Wynn, December 2019)
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Christmas Eve
A poem.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"...Tonight /
a small globe /
is pierced by the Light /
and the center holds."
(Pamela S. Wynn, December 2019)
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a small globe /
is pierced by the Light /
and the center holds."
(Pamela S. Wynn, December 2019)
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"['Just Mercy'] is a valuable lesson in how the law has failed (and continues to fail) people of color and those in poverty."
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Want Films To Watch With Your Family? Start Here
Sure, these films are entertaining, but they also provide gentle onramps for rich spiritual and social justice conversations—with multi-generational appeal. Read the reviews to learn more.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"['Just Mercy'] is a valuable lesson in how the law has failed (and continues to fail) people of color and those in poverty."
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"There is something true and subversive about refusing to forget one’s ancestry while living in a vast sea of assimilating forgetfulness."
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Who Am I?
What genetic ancestry tests can’t tell you about identity
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December 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"There is something true and subversive about refusing to forget one’s ancestry while living in a vast sea of assimilating forgetfulness."
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"The churches putting up these nativities are declaring that they refuse to be complicit in the very same violence that threatened Jesus at his birth."
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Anti-ICE Nativities Are the Reason for the Season
The churches putting up these nativities are declaring that they refuse to be complicit in the very same violence that threatened Jesus at his birth.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"The churches putting up these nativities are declaring that they refuse to be complicit in the very same violence that threatened Jesus at his birth."
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"Every blockade, /
Joseph was stopped and frisked, /
and I was undressed."
(Hima Bindu Thota, December 2025)
Joseph was stopped and frisked, /
and I was undressed."
(Hima Bindu Thota, December 2025)
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"Every blockade, /
Joseph was stopped and frisked, /
and I was undressed."
(Hima Bindu Thota, December 2025)
Joseph was stopped and frisked, /
and I was undressed."
(Hima Bindu Thota, December 2025)
Sure, these films are entertaining, but they also provide gentle onramps for rich spiritual and social justice conversations—with multi-generational appeal.
sojo.net/articles/ser...
sojo.net/articles/ser...
Want Films To Watch With Your Family? Start Here
Sure, these films are entertaining, but they also provide gentle onramps for rich spiritual and social justice conversations—with multi-generational appeal. Read the reviews to learn more.
sojo.net
December 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Sure, these films are entertaining, but they also provide gentle onramps for rich spiritual and social justice conversations—with multi-generational appeal.
sojo.net/articles/ser...
sojo.net/articles/ser...
"Post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh’s whole life was consumed by his Christian faith and how to sanctify the secular."
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Glimpses of God Outside the Temple
The spiritual vision of Vincent Van Gogh, Georgia O'Keefe, and Andy Warhol.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh’s whole life was consumed by his Christian faith and how to sanctify the secular."
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"In a country where white Christianity has become a weapon of authoritarian violence, anti-ICE nativities re-center the reason for the season: Christ’s humble beginnings amid political violence," writes Emma Cieslik.
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Anti-ICE Nativities Are the Reason for the Season
The churches putting up these nativities are declaring that they refuse to be complicit in the very same violence that threatened Jesus at his birth.
sojo.net
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"In a country where white Christianity has become a weapon of authoritarian violence, anti-ICE nativities re-center the reason for the season: Christ’s humble beginnings amid political violence," writes Emma Cieslik.
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"Stubborn insistence on delight in the face of the 'ruthless furnace of this world' is not just a convenient escape or temporary salve but rather an ontological challenge to the darkness, grief, and sorrow of our world."
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Bethlehem Is Still a Reminder of Joy Amid Grief
For two years, the West Bank city of Bethlehem canceled its Christmas celebration. This year, the festivities resume.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Stubborn insistence on delight in the face of the 'ruthless furnace of this world' is not just a convenient escape or temporary salve but rather an ontological challenge to the darkness, grief, and sorrow of our world."
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"Trump’s actions further ignore that U.S. presidents already have many legal options to address drug trafficking, including inspecting and then ultimately capturing boats suspected of drug smuggling. But the administration has opted to shoot first and ask questions later, with lethal results."
The Cost of Staying Quiet When Murder Becomes Foreign Policy
If every life bears God's image, why are we watching Venezuela in silence?
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December 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"Trump’s actions further ignore that U.S. presidents already have many legal options to address drug trafficking, including inspecting and then ultimately capturing boats suspected of drug smuggling. But the administration has opted to shoot first and ask questions later, with lethal results."
The real point here is that Christmas is what we make of it. For Christians, however, there are some very specific things you can’t do if you want to actually honor and follow the person we celebrate this season.
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Ten Things You Can't Do at Christmas While Following Jesus
Christmas is what we make of it. For Christians, however, there are some very specific things you can’t do if you want to actually honor and follow the person we celebrate this season.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The real point here is that Christmas is what we make of it. For Christians, however, there are some very specific things you can’t do if you want to actually honor and follow the person we celebrate this season.
sojo.net/articles/ten...
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A poem honoring the biblical circumstances of the nativity alongside present-day occupation.
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The Checkpoints
A poem.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A poem honoring the biblical circumstances of the nativity alongside present-day occupation.
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"The Christian population of Bethlehem exemplifies a joy that is neither ignorant nor insensitive to the material realities of genocide and occupation. Instead, they remind us that the only way to defeat injustice is to embrace stubborn joy," writes Elom Tettey-Tamaklo.
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Bethlehem Is Still a Reminder of Joy Amid Grief
For two years, the West Bank city of Bethlehem canceled its Christmas celebration. This year, the festivities resume.
sojo.net
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"The Christian population of Bethlehem exemplifies a joy that is neither ignorant nor insensitive to the material realities of genocide and occupation. Instead, they remind us that the only way to defeat injustice is to embrace stubborn joy," writes Elom Tettey-Tamaklo.
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"Epstein and the culture around him revealed a more insidious instinct: a willingness to overlook sexual abuse if doing so keeps you aligned with those who seem unaccountable."
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Finding the Apostle Paul in the Epstein Files
The Epstein controversy has shown how the rich have trapped themselves in senseless and harmful desires.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Epstein and the culture around him revealed a more insidious instinct: a willingness to overlook sexual abuse if doing so keeps you aligned with those who seem unaccountable."
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Alma Ruth, founder and director of Practice Mercy Foundation, which works with women and children on the Mexican side of the border, told Sojourners the debarment is appalling for everyone working on the frontlines of immigrant care in South Texas.
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DHS Bars Norma Pimentel’s Charity From Federal Funding
The department appeared to cite Catholic Social Teaching while alleging that Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley mismanaged funds in its service of noncitizen immigrants.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Alma Ruth, founder and director of Practice Mercy Foundation, which works with women and children on the Mexican side of the border, told Sojourners the debarment is appalling for everyone working on the frontlines of immigrant care in South Texas.
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"Mary is far more central to the Christian faith than many of us—especially in Protestantism—are willing to admit."
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Mary Casts Down Pete Hegseth’s False God
This Advent, celebrate the old-fashioned way: cast down the mighty.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"Mary is far more central to the Christian faith than many of us—especially in Protestantism—are willing to admit."
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