Adam Russell Taylor
@revadamtaylor.bsky.social
President, Sojourners. New book “A More Perfect Union” available now. Passionate social justice advocate & bridge builder. Ordained Baptist minister.
Check out my recent article, "Who Deserves SNAP? Jesus Has a Parable for That” at: sojo.net/articles/opi....
The parable of the Good Samaritan prompts us to move beyond the conversation on whether recipients of benefits like SNAP are deserving and to extend abundant concern and compassion.
The parable of the Good Samaritan prompts us to move beyond the conversation on whether recipients of benefits like SNAP are deserving and to extend abundant concern and compassion.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Check out my recent article, "Who Deserves SNAP? Jesus Has a Parable for That” at: sojo.net/articles/opi....
The parable of the Good Samaritan prompts us to move beyond the conversation on whether recipients of benefits like SNAP are deserving and to extend abundant concern and compassion.
The parable of the Good Samaritan prompts us to move beyond the conversation on whether recipients of benefits like SNAP are deserving and to extend abundant concern and compassion.
My reflections on how we can help end this manufactured and reversible crisis around SNAP/food assistance and the immorality around rising hunger.
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My reflections on how we can help end this manufactured and reversible crisis around SNAP/food assistance and the immorality around rising hunger.
I'm deeply proud of these four longstanding staff members at Sojourners, Julie, Cindy, Betsy, and Moya, and for their tireless commitment, along with the rest of the Sojo team, to the work and mission of Sojourner s - demonstrating faith in action for social justice!
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm deeply proud of these four longstanding staff members at Sojourners, Julie, Cindy, Betsy, and Moya, and for their tireless commitment, along with the rest of the Sojo team, to the work and mission of Sojourner s - demonstrating faith in action for social justice!
I was honored to deliver the McClendon Scholars Lecture last Wednesday, October 22 on: “A Call for Moral Courage,” was focused on the moral courage and spiritual strength needed to work for social justice in these difficult times.
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I was honored to deliver the McClendon Scholars Lecture last Wednesday, October 22 on: “A Call for Moral Courage,” was focused on the moral courage and spiritual strength needed to work for social justice in these difficult times.
My message on this No Kings 2 day of protests across the country. Authoritarianism is an idolatry that we must resist and replace with the Beloved Community as an act of faith sojo.net/articles/opi...
October 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My message on this No Kings 2 day of protests across the country. Authoritarianism is an idolatry that we must resist and replace with the Beloved Community as an act of faith sojo.net/articles/opi...
How do we find the courage to stand up when silence feels safer?
Join Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, President of Sojourners, in Washington, DC for this free event, hosted by New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
👉 Register: nyapc.churchcenter.com/registration...
Join Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, President of Sojourners, in Washington, DC for this free event, hosted by New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
👉 Register: nyapc.churchcenter.com/registration...
October 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
How do we find the courage to stand up when silence feels safer?
Join Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, President of Sojourners, in Washington, DC for this free event, hosted by New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
👉 Register: nyapc.churchcenter.com/registration...
Join Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, President of Sojourners, in Washington, DC for this free event, hosted by New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
👉 Register: nyapc.churchcenter.com/registration...
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on a critical case that could further gut the Voting Rights Act. Voting rights are essential to the health and legitimacy of our democracy. We must pray and act to defend the sacred freedom to vote for all Americans. My prayer and message today.
October 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on a critical case that could further gut the Voting Rights Act. Voting rights are essential to the health and legitimacy of our democracy. We must pray and act to defend the sacred freedom to vote for all Americans. My prayer and message today.
It is a great honor and pleasure to welcome John Deasy, former president of the Family Foundation and current principle at Cambiar Education, to Sojourners' Board of Directors!
October 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It is a great honor and pleasure to welcome John Deasy, former president of the Family Foundation and current principle at Cambiar Education, to Sojourners' Board of Directors!
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October 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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I wrote for @sojo.net this week on the need for a surge of solidarity for our immigrant neighbors. Read my column at sojo.net/articles/opi...
September 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I wrote for @sojo.net this week on the need for a surge of solidarity for our immigrant neighbors. Read my column at sojo.net/articles/opi...
Proud to march and protest today with the We are all Dc calling for self rule and an end to the occupation in DC. We must work ensure these authoritarian style tactics end here and don’t spread to other cities.
September 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Proud to march and protest today with the We are all Dc calling for self rule and an end to the occupation in DC. We must work ensure these authoritarian style tactics end here and don’t spread to other cities.
Grateful for the opportunity to participate in a liturgy of repentance today led by Creation Justice Ministries to kick off the Season of Creation, a series of prayer and ritual gatherings.
September 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Grateful for the opportunity to participate in a liturgy of repentance today led by Creation Justice Ministries to kick off the Season of Creation, a series of prayer and ritual gatherings.
Always great to catch up with Chauncey DeVega of
@salon.com. I recently had the chance to connect with him about Trump's recent fixation on getting into heaven. Chauncey's full piece is here: www.salon.com/2025/08/28/w...
@salon.com. I recently had the chance to connect with him about Trump's recent fixation on getting into heaven. Chauncey's full piece is here: www.salon.com/2025/08/28/w...
August 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Always great to catch up with Chauncey DeVega of
@salon.com. I recently had the chance to connect with him about Trump's recent fixation on getting into heaven. Chauncey's full piece is here: www.salon.com/2025/08/28/w...
@salon.com. I recently had the chance to connect with him about Trump's recent fixation on getting into heaven. Chauncey's full piece is here: www.salon.com/2025/08/28/w...
Looking forward to participating in this important webinar next week. I hope you'll consider joining us. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Looking forward to participating in this important webinar next week. I hope you'll consider joining us. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Shame on Congress for passing a rescission package that cuts $8 billion from lifesaving foreign aid! Loving our neighbors as ourselves applies not just to our neighbors down the street but also our neighbors around the world.
For more, visit Sojo.net and follow @sojo.net @sojoaction.bsky.social
For more, visit Sojo.net and follow @sojo.net @sojoaction.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Shame on Congress for passing a rescission package that cuts $8 billion from lifesaving foreign aid! Loving our neighbors as ourselves applies not just to our neighbors down the street but also our neighbors around the world.
For more, visit Sojo.net and follow @sojo.net @sojoaction.bsky.social
For more, visit Sojo.net and follow @sojo.net @sojoaction.bsky.social
I’m not letting Christian nationalists ruin my July 4th. Read my column for @sojo.net to find out why at sojo.net/articles/opi...
July 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I’m not letting Christian nationalists ruin my July 4th. Read my column for @sojo.net to find out why at sojo.net/articles/opi...
Check out a recording of a recent webinar on "Christianity and Patriotism" that I participated in with Richard Mouw, former President of Fuller Seminary, and author of "How to Be a Patriotic Christian: Love of Country as Love of Neighbor" at youtu.be/tK8FXkW9Oy4.
June 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Check out a recording of a recent webinar on "Christianity and Patriotism" that I participated in with Richard Mouw, former President of Fuller Seminary, and author of "How to Be a Patriotic Christian: Love of Country as Love of Neighbor" at youtu.be/tK8FXkW9Oy4.
“It is a deeply immoral bill—but there is still time to do what’s right.” It’s time to flood the Capitol with your calls to stop the so-called “big, beautiful bill” before the Senate passes this travesty. Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 and get connected to your Senators’ offices.
June 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“It is a deeply immoral bill—but there is still time to do what’s right.” It’s time to flood the Capitol with your calls to stop the so-called “big, beautiful bill” before the Senate passes this travesty. Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 and get connected to your Senators’ offices.
“We can’t bomb our way to peace in the Middle East,” write Rose Marie Berger and Wes Granberg-Michaelson this week for @sojo.net. I hope their article will give you a helpful way to talk about everything that happened between the U.S., Israel, and Iran this month. Read it at sojo.net/articles/opi...
June 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“We can’t bomb our way to peace in the Middle East,” write Rose Marie Berger and Wes Granberg-Michaelson this week for @sojo.net. I hope their article will give you a helpful way to talk about everything that happened between the U.S., Israel, and Iran this month. Read it at sojo.net/articles/opi...
This week I wrote for @sojo.net about Juneteenth and why it can serve as a source of necessary, holy interruption. You can read my column here: sojo.net/articles/opi...
June 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This week I wrote for @sojo.net about Juneteenth and why it can serve as a source of necessary, holy interruption. You can read my column here: sojo.net/articles/opi...
This week, I wrote for Sojourners about the incredibly harmful “Big, Beautiful Bill” that just passed the House and the urgent need to defeat it in the Senate. Call Congress today at 202-224-3121 and tell your Senators to vote against this immoral bill! Read more: sojo.net/articles/opi...
May 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This week, I wrote for Sojourners about the incredibly harmful “Big, Beautiful Bill” that just passed the House and the urgent need to defeat it in the Senate. Call Congress today at 202-224-3121 and tell your Senators to vote against this immoral bill! Read more: sojo.net/articles/opi...
For my column this week, I wrote about Trump’s “anti-Christian bias” task force and what it reveals about the administration’s profound hypocrisies. Read it here: sojo.net/articles/opi...
May 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For my column this week, I wrote about Trump’s “anti-Christian bias” task force and what it reveals about the administration’s profound hypocrisies. Read it here: sojo.net/articles/opi...
Its great being back at my second home in Seattle, reconnecting with old friends, making new connections - and have a number of rich opportunities to cast my vision of the Beloved Community.
May 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Its great being back at my second home in Seattle, reconnecting with old friends, making new connections - and have a number of rich opportunities to cast my vision of the Beloved Community.