Bishops, Families, and Advocates Meet with Congressman to Protect Poor
On Monday, three West Virginia bishops joined by families and advocates pressed the state's politicians to protect poor and working families — or, in other words, the “least of these” — during budget...
View ArticleFolk Artist Noah Gundersen Talks with Sojourners
Up-and coming-/singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen stopped by the Sojourners office to talk with our Brandon Hook about music, his new album Family, God, and creativity.The Seattle-based folk artist was...
View ArticleLinks of Awesomeness: December 7, 2012
Some macro snowflake shots, an awesome Home Alone Sweater, oreo-stuffed chocolate chip cookies for the holidays, Star Wars Christmas cards, and a buggie for parrots. Let's read more
View ArticleLinks of Awesomeness: December 11, 2012
Dogs driving, trailers premiering, Oscars meriting info graphics, musicians making cool songs, Terrence Malick making a new movie in less than two years, and people of the slums taking garbage and...
View ArticleChristmas Music That Isn't Horrible
Christmas is less than two weeks away, and even though most of us probably started cranking the Christmas tunes the day after Thanksgiving, here’s a look at some of this year’s best Christmas...
View ArticleWhat Are You Singing: Away In A Manger
I’m sure most of us have played the scene in our heads one too many times: little baby Jesus, presumably Caucasian, lying in a tiny crib-esque manger comfortably padded with hay — even though the song...
View Article10 Incredible Submissions to #26Acts of Kindness
Over the past few days on Twitter, NBC’s Ann Curry has almost single handedly popularized #26Acts, an initiative asking people to do 26 acts of kindness in honor of the 26 victims of the Newtown, Conn....
View ArticleRep. John Lewis’ wife, Lillian, dies
Amidst the jubilation of the new year and a long awaited solution to the fiscal cliff crisis lies sad news: Lillian Miles Lewis, the wife of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, died Monday morning in Atlanta, his...
View ArticleLinks of Awesomeness: January 7, 2013
Today in 1894, Thomas Edison made the first copyrighted film. It looks super hipster. Come on, Thomas. [via GOOD]Betty White painting the IKEA monkey? Take a look at the restoration process of a...
View ArticleLinks of Awesomeness: January 14, 2013
A super artsy way to make shirts and furniture look cool, a wolverine that saves people from avalanches, a bird singing dubstep, a guy who documented his year in one-second video clips, and a petition...
View ArticleLinks of Awesomeness: January 16, 2013
The best selfies, absoluetly amazing kids, a really great short film, a sci-fi adaption of the Odyssey, and the kids of Sandy Hook teaming together with Ingrid Michaelson to sing somewhere over the...
View ArticleLinks of Awesomeness: January 24, 2013
A kid that's born to play golf, a Microsoft that is still trying to make me think they're cool, a hotel room in a shipping container, an art exhibit made out of used Christmas trees, and a design...
View ArticleLinks of Awesomeness: January 28, 2013
An ad using YouTube stars, a homemade Star Trek trailer, some puppies in a pinwheel, a hilarious social prank, a dude that makes beach art with a rake, and, in case you haven't been on the internet...
View ArticleLinks of Awesomeness: January 29, 2013
A super clever resume, a cat using the force, a 30-year-old turtle surviving in a storage locker, a Downton Abbey video game parody, and some portraits made out of toast. Awesome.read more
View ArticleLinks of Awesomeness: January 31, 2013
An awesome Big Game ad, a trip to the Grand Canyon, some sweet grooves, a dog that wears menswear, and Mumford & Sons jamming with a high school marching band. Yes.read more
View ArticleWalk the Moon: A Fun Pick-Me-Up
If you’re looking for a pick-me-up, look no further than Cincinatti’s Walk the Moon. The group recently stopped in Washington, D.C., on their world tour and performed in front of an uber-hyped...
View ArticlePunch Brothers: God-Honoring Musicianship
People often say the mark of a true “master of a craft” is one who makes something ridiculously difficult look easy. Chris Thile, former member of Nickel Creek and front man for folk group Punch...
View ArticleQUIRK: Ex-Benedict — Who Will Be the Next Pope?
With the Pope's unexpected resignation, and consequent endless "Ex-Benedict" memes, millions have taken to the Internet to voice their opinions on who will become next at the top of the Catholic...
View ArticleICYMI: February Music
Just as the winter months tend to bring a mellower, melancholic feel to life, so too can music. And some of this month’s more obscure releases do just that. If you’re looking for an album to check out...
View ArticleLinks of Awesomeness: February 20, 2013
Conan, Bonarroo, a 42-wheel BMW dream car, a 7-year-old's interpretations of the Best Picture nominees, Google glasses, and puppies. Yes, these are awesome. read more
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Sojo Session: Branches
Our friends and up-and-coming musicians Branches trekked all the way from California and stopped by our office in D.C. last week to play a couple of their songs during their East Coast tour! Their...
View Article'Change the World of Some:' Thoughts from The 2013 Justice Conference
While everyone was blowing up the Twittersphere decrying the injustices of the Oscars, as movies like Argo walked away with Best Picture honors, I was sitting in a Philadelphia hotel lobby trying to...
View ArticleLinks of Awesomeness: February 25, 2013
Dancing lessons from James Brown, water balloons popping in space, chicken and waffles on a stick, a sweet badminton rally, and a British guy finding the Wolf Eel. Some awesome links for an awesome...
View ArticleUsing Spending Power for Good: A Conversation With Nathan George of Trade As One
At the Justice Conference last weekend I had the opportunity to sit down with Nathan George, founder of Trade As One, and ask him about buying fair trade and his company's awesome — and newly launched...
View ArticleTame Impala: Some Psychedelia
When I first listened to Tame Impala, I was almost convinced they were the late-60s Beatles reincarnated. Lead singer Kevin Parker’s nasally yet gentle voice sounds about as John Lennon as you’re gonna...
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Sojo Stories: The Preemptive Love Coalition
A few weeks back at the Justice Conference we had the chance to sit down with Jeremy Courtney, cofounder of the Preemptive Love Coalition, to tell the story of his amazing work in Iraq providing heart...
View ArticleLocal Natives and Salvation
Hipsters. Not gonna lie, that was one of the first words that came to mind when Local Natives took the stage at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., on Friday. I wasn’t sure whether it was guitarist Ryan...
View ArticleSojo Stories: The Last Bison
Chesapeake, Virginia-based folk band The Last Bison talked with Sojourners about music, creativity, and God before their show in Washington, D.C. a while back. Be sure to listen to their recently...
View Article'Cambodia: Losing Ground'— Stories of Land Grabbing
Photographs tell stories. At least, good ones usually do.And there were some good pictures on display in Washington, D.C., for Oxfam America’s pop-up photo exhibit from acclaimed photographer Emma...
View ArticleTo the Wonder: A Rumination on Love
The last Terrence Malick film I went to see was Tree of Life, in which the critically acclaimed director — and devout Christian — advised audiences to “experience [the film] like a walk in the...
View ArticleTop 5 Earth Day Videos
Today is Earth day! More than 1 billion people in 192 countries are participating in Earth Day festivities, which means there must be some good videos out there on the Internet commemorating this...
View ArticleStill A Believer: A Talk with Singer-Songwriter Nataly Dawn
A while back I had an opportunity to sit down and talk with up-and-coming singer-songwriter Nataly Dawn about faith and songwriting. Dawn grew up in France, went to Stanford for undergrad, and made it...
View ArticleSojo Stories: Immunizing 250 Million Children By 2015
According to the World Health Organization, there were an estimated 219 million cases and 660,000 deaths due to malaria in 2010. Those living in sub-Saharan Africa are at the greatest risk.The GAVI...
View ArticleStornoway: Hopeful and Honest
I first got wind of Stornoway back in 2011 when Izzy Westbury was president of the Oxford Union during the Michaelmas term of 2011 at Oxford University while studying abroad. The group of Oxford...
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INFOGRAPHIC: The Racial Wealth Gap
Recent studies from both the Urban Institute and the Pew Forum tell the story of America's growing racial wealth gap. In the May issue of Sojourners magazine, Otis Moss III talked about the unjust...
View ArticleThe 2013 Sweetlife Festival: At the Intersection of Passion and Purpose
Passion and purpose.Sounds familiar, huh? Those two words are at the heart of activism and social justice. I could have safely assumed that almost every young Christian activist at the Justice...
View ArticleDC 127: Flipping the Foster Care Waitlist
Jesus flips things upside down. DC 127 plans to follow suit.The Washington, D.C.-based foster care initiative created by the District Church seeks to reverse the foster care waitlist in our nation’s...
View ArticleSojo Stories: Dirty Wars
Days before President Barack Obama's high-profile speech on drones and U.S. counterterrorism efforts, Sojourners sat down with investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill to take an inside look at U.S.-led...
View ArticleICYMI: Vampire Weekend Wrestle with Faith ... Wait, Really?
Vampire Weekend are a little like a college-educated version of the rich young ruler in Mark 10. I say a little because, despite the fact that they have gotten flack for being “privileged, boat shoe...
View ArticleAnimal Collective: ‘With It’
Oddly enough, whenever I think about eternal life, Animal Collective come to mind.That might — well, almost certainly will — need some clarification because, as many Christians might be quick to point...
View ArticlePresident Obama: ‘Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me 35 Years Ago’
President Obama addressed the nation today regarding the George Zimmerman trial, giving his thoughts on the nation's response to the verdict and the state of racism in our society.Folks understand the...
View ArticleSojo Stories: Marching Alongside a Civil Rights Hero
It may have taken a little bit of prodding — a little ‘you-want-me-to-do-what?’ and a lot of faith — but in the end, Congressman John Lewis agreed to go along with staffer Andrew Aydin’s out-of-the-box...
View ArticleWATCH: The Head and the Heart's New Single Written in the Wake of the Newtown...
Seattle-based folk group The Head and the Heart released their newest single, "Another Story," off of their anticipated upcoming album, Let's Be Still. The song beautifully wrestles with the grief and...
View ArticleICYMI: Heavy Hearts on The Head and the Heart's Sophomore Release
Life is riddled with a smorgasbord of emotional highs, lows, tragedies, triumphs, and what might feel like monotony to fill in the gaps.On the newest album from Seattle folk and Americana band The Head...
View ArticleNoah and the Whale: Simple but Delightful Rock n' Roll
“I’ve always believed that there’s an amazing number of things you can do through a rock ‘n’ roll song,” Lou Reed, who just this past week passed away, once told the journalist Kristine...
View ArticleICYMI: Brooklyn-Based Lucius' Vintage Pop Tunes Are A Must Listen
It seems rare these days to find an album where each song is valuable both individually and as part of the collective whole that makes up the record. Musicians are always telling us that they “don’t...
View ArticleSaving 40,000 Lives In Under 3 Minutes
How can we save 40,000 lives in under three minutes?That question served as the provocative title of Israeli medic Eli Beer's TEDMED talk. Beer is the founder and president of Israel-based United...
View Article5 Reasons to Love/Hate the Internet
I was born in 1990. That puts me squarely in the middle of what is referred to as the millennial generation.It also, apparently, makes me a lazy, entitled, narcissist who still lives with my...
View ArticlePeople Love Their Nickel Creek
The last time I listened to Nickel Creek was to analyze their adaptation of Robert Burns’ poem, “Sweet Afton,” in my English literature class in college three years ago. Indeed, the waters of Nickel...
View Article#BlackLivesMatter: Gathering for Solidarity in Washington, D.C.
Last night, Washington, D.C., residents young and old gathered in the Columbia Heights neighborhood to protest the shooting of Michael Brown, stand in solidarity with those on the front lines of...
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