Magazine
Sojourners Magazine: August 2026
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Evangelical youth groups prioritized fun and entertainment but left many with shame and existential dread. Church kids deserve better.
Features
We were meant to live for so much more. But we lost ourselves.
Magazine
Features
A better way to think about how we use our gifts.
Voices
Voices
Tell It Slant
Resisting the surveillance state at home and in the streets.
Voices
From The Editors
An introduction to the August 2026 issue of ‘Sojourners.’
Voices
Commentary
Voices
Columns
It would have been like gouging out our eyes.
What is “crisis contemplation” and why do we need it now?
Voices
Eyewitness
Working toward social cohesion and against misinformation.
Vision
Vision
Culture
As a social media editor, most of my day is spent online. Here’s how I’m learning to reclaim my attention.
Hlynur Pálmason’s drama about the life of an Icelandic family creates a world and characters that he knows completely.
Three culture recommendations from our editors.
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Books
Learning to recognize the voice that constantly says: “Do not be afraid; I am with you always.”
In ‘Against Breaking,’ Ada Limón argues the art form has even more potential than we might realize.
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s new novel is ostensibly about landing on a planet full of talking spiders, but it asks much deeper—and difficult—human questions.
Vision
Poetry
A poem.
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Living The Word
August reflections on scripture from the ‘Revised Common Lectionary,’ Cycle A.
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H'rumphs
Glad the government cleared that up.
A Holy Disruption of the Fossil Fuel Crisis
Can We Disarm AI?