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Let Speaking Prophetic Truth Guide Us Into the New Year
Jim Wallis

In the past few months I have visited 28 cities, speaking at more
than 40 different events, not only connected to the release of my
book Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus, but as a way
of ministering to the Sojourners community around the country.

At Sojourners we have had a long relationship with the word
"community." It can mean many things, but it's a phrase we
cling to as part of our calling. A theme that we hear from so
many people is that Sojourners helps them feel connected to a
community of people of faith who care about social justice. As
one attendee at a talk I gave in St. Louis said to me,
"Sometimes I feel so alone in my concerns about how
Christianity is being used and abused. Even in my own church,
there are those who don't understand my point of view.
Sojourners helps me feel a sense of community. I came here
feeling weighed down and discouraged, but am leaving with a
renewed sense of hope and purpose."

Our dedication as Christians is to never lose hope, even in the
face of adversity. We are instructed over and over in the
scriptures to be persistent and not to let fear control us.

In a reflection on John 17:13-23, I once wrote this, which is
relevant today --

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The recent protests might have been precipitated by the
Citizenship Amendment Act, but they are the culmination of
long-held grievances. 

Christianity Today's Editorial May Be Watershed Moment for 2020
(by Jim Wallis)
​It may be when the first significant cracks in the wall of
Trump's political support from white evangelicals really became
visible.

The Odd Weightlessness of 'The Rise of Skywalker' (by Gareth
Higgins)
One of these days we'll get a blockbuster with the courage to
imagine active nonviolent resistance, truthfully, to be even more
exciting than blowing stuff up.

Mary and the Sacred Act of Questioning (by Norman Allen)
Mary's example is an especially powerful one in these troubled
times when people insist that their truth is the only
truth. 

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You Can't End Hunger By Yourself (by Jon Little)
A review of I Was Hungry: Cultivating Common Ground to End an
American Crisis, by Jeremy K. Everett.

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