Sojourners

A former professor of preaching at Vancouver School of Theology and holder of the Butler Chair in Homiletics, Jason is a prolific author and thought leader in the areas of church revitalization, biblical interpretation, and Christian leadership.

His work has been featured in Christian Century, Sojourners, and other leading publications.

Jason Byassee, welcome back to Day 1.

It's so great to have you.

In this episode, Jen and Patrick sat down with Reverend Adam Russell Taylor.

He's the president of Sojourners, a Christian nonprofit dedicated to social justice and peace.

And today they're exploring one of Adam's favorite texts in the entire Old Testament.

This is Isaiah 58.

And that is, I think, what we want to kind of explore today with our guest.

So we are very excited to have Reverend Adam Russell-Taylor with us.

He is the president of Sojourners and the author of A More Perfect Union, A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community, which is a really lovely book.

Taylor previously led the faith initiative at the World Bank Group, and he served as the vice president in charge of advocacy at World Vision U.S.

Published in May 2026 by Orbis Books.

Her writing has appeared in America, Borderlore, Sojourners, National Catholic Reporter, The Kenyan Review, Prairie Schooner, Swim, and elsewhere.

She is the finalist for the 2025 Richard J. Margulis Award for Social Journalism, and her manuscript, Bright Extinction, was a finalist for the 2026 Catamaran Poetry Prize.

So, woo, that's a lot.