The Crooked Places Made Straight

by Raphael G. Warnock

Description

In this sermon for the public square, Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock draws from the book of Isaiah to confront the moral imagination deficit at the heart of America’s most urgent crises. With a pastor’s clarity and a lawmaker’s urgency, he offers a high-level “moral topography” of the nation—one that reframes democracy as a spiritual practice and insists that love and justice must shape how we vote, govern, and live together. Across six interconnected arenas—voting rights and suppression, gun violence, mass incarceration, persistent poverty, dark money in politics, and the climate emergency—Warnock argues that the problem is not a lack of resources, but a failure of will, vision, and accountability. Blending prophetic critique with practical hope, his distinctive voice turns frustration with institutional power into a call to rebuild the beloved community where every child can thrive.

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paperback

Penguin Group

Published Jun 16, 2026

225 pages

ISBN: 9798217058983

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First Published

2026

Language

eng

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for The Crooked Places Made Straight by Raphael G. Warnock.

Violence
Abuse
Racism/Discrimination
War/Trauma
Death/Grief