Blog Posts By God's Politics Editor

Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part; Do thou but thine. - John Milton + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

God, we pray for the recovery of all the areas affected by Hurricane Sandy. Continue to strengthen the responders, give hope and comfort to those who are hurting, and provide for those who have lost. Amen.

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.  - Romans 8:38-39 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

According to Rolling Stone: Paul McCartney says that Yoko Ono isn't at fault for splitting the Beatles or tearing John Lennon away from the group in an upcoming TV interview with David Frost, the BBC reports. "She certainly didn't break the group up," McCartney says, countering the commonly held belief that Ono caused the Beatles' dissolution. "I don't think you can blame her for anything," McCartney says, adding that Lennon was "definitely going to leave."Read the Rolling Stone report in its entirety HERE. 

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. - Elie Wiesel + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Lord, when we weary of the journey, strengthen us by your Spirit to imagine new heavens and a new earth. Amen. -From Common Prayer

Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. - 1 John 3:18 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. - John F. Kennedy From Kennedy's Inaugural Address, 1961 + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

God, we thank you that you have promised never to forsake us. We ask that you provide for the needs of all who are persecuted for their faith. Strengthen them; give them perseverance. Continue to remind us that when one part of the Body is hurting, we are all hurting.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. - Matthew 5:9 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

And the stars down so close, and sadness and pleasure so close together, really the same thing. ... The stars are close and dear and I have joined the brotherhood of the worlds. And everything's holy — everything, even me. - John Steinbeck From The Grapes of Wrath + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

God, we ask for comfort and support for all those who are mourning today. Bring peace and healing in their lives. Give them space and time to mourn and strength to carry on.

O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble. - Isaiah 33:2 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Editor's Note: Sojourners has launched this new blog series to help shed light on the nation's latest "religious" affiliation. Go HERE to read their stories. Or EMAIL US to share your own.PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly has launched a new mini-series on the rise of the unaffiliated. Go HERE to read more about this week's epidsode. Watch None of the Above: Political Implications on PBS. See more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.

My help comes from the LORD. - Psalm 121:2 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

It's Thursday. I'm hitting the back of my closet and have second-day hair. Relate? Good, then this video is for you.Take a few minutes to remember that our differences — whether it be crooked smiles, frizzy hair, or 6-foot-frame — to others look like character, enviable natural curls, or modelesque stature. You're beautiful. (Yes, you.) The clip is also full of good advice, but my personal favorite: "If it makes you feel awesome, wear it." (Do you think that means I can get away with yoga pants at work?)

If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. - Philippians 2:1-4 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly has launched a new mini-series on the rise of the unaffiliated. Go HERE to learn more. Watch None of the Above: Who Are They? on PBS. See more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.

The LORD has heard my weeping. - Psalm 6:9 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority. - Martin Luther King, Jr. + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

God, we pray for Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by Taliban gunmen. We ask for healing and also comfort for her family and friends. We pray for the Middle East and ask for peace.

Thus says the LORD: Act with justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. - Jeremiah 22:3 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

If you care about having a substantive conversation about issues that matter, you should share this post.At its best, Christian faith provides a moral compass for advancing the common good. At worst, Christianity can be hijacked by partisan political agendas that divide and destroy. Sojourners encourages you to develop a robust and well-informed conscience around elections, measuring candidates and their platforms against Christian ethics and values. While we must be careful about translating scripture directly into public policy positions, there are principles and suggested approaches on a range of issues that can provide a critical framework to shape our perspective on public policy.As we have since 2004, Sojourners has published an issues guide of principles and policies for Christian voters. We encourage you to use this guide to educate yourself on these issues. This can inform you as you write letters to candidates or to your local newspaper, call radio talk shows, and ask candidates at forums or town hall meetings questions based on these principles. Think and pray about whom, you would entrust with the responsibility to lead your community, state, and nation. Share this with others and get ready for the conversation to begin.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to present a defense to you in this matter. If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire and out of your hand, O king, let him deliver us. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden statue that you have set up." - Daniel 3:16-18 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail