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Verse of the Day: Jesus is Our Peace

by God's Politics Editor 05-17-2012

"For [Jesus] is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us." - Ephesians 2:14

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Prayer of the Day: Faithfulness

by God's Politics Editor 05-17-2012

O Lord, I praise you for your great faithfulness! Thank you for being faithful even when I am faithless! Thank you for allowing me into your everlasting kingdom. Keep my wandering heart close to you. Amen. Adapted from Blue Letter Bible

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Voice of the Day: Flannery O'Connor

by God's Politics Editor 05-17-2012

“He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her love for him. There were times when it became nothing but pure idiot mystery...” - Flannery O'Connor from Everything that Rises Must Converge

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Voice of the Day: Anne Wilson Schaef

by God's Politics Editor 05-16-2012

"Mysteriously hidden within each of us are the seeds that can germinate into a new society, a new planet. Like the corn, we have hidden deep within our living process a wisdom that reaches back to all knowledge and beyond all possibilities.... We have the wisdom of the ancestors reaching back to the mighty power of all creation... within us."  - Anne Wilson Schaef

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Verse of the Day: Prisoners to Prosperity

by God's Politics Editor 05-16-2012

"God gives the desolate a home to live in; [God] leads out the prisoners to prosperity..." - Psalm 68:6a

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Prayer of the Day: Trapped in Trafficking

by God's Politics Editor 05-16-2012

God, we pray for the millions of men and women, girls and boys, who are trapped by human trafficking. Break their chains and set them free. Help those in power to bring the perpetrators to justice. Amen.

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Voice of the Day: Cesar Chavez

by God's Politics Editor 05-15-2012

“Once social change begins it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.” - Cesar Chavez

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Verse of the Day: Do Not Forget The Oppressed

by God's Politics Editor 05-15-2012

"Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; do not forget the oppressed." - Psalm 10:12

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Prayer of the Day: Syria

by God's Politics Editor 05-15-2012

Dear Lord, our hearts grieve as we witness the escalating violence and needless deaths in Syria. We pray for a speedy resolution to the political crisis and wisdom for the governments involved. Lord, may Christians, Muslims and all people of faith in Syria unite to build peace and justice for all. Amen. Adapted from the Methodist Church in Britain's Prayer for Syria
 

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Voice of the Day: Howard Zinn

by God's Politics Editor 05-14-2012

"Truth has a power of its own... A poem can inspire a movement. A pamphlet can spark a revolution. Civil disobedience can arouse people and provoke us to think." - Howard Zinn

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