The God's Politics blog seeks to run a variety of opinions on important issues of faith, politics, and culture. Unlike pieces by Jim Wallis and Sojourners staff, other opinions expressed on this blog do not necessarily represent the position of Sojourners.
"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
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.
“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
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
"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
"Jesus put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.’" - Matthew 13:31-32
Today, spend a few minutes resting in silence with God. Turn the volume down, the electronics off, or find a space where you can be free of distractions to rest, wait, listen.