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Verse And Voice

Verse of the Day: 'Unless the Lord Builds'

by God's Politics Editor 05-20-2013
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for [God] gives sleep to [God's] beloved. - Psalm 127:1-2 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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Prayer of the Day: 'God of Life'

by God's Politics Editor 05-20-2013
God of life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and wear us down; when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies gray and threatening; when our lives have no music in them and our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage. Flood the path with light, we beseech you; turn our eyes to where the skies are full of promise. Amen Adapted from a prayer by St. Augustine
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Voice of the Day: Jane Addams

by God's Politics Editor 05-17-2013
In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life. - Jane Addams From Twenty Years at Hull House + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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Verse of the Day: 'I Shall Rise'

by God's Politics Editor 05-17-2013
Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me. - Micah 7:8 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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Prayer of the Day: Our Cities

by God's Politics Editor 05-17-2013
Lord of peace and reconciliation, we lift up those who are hurting in our cities. Comfort those who mourn from experiencing too much violence and sin. May we, as your church have the wisdom and discernment to reach out to areas of need, to be in relationship with our neighbors, and to love the cities around us and the people who fill them. Amen.  
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Voice of the Day: Jessica Dovey

by God's Politics Editor 05-16-2013
I will mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. - Jessica Dovey + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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Verse of the Day: Abel's Faith

by God's Politics Editor 05-16-2013
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain's. Through this he received approval as righteous, [with] God giving approval to his gifts; he died, but through his faith he still speaks. - Hebrews 11:4 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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Prayer of the Day: 'Nothing Can Separate Us'

by God's Politics Editor 05-16-2013
Merciful God, nothing can separate us from you. When the distance between you and us seems unbearable, help us to move closer to you, knowing that by your mercy you are never beyond our reach. Amen. -From Common Prayer
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Voice of the Day: Jean Vanier

by God's Politics Editor 05-15-2013
Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work — hard work. And it can bring pain because it implies loss — loss of the certitudes, comforts, and hurts that shelter and define us. - Jean Vanier From Finding Peace + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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Verse of the Day: 'Our Citizenship is in Heaven'

by God's Politics Editor 05-15-2013
But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself. - Philippians 3:20-21 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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