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Verse And Voice

Prayer of the Day: 'Renew Us in Your Gift of Hope'

by God's Politics Editor 04-03-2013
O Christ, our Morning Star, splendor of Light Eternal, shining with the glory of the rainbow, come and waken us from the greyness of our apathy, and renew in us your gift of hope. Amen. -Bede the Venerable
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Voice of the Day: Flannery O'Connor

by God's Politics Editor 04-02-2013
A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is. - Flannery O'Connor + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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Verse of the Day: 'Have You Not Heard?'

by God's Politics Editor 04-02-2013
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. [The LORD] does not faint or grow weary; God's understanding is unsearchable. - Isaiah 40:28 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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Prayer of the Day: 'Prayer Process for Healing Relationships'

by God's Politics Editor 04-02-2013
God, release us from everything within our minds that would keep us bound to limitation, suffering, forgetfulness, and fear. We want to be free... Please direct out thoughts and guide our visions. Help us to see in all people only what you would have us see, and help us to see in ourselves only what you would have us see. Show us the way to healing and to peace. Amen.  Adapted from Diane Berke's Prayer Process for Healing Relationships
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Voice of the Day: Jürgen Moltmann

by God's Politics Editor 04-01-2013
God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with [God]. - Jürgen Moltmann + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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Verse of the Day: 'By Grace'

by God's Politics Editor 04-01-2013
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— not the result of works, so that no one may boast. - Ephesians 2:8-9 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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Prayer of the Day: 'Root Us in Your Love'

by God's Politics Editor 04-01-2013
You who led Israel through the waters, plant us by streams of living water. Root us in your love and grow us up to bear the fruit of your Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Amen. -From Common Prayer
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Voice of the Day: Desmond Tutu

by God's Politics Editor 03-29-2013
The good news is that God loves me long before I could have done anything to deserve it. - Desmond Tutu + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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Verse of the Day: Joseph

by God's Politics Editor 03-29-2013
 And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; he remained there in prison. But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love; he gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer. The chief jailer committed to Joseph’s care all the prisoners who were in the prison, and whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. The chief jailer paid no heed to anything that was in Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made it prosper. - Genesis 39:20-23 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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Prayer of the Day: Good Friday

by God's Politics Editor 03-29-2013
Receive, Lord, the offering of our lives : that every breath might be holy to you.
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