The Common Good

Verse And Voice

Voice of the Day: Richard Foster

by God's Politics Editor 05-03-2013
We have real difficulty here because everyone thinks of changing the world, but where, oh where, are those who think of changing themselves? People may genuinely want to be good, but seldom are they prepared to do what it takes to produce the inward life of goodness that can form the soul. Personal formation into the likeness of Christ is arduous and lifelong. - Richard Foster + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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Verse of the Day: Love Your Enemies

by God's Politics Editor 05-03-2013
You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.” But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax-collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. - Matthew 5:43-48 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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Prayer of the Day:

by God's Politics Editor 05-03-2013
 Like a tree planted by living water is the person who commits to your ways, O Lord. Nourish us with your disciplining love; prune our branches for growth. Teach us also to recognize good fruit and to recoil from the bitterness of the bad. Amen. - Common Prayer
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Voice of the Day: Rob Bell

by God's Politics Editor 05-01-2013
Times change. God doesn’t, but times do. We learn and grow, and the world around us shifts, and the Christian faith is alive only when it is listening, morphing, innovating, letting go of whatever has gotten in the way of Jesus and embracing whatever will help us be more and more the people God wants us to be. - Rob Bell + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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Verse of the Day: 'If You Wish to be Perfect'

by God's Politics Editor 05-01-2013
Jesus said to him, ‘If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.’ - Matthew 19:21 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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Prayer of the Day: Imitation

by God's Politics Editor 05-01-2013
God, help us to imitate you as we feed those who hunger for bread, for justice, for companionship, for forgiveness, for alternate ways of living in this world. Give us your words, equip our hands, and guide our feet. Sustain us, Lord, with your healing love. Amen. -From Common Prayer
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Voice of the Day: Flannery O'Connor

by God's Politics Editor 04-30-2013
All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful. - Flannery O'Connor + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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Verse of the Day: 'Judge Righteously'

by God's Politics Editor 04-30-2013
Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.  - Proverbs 31:9 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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Prayer of the Day: The Dance

by God's Politics Editor 04-30-2013
I cannot dance, Lord, unless you lead me. If you want me to leap with abandon, you must intone the song. Then I shall leap into love, from love into knowledge, from knowledge into enjoyment, and from enjoyment beyond all human sensations. There I want to remain, yet want also to circle higher still. -A prayer by Mechthild of Magdeburg
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