The Common Good

Verse And Voice

Voice of the Day: Leo Tolstoy

by God's Politics Editor 05-10-2013
[People] of our time believe that all the insanity and cruelty of our lives, the enormous wealth of few, the envious poverty of the majority, the wars and every form of violence, are perceived by nobody, and that nothing prevents us from continuing to live thus. - Leo Tolstoy + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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Verse of the Day: 'I Will Wait'

by God's Politics Editor 05-10-2013
But as for me, I will look to the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. - Micah 7:7 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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Prayer of the Day: A Prayer for Others

by God's Politics Editor 05-10-2013
Dear God, help us to be tireless in testing the choices we make against their outcomes for people, especially the lowly and powerless. Thank you for sending Jesus to show us how to live a life in complete service of others. May we do likewise today. Amen.
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Voice of the Day: Madame Guyon

by God's Politics Editor 05-09-2013
Praying scripture is not judged by how much you read but by the way in which you read. If you read quickly, it will benefit you little. You will be like a bee that merely skims the surface of a flower. Instead, in this new way of reading with prayer, you must become as the bee that penetrates into the depths of the flower. You plunge deeply within to remove its deepest nectar. - Madame Guyon + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
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Verse of the Day: The Golden Rule

by God's Politics Editor 05-09-2013
In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets. - Matthew 7:12 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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Prayer of the Day: Thursday Prayer

by God's Politics Editor 05-09-2013
Good Shepherd, You have a wild and crazy sheep in love with thorns and brambles. But please don't get tired of looking for me! I know You won't. For You have found me. All I have to do is stay found. -A prayer by Thomas Merton from A Book of Hours
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Voice of the Day: Dallas Willard

by God's Politics Editor 05-08-2013

The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified as ‘Christians’ will become disciples — students, apprentices, practitioners — of Jesus Christ, steadily learning from him how to live the life of the Kingdom of the Heavens into every corner of human existence. Who passed today - Dallas Willard From The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

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Verse of the Day: 'Give Justice to the Weak'

by God's Politics Editor 05-08-2013
Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. - Psalm 82:3 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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Prayer of the Day: Trafficking Victims

by God's Politics Editor 05-08-2013
God, we pray this weekend for the women, girls, and boys who are trafficked. Give special discernment to the police and law enforcement so that they can effectively expose the perpetrators of sex trafficking. And for those rescued, we pray especially for healing. Amen.
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Verse of the Day: 'The Lord is in Your Midst'

by God's Politics Editor 05-07-2013
The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; [God] will rejoice over you with gladness, [God] will renew you in his love; [God] will exult over you with loud singing. - Zephaniah 3:17 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
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