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Bishop Charles Blake's Remarks at DNC Interfaith Service
Excerpt from Bishop Charles Blake’s remarks at the Interfaith Forum, Sunday, August 24, 2008, Denver, Colorado:
“Our children have sacred value, and every child is equally valuable.
May I observe, as a Pro-Life Democrat, that some of us have philosophic, humanitarian and theological differences with those who put forth abortion as an appropriate, routine and acceptable birth control procedure. There are millions of us [...]
Verse of the Day: 'Repent'
From that time Jesus began to proclaim, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
- Matthew 4:17
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Voice of the Day: Thaddee Matura
Jesus calls to himself those who are overburdened and offers them rest, but he does not blunt the cutting edge of his demands.
- Thaddee Matura
Franciscan scholar and theologian
Voice of the Day: Alvaro Barreiro
There can be no evangelization without incarnation.
- Alvaro Barreiro
Brazilian Catholic theologian
Verse of the Day: 'The Lord accepts my prayer'
Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
The Lord has heard my supplication;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
- Psalm 6:8-9
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A Multicultural Witness Against the 'Homogenous Unit Principle' (part 2, by Jin S. Kim)
The meaning of evangelism is the proclamation of good news to the world. How can we continue to exclude and avoid those with whom we are not comfortable and live into our evangelical calling at the same time? If we do not shed this primitive tendency, and yet heed the call to be evangelical, do we not risk exporting our ecclesial tribalism far and wide? How can [...]
Voice of the Day: Dom Helder Camara
Instead of being so eager to reform others, let us first make a serious effort to bring about out own revival.
- Dom Helder Camara
Brazilian archbishop
Verse of the Day: 'Do not withold good'
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in your power to do it.
- Proverbs 3:27-27
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A Multicultural Witness Against the 'Homogenous Unit Principle' (Part 1, by Jin S. Kim)
I am grateful for CNN's special report, "Black in America," as well as the subsequent article on church segregation on this 40th year after Dr. King's assassination. The article describes the "racial fatigue" that Christians of all colors seem to experience in these days of ever-increasing diversity. It sounds to me like the dynamics of a [...]
Verse of the Day: 'I am black and beautiful'
I am black and beautiful,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
like the tents of Kedar,
like the curtains of Solomon.
Do not gaze at me because I am dark,
because the sun has gazed on me.
- Song of Solomon 1:5-6
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Voice of the Day: Evelyn Miranda-Feliciano
In gratitude we give to others. But in giving we express our gratefulness to the God who gave and keeps on giving.
- Evelyn Miranda-Feliciano
Filipina Writer
Verse of the Day: 'The Kingdom of Heaven'
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
- Matthew 13:45-45
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Voice of the Day: Arturo Paoli
We can move in the direction of justice, but if our personal relationships don't become more human, we haven't moved in the direction of the reign of God and, in the long run, we will discover that our point of arrival is just another form of tyranny.
- Arturo Paoli
Verse of the Day: 'Wisdom is better than jewels'
Take my instruction instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than choice gold;
for wisdom is better than jewels,
and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
- Proverbs 8:10-11
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Verse of the Day: 'Do not sin'
When you are disturbed, do not sin;
ponder it on your beds, and be silent.
- Psalm 4:4-4
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Voice of the Day: Segundo Galilea
"Conversion pulls us out of our hiding places and takes us, "where we would rather not go" in following Christ."
-Segundo Galilea
Pastoral worker in Santiago, Chile
Verse of the Day: 'What the law requires is written on their hearts'
When Gentiles, who do not possess the law, do instinctively what the law requires, these, though not having the law, are a law to themselves. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, to which their own conscience also bears witness; and their conflicting thoughts will accuse or perhaps excuse them on the day when, according to my gospel, God, through Jesus Christ, will judge the secret thoughts of all.
- Romans 2:14-16
Verse of the Day: 'What the law requires is written on their hearts'
When Gentiles, who do not possess the law, do instinctively what the law requires, these, though not having the law, are a law to themselves. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, to which their own conscience also bears witness; and their conflicting thoughts will accuse or perhaps excuse them on the day when, according to my gospel, God, through Jesus Christ, will judge the secret thoughts of all.
- Romans 2:14-16
Voice of the Day: Jorge Pixley
In the Bible, we discover the prophets and Jesus struggling against the same idols that dominate many of our churches.
- Jorge Pixley
Biblical scholar at Baptist Seminary, Nicaragua
Sudan's Lost Boys Pursue Olympic and American Dreams (interview with Dominic Maurice)
Virginia Mitchell and Charlton Breen of the Michigan Darfur Coalition (MDC) recently sat down for an interview with Dominic Maurice. Maurice is a former "Lost Boy" refugee from Sudan who has become a U.S. citizen and resides in Michigan. Last week, Maurice's friend, Lopez Lomong, was selected by Team USA to carry the American flag at the Olympic parade of nations in [...]