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Verse of the Day: 'Sell All Your Possessions'
12-05-2012
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." When the young man heard this word, he went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
- Mark 19:21-22
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Voice of the Day: Catherine of Siena
12-05-2012
To the true servant of God every place is the right place and every time is the right time.
- Catherine of Siena
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Prayer of the Day: The Philippines
12-05-2012
God, we pray for those affected by the out-of-season typhoon in the southern Philipines today. We pray that you would comfort those who lost loved ones. Stir your body into action and support where needed. Amen.
Verse of the Day: Psalm 22
12-04-2012
For [God] did not despise or abhor the affliction of the afflicted; [God] did not hide [God's]face from me, but heard when I cried to [God].
- Psalm 22:24
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Prayer of the Day: 'Let the Pulse of our Heart Throb'
12-04-2012
Let the pulse of our heart throb now, according to the cadences of your rule; command and we will obey, overrule and we will yield, lead and we will walk where we never thought to go.
-From Prayers for a Privileged People by Walter Brueggemann
Voice of the Day: Roman Emperor Julian
12-04-2012
The godless Galileans feed our poor in addition to their own.
- Roman Emperor Julian
Commenting on the activities of the early church
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Prayer of the Day: 'Hound Us'
12-03-2012
Hound us, Lord, with affection and conviction until we renounce all lesser things to follow you. Help us see that in giving up the fool's gold of the world, we open ourselves to heavenly treasure that lasts forever. Amen.
Verse of the Day: 'Invite the Poor'
12-03-2012
When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.
- Luke 14:12-14
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Voice of the Day: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
12-03-2012
Those who would learn to serve must first learn to think little of themselves ... Only those who live by the forgiveness of their sin in Jesus Christ will think little of themselves in the right way. They will know that their own wisdom completely came to an end when Christ forgave them.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Verse of the Day: 'Thus Says God'
11-30-2012
Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it: I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
- Isaiah 42:5-10
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Voice of the Day: Wendell Berry
11-30-2012
Sabbath observance invites us to stop. It invites us to rest. It asks us to notice that while we rest, the world continues without our help. It invites us to delight in the world's beauty and abundance.
- Wendell Berry
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Prayer of the Day:
11-30-2012
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Voice of the Day: Derrick Jensen
11-29-2012
"The dominant culture -civilization- is killing the planet, and it is long past time for those of us who care about life on earth to begin taking the actions necessary to stop this culture from destroying every living thing.”
- Derrick Jensen
from Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet
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Prayer of the Day: Conflict Areas
11-29-2012
God, we pray for peace and your presence in areas of turmoil and conflict today, especially the Congo, Syria, and Egypt. Amen.
Verse of the Day: The Spirit Drove Him to the Wilderness
11-29-2012
And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness for forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.
- Mark 1:12-13
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Jim Wallis: Fight Against AIDS 'Starts With Me'
11-28-2012
Sojourners President and CEO Jim Wallis joined voices worldwide rallying in the fight against AIDS. The ONE Campaign — an international nonprofit focused on global health and poverty issues — today launched its "It Starts With Me" video campaign.
Voice of the Day: Frederick Buechner
11-28-2012
It is as impossible for us to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle. All-wise. All-powerful. All-loving. All-knowing. ... God cannot be expressed but only experienced. In the last analysis, you cannot pontificate but can only point. A Christian is one who points at Christ and says, "I can't prove a thing, but there's something about his eyes and his voice. There's something about the way he carries his head, his hands. The way he carries his cross. The way he carries me."
- Frederick Buechner
In Wishful Thinking: A Seeker's ABC
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Prayer of the Day: 'Free us from Fear and Worry'
11-28-2012
God, send your Holy Spirit to free us from the burdens of fear and worry, and to help us put our trust in you.
-From Daily Prayer 2013
Verse of the Day: 'Steadfast Love'
11-28-2012
For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
- Isaiah 54:10
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Voice of the Day: John Howard Yoder
11-27-2012
“Nonviolent action on behalf of justice is no automatic forumla with promise of success: but neither is war. After all, at least half of the people who go to war for some cause deemed worthy of it are defeated.”
- John Howard Yoder
from When War is Unjust
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