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Voice of the Day: Abraham Lincoln
11-09-2012
Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?
- Abraham Lincoln
From Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 1861
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Mitt Romney's Concession Speech Election Night 2012
11-08-2012
Verse of the Day: Faith Without Works
11-08-2012
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.
- James 2:26
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Prayer of the Day: We Wait
11-08-2012
Your promises are more than all the stars in the sky; your mercy is deeper than the night. Lord, it will be cold. The night comes with its breath of death. Night comes; the end comes; you come. Lord, we wait for you day and night.
-An African Prayer
Voice of the Day: Simone Weil
11-08-2012
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, 'What are you going through?'
- Simone Weil
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Voice of the Day: Barack Obama
11-07-2012
I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.
- Barack Obama
-From his speech after re-election
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Verse of the Day: 'The Peace of God'
11-07-2012
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:4-7 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
Prayer of the Day: For Our Leaders
11-07-2012
God, we pray for our elected leaders, old and new. We pray that you would grant them wisdom and vision. Help them address the needs and issues facing this country and the world.
Prayer of the Day: Prayer for Leadership
11-06-2012
We beg you, Great God, give us the vision as a people to know where global leadership truly lies, to pursue it diligently, to require it to protect human rights for everyone everywhere.
-From Let Us Pray: Prayer for Leadership by Joan Chittister
Voice of the Day: Jim Wallis
11-06-2012
On Nov. 6, neither a Republican nor Democratic victory will bring in the Kingdom of God.
- Jim Wallis
-From "Religious Consistency and Hypocrisy: Election 2012"
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Verse of the Day: Wisdom
11-06-2012
At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, ‘Ask what I should give you.’ And Solomon said, " ... Give your servant an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil; for who can govern this your great people?" It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this.
- 1 Kings 3:5-10
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Prayer of the Day: Fear
11-05-2012
Lord, if we are to be afraid of anything, let it be the fear of not committing ourselves fully to you. Let us fear that the day will pass without our having lightened the load of another. Let us fear that someone will come looking for you and find only us. Amen.
-From Common Prayer
Voice of the Day: G.K. Chesterton
11-05-2012
'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
- G.K. Chesterton
From The Defendant
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Verse of the Day: Jesus Christ is the Same
11-05-2012
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.
- Hebrews 13:8
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Meet the Nones: Spiritual But Not Religious
11-02-2012
Editor's Note: Sojourners has launched this new blog series to help shed light on the nation's latest "religious" affiliation. Go HERE to read their stories. Or EMAIL US to share your own.
PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly has wrapped up its three-part new mini-series on the rise of the unaffiliated. Go HERE to read more about this week's episode.
Watch None of the Above: Religious Implications on PBS. See more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.
Verse of the Day: 'One God'
11-02-2012
Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?
- Malachi 2:10
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Voice of the Day: Samuel Johson
11-02-2012
Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt.
- Samuel Johnson
From The Rambler
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Prayer of the Day: 'Whisper Your Love to Us'
11-02-2012
God, we are so used to seeing ourselves as individuals with personal destinies. Remind us that we are made in your image, the image of community. Help us to love each other and be made one as you are one. Whisper your love to us and let us whisper your love to the world today. Amen.
Verse of the Day: Do Not Worry
11-01-2012
So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
- Matthew 6:34
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