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God of healing, we pray for restoration of the girls, boys, men, and women, who have been rescued from the sex trafficking industry. Provide safe and secure shelters, with loving and compassionate caretakers, to aid in their healing process. Send your spirit to calm their minds, bodies, and souls. Amen.

"Anyone who loves words will tend to let themselves be satisfied by them, and as a result stop short of true satisfaction. For true satisfaction...comes when I am silent and listen.... When God’s voice is drowned out by incessant clamor, whether inner or outer, in whatever shape or form, then continuous dialogue with God becomes impossible." - Esther de Waal from A Life-Giving Way

Evangelical Leaders Struggle To Crown A Candidate; George W. Bush Cancels Visit To Swiss Charity Gala Over Fears He Could Be Arrested On Torture Charges;Class Conflict Awareness Rose Significantly From 2009 To 2011: Report; Evangelicals Taking Second Look At Romney; In The Fight Against Poverty, It’s Time for A Revolution (OPINION); Iranian Government Delays Pastor's Death Sentence For Apostasy One Year Hoping Media Will Forget; Tavis Smiley, Of Poverty Tour, Hosts “Reawakening America” With Panelists Cornel West, Suze Orman, Michael Moore; A Pro Snowboarder's Guide To Climate Change; Okay Progressives, What's Your Alternative To Ron Paul?; Congressional Chaplains Minister To A Sharply Divided Flock.

"To me, the ending felt so correct and so appropriate that it seemed to bend over backward to kiss the beginning." - Elizabeth Gilbert

God, as the weeks grow colder, the winter harsher, we pray for the homeless and those without shelter or heat. Give them unexpected warmth, comfort, and community. Amen.

“Saints cannot exist without a community, as they require, like all of us, nurturance by a people who, while often unfaithful, preserve the habits necessary to learn the story of God.” - Stanley Hauerwas from “The Gesture of a Truthful Story” in Critical Reflections on Stanley Hauerwas’ Theology of Disability

The Politics Of The White Working Class In The 2012 Election; Evangelicals Urge Young Latinos To Vote; Gallup: Jobs And The Economy A Much Bigger Concern Than Deficits; Romney: Evangelicals Know I'm Not Running For 'Pastor-In-Chief'; Guantanamo Bay: A Wound We Won't Let Heal; Undocumented Immigrant Who Helped Police Solve Murder Now Facing Deportation; Elections No Threat To Global Climate Deal: U.N.; Evangelicals’ Last-Ditch Effort to Unite in the GOP Race; Obama: We Don’t Have To ‘Make A Choice Between Having Clean Air And Clean Water And Growing This Economy’; Poverty In America Likely To Get Worse, Report Finds.

"Anyhow:from my standpoint the only thing--if you're some sort of artist--is to work a little harder than you can at being who you are:while if you're an unartist(i.e. aren't)nothing but big&quick recognition matters." (sic) - e.e. cummings September 7, 1959, from a letter to his daughter.

Romney Engages Occupiers In N.H.; Ron Paul: Charities Should Provide Health Care To The Uninsured; Has Obama Waged A War On Religion?; Poor, But Feeding The Rich; Ron Paul 2012: Why Evangelicals Could Get Him Nominated; Tea Party, Evangelical Voters Not A Factor In N.H. Primary; Rick Santorum Says Welfare Reform Deserves Credit For Reductions In African-American Child Poverty; Pity American Atheists, As Reviled As British Christians; Republican Voters Unenthusiastic About Their 2012 Field; Hollywood Out Of Touch, Or Are Christians Expecting Too Much?; Biblical Economic Justice: Supply And Demand Isn't Enough.