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Voice of the Day: Frederick Buechner
08-19-2011
"What child, while summer is happening, bothers to think much that summer will end? What child, when snow is on the ground, stops to remember that not long ago the ground was snowless?
Prayer of the Day: God of Power
08-19-2011
God of power, help us to move all we have created, all that holds power, toward your justice. Amen.
Verse of the Day: 'Let your gentleness be known'
08-18-2011
"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near."
- Philippians 4:4-5
Prayer of the Day: To Console
08-18-2011
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love. Amen. - the Prayer of St. Francis
Voice of the Day: C.S. Lewis
08-18-2011
"No [person] who values originality will ever be original.
Prayer of the Day: Strangers
08-17-2011
Christ, help us to see you in all who are hungry and all who are strangers, especially those who we do not encounter but whose lives we impact. Amen.
Voice of the Day: Emily Dickinson
08-17-2011
"How much can come / And much can go, / And yet abide the World!"
- Emily Dickinson, from "There Came a Wind"
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Verse of the Day: Prayer
08-17-2011
"But now more than ever the word about Jesus spread abroad; many crowds would gather to hear him and to be cured of their diseases. But he would withdraw to deserted places and pray."
Prayer of the Day: Somalia
08-16-2011
God, we pray for the people of Somalia. During this time of famine, we ask for an end to war. Allow your sustaining spirit to nourish and heal. Amen
Verse of the Day: A Proverb
08-16-2011
"Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss."
- Proverbs 22:16
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Voice of the Day: Thomas Merton
08-16-2011
"The important thing about protest is not so much the short-range possibility of changing the direction of policies, but the longer range aim of helping everyone gain an entirely new attitude toward w
Verse of the Day: Humility, Gentleness, and Love
08-15-2011
"I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in lo
Voice of the Day: Thomas Moore
08-15-2011
"Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal."
- Thomas Moore
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Prayer of the Day: Sacredness
08-15-2011
Grant us, God, to see the beauty and sacredness of your world. May we do our part to uphold it. Amen.
Prayer of the Day: Illuminating Spirit
08-13-2011
God of light, let us always feel your warm presence and your illuminating spirit in the world and in our lives. Amen.
Verse of the Day: Honey for your Soul
08-12-2011
"My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
Prayer of the Day: Let me sow hope
08-12-2011
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is despair, let me sow hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. Amen - the Prayer of St. Francis.
Voice of the Day: Pat Conroy
08-11-2011
"'Tell me a story' still comprise four of the most powerful words in English, words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, th
Prayer of the Day: London Riots
08-11-2011
God, we pray for an end to the riots in London and across the United Kingdom. Allow the unrest to stop.