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Voice of the Day: Shoshana Zuboff

by the Web Editors 11-04-2010
"Awareness requires a rupture with the world we take for granted; then old categories of experience are called into question and revised."

- Shoshana Zuboff

Prayer of the Day: Prayer for Unity

by the Web Editors 11-04-2010
God, today we pray for the future of our country. Bridge the chasm we have created that paralyzes our ability to talk with one another and learn from our differences.

Prayer of the Day: Outrageous Jesus

by the Web Editors 11-03-2010
Thank you, God, for calling us to be outrageous. Thank you for sending Jesus to teach us that peacemaking, giving our possessions away, and loving our enemies will be life-giving.

Voice of the Day: Henri J.M. Nouwen

by the Web Editors 11-03-2010
"A life in prayer is a life in open hands where you are not ashamed of your weakness but realize that it is more perfect for a [human] to be led by the other than to seek to hold everything in [her

Verse of the Day: "Take my yoke upon you"

by the Web Editors 11-03-2010
"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Verse of the Day: "the seventh year you shall let it rest"

by the Web Editors 11-02-2010
"For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield; but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the wild

Prayer of the Day: Instruments of Peace

by the Web Editors 11-02-2010
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Give us opportunities to be light, joy and hope in dark, sad and despair-filled places. May we be healers, not by our own strength, but by your power.

Voice of the Day: Fannie Lou Hamer

by the Web Editors 11-02-2010
"...there is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people."

- Fannie Lou Hamer

Prayer of the Day: Politicians

by the Web Editors 11-01-2010
Dear God, we lift up politicians and their families. In this election season we pray that you put a spirit of civility and reconciliation into the hearts of those running for office.

Verse of the Day: Parable of the Silver Coin

by the Web Editors 11-01-2010
"Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

Voice of the Day: E.B. White

by the Web Editors 11-01-2010
"People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust."

- E.B. White

Verse of the Day: "my strength and my redeemer"

by the Web Editors 10-29-2010
"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer."

- Psalm 19:14

Prayer of the Day: Healers in the World

by the Web Editors 10-29-2010
Dearest Creator, we do not pretend to understand or comprehend the suffering in this world, but we do know that Christ is the healer, and we are called to bring Christ's healing presence to a broke

Voice of the Day: Anna C. Brackett

by the Web Editors 10-29-2010
"We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties."

Prayer of the Day: Decrease and Increase

by the Web Editors 10-28-2010
Lord, today we pray that we might decrease so that you might increase. Endow us with the humility of Christ until we seek nothing more than to wash the feet of our sisters and brothers.

Voice of the Day: Elie Wiesel

by the Web Editors 10-28-2010
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.

Verse of the Day: "the measure you give will be the measure you get back"

by the Web Editors 10-28-2010
"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you.

Honor Roll: KION Central Coast News

by the Web Editors 10-27-2010

[Editor's Note: Welcome to Sojourner's Truth and Civility Election Watch Honor Roll. This post is part of a series of submissions from our constituents that highlight organizations and individuals engaging in positive, honest discourse.]

Prayer of the Day: Shine Your Light

by the Web Editors 10-27-2010
O God, bless us this day with the joy that comes with obedience to your word. May we desire nothing but to glorify you in mind, body, and spirit.

Voice of the Day: Joan Chittister

by the Web Editors 10-27-2010
"Humor and laughter are not necessarily the same thing. Humor permits us to see into life from a fresh and gracious perspective.