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Voice of the Day: Mollie Rogers

by the Web Editors 09-13-2010

[A]s happens so often when we stop to regard God’s work, there is nothing to do but wonder and thank Him, realizing how little we planned, how little we achieved, and yet how much has

Verse of the Day: 'The patience of our Lord'

by the Web Editors 09-09-2010
Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish; and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation.

Prayer of the Day: For the Homeless

by the Web Editors 09-09-2010
God, you were born in a stable and laid in a manger because there was no room for you. Help us, O God, to welcome others with a heavenly hospitality.

Voice of the Day: Catherine of Siena

by the Web Editors 09-09-2010

All the way to heaven is heaven, because [Jesus] said, "I am the way."

Verse of the Day: Parable of the Leavened Bread

by the Web Editors 09-08-2010
And again he said, "To what should I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."

Voice of the Day: Adrienne Rich

by the Web Editors 09-08-2010
I long to create something / that can't be used to keep us passive: / I want to write / a script about plumbing, how every pipe / is joined / to every other.

Prayer of the Day: Give us grace, O God

by the Web Editors 09-08-2010
Graceful God, we struggle at times when we feel we cannot pass on your grace as you have called us to do.

Voice of the Day: Alberta Hunter

by the Web Editors 09-07-2010
The blues are like spirituals, almost sacred. When we sing blues, we’re singing out our hearts, we’re singing out our feelings.

Prayer of the Day: We are all one

by the Web Editors 09-07-2010
For the sun and the moon and the stars that light the night, we give you thanks. For the rain and the wind and the storm, we give you thanks.

Verse of the Day: 'stumbling blocks!'

by the Web Editors 09-07-2010

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but woe to the one by whom the stumbling block comes!

- Matthew 18:7

Verse of the Day:

by the Web Editors 09-03-2010
Therefore, O king, may my counsel be acceptable to you: atone for your sins with righteousness, and your inquiries with mercy to the oppressed, so that your prosperity may be prolonged.

Voice of the Day: Adolfo P

by the Web Editors 09-03-2010
My voice would like to have the strength of the voice of the humble and lowly. It is a voice that denounces injustice and proclaims hope in God and humanity.

Prayer of the Day:

by the Web Editors 09-03-2010

Prayer of the Day: Accept my gifts, O God

by the Web Editors 09-02-2010
Working God, we give the labor of our hands to you. We do not always know how to do our work in a way that is pleasing to you. Please reveal that to us, O God.

Voice of the Day: Edward J. Farrell

by the Web Editors 09-02-2010
Christian prayer is always a response to a presence already felt. The awareness of a desire to pray again is already prayer.

Verse of the Day: 'The glory of the Lord has risen upon you.'

by the Web Editors 09-02-2010
Arise, shine; for the light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

Voice of the Day: Lech Walesa

by the Web Editors 09-01-2010
In many parts of the world the people are searching for a solution which would link the two basic values: peace and justice. The two are like bread and salt for mankind.

Prayer of the Day: Prayer for Each New Day

by the Web Editors 09-01-2010
We thank you, God, for the newness of this month and this season of new beginnings.

Verse of the Day: Faith That Speaks

by the Web Editors 09-01-2010
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain's.

Prayer of the Day:

by the Web Editors 08-31-2010
We have reached the end of another month, Creator God. All of creation longs for your touch in this time of transition.