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Prayer of the Day: Transformation
07-09-2010
By the power and presence of your Spirit: Transform me by the renewing of my mind and the cleansing of my spirit to be more like Jesus in thought, word, and deed.
Video: CNN Covers Jim Wallis and Other Faith Leaders in Gulf Coast
07-08-2010
Watch the video below of CNN's coverage of Jim Wallis and other faith leaders as they tour the Gulf Coast on a trip sponsored by the Sierra Club. (For live updates, follow @jimwallis on Twitter.)
Voice of the Day: David Wagoner
07-08-2010
Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, and you must treat it as a powerful stranger, must ask permission to know it and be known.
Prayer of the Day: To love God's creation
07-08-2010
Lord, the earth is yours and all that is in it, the seas and all that dwell in them.
Verse of the Day: Share in Christ's Suffering
07-08-2010
Rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.
- 1 Peter 4:13
Verse of the Day: The Lord is a Stronghold
07-07-2010
The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of trouble; the Lord protects those who take refuge in [God], even in a rushing flood.
- Nahum 17:8
Voice of the Day: Eugene H. Peterson
07-07-2010
Civilization is littered with unsolved problems, baffling impasses. The best minds of the world are at the end of their tether.
Prayer of the Day: To love others
07-07-2010
God, give us boldness and grace to love our neighbors as ourselves, to love our enemies and to pray for those who persecute us, to defend the oppressed and the marginalized, to speak up for the cau
Prayer of the Day: To love God
07-06-2010
Day by day, dear Lord, of Thee three things I pray: to see Thee more clearly, to love Thee more dearly, and to follow Thee more nearly. Amen.
St. Richard of Chichester
Voice of the Day: James Baldwin
07-06-2010
We should certainly know by now that it is one thing to overthrow a dictator or repel an invader and quite another thing really to achieve a revolution.
Verse of the Day: All Things Are Possible for God
07-06-2010
Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.”
- Mark 10:27
Video: President's Address on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
07-02-2010
Prayer of the Day: Extreme Poverty
07-02-2010
Maker of rich and poor alike, we pray for those living in extreme poverty.
Voice of the Day: Jane O'Reilly
07-02-2010
We must remember the past, define the future, and challenge the present -- wherever and however we can. It will take the rest of our lives even to begin. But then, what else have we to do?
Verse of the Day: Zechariah's Song
07-02-2010
"And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare the Lord's ways, to give knowledge of salvation to the Lord's people by the forgiveness
Voice of the Day: Ana
07-01-2010
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
Prayer of the Day: Psalm 121
07-01-2010
Creator of heaven and earth, we bring all of our joys and sorrows, dreams and fears, hopes and anxieties, before you, knowing that your hands are the best place for all of these things.
Verse of the Day: God's Steadfast Love
07-01-2010
For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
Voice of the Day: Gila Gevirtz
06-30-2010
Thus says the Compassionate One: As I parted the Sea of Reeds that you might emerge from my Womb, so now it is you who must widen the narrow passages so that justice and mercy can be reborn.
Verse of the Day: 'Peace be with you'
06-30-2010
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Lord has sent me, so I send you.”
- John 20:21