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Voice of the Day: C.S. Lewis
05-26-2010
We must realize the yawning pitfall in that very characteristic of home life which is so often glibly paraded as its principle attraction: "It is there that we appear as we really are: it is t
Prayer of the Day: Immigrants
05-26-2010
God of the journey, watch over those who move to make a better life for themselves and their families.
Verse of the Day: 'Imitate what is good'
05-26-2010
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.
- 3 John 1:11
Verse of the Day: 'Rejoice in the Lord'
05-25-2010
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
my whole being shall exult in my God ...
For as the earth brings forth its shoots,
Prayer of the Day: Special Needs
05-25-2010
Lord, we pray for all those who have special needs, and for all who love and look after them.
Voice of the Day: Dorothy Height
05-25-2010
If you worry about who is going to get credit, you don't get much work done.
Verse of the Day: Pentecost
05-24-2010
When they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.
Prayer of the Day: Prayer for Pentecost
05-24-2010
Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove: descend on us, reveal your love. Word of God and inward light, wake our spirits; clear our sight.
Voice of the Day: Karl Barth
05-24-2010
The Holy Spirit establishes the righteousness of heaven in the midst of the unrighteousness of the earth and will not stop or stay until all that is dead has been brought to life and a new world ha
Prayer of the Day: Israel/Palestine
05-21-2010
We ask for peace, stability, and reconciliation in Israel/Palestine. We ask that the violence and oppression would end, and that your shalom would grace the roads that you once walked.
Voice of the Day: Constance Slaughter-Harvey
05-21-2010
Justice is not blind -- she very often "peeks" to determine the race, economic status, sex, and religion of persons prior to determination of guilt.
Verse of the Day: 'Show kindness and mercy'
05-21-2010
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts again
Voice of the Day: Thomas J. Norris
05-20-2010
If God comes down to earth through [the] Son made flesh, then we ascend toward heaven through Jesus present in each sister and brother for whom he died.
Prayer of the Day: DREAMers
05-20-2010
God, we pray for the tens of thousands of young immigrants known as DREAMers: those brought to the U.S. as young children, who grew up in the U.S., for whom the U.S.
Verse of the Day: The Lord's Covenant
05-20-2010
This is my covenant with them, says the Lord: my spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouths of your children, or o
Voice of the Day: John Perkins
05-19-2010
Family values and social justice aren't separate issues. The health of the community depends on the health of the family and the health of the family depends on the justice of the community.
Verse of the Day: One Body in Christ
05-19-2010
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?
Prayer of the Day: A Latin-American Lord's Prayer
05-19-2010
God, who is in us here on earth, holy is your name in the hungry who share their bread and their song. Your Kingdom come, which is a land flowing with milk and honey.
Verse of the Day: Calling on God
05-18-2010
The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
Then I called on the name of the Lord:
Prayer of the Day: Gulf of Mexico
05-18-2010
As the cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico continues, we pray once again for those involved in those efforts, and for those who have lost livelihoods.