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Voice of the Day: Emma Goldman
05-18-2010
One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing.
- Emma Goldman
American writer and lecturer
Prayer of the Day: Thailand
05-17-2010
Prince of Peace, we continue to lift up the country of Thailand, where civil unrest and violence continue to rend this nation apart and divide friends and families.
Voice of the Day: John Wesley
05-17-2010
Have I rejoiced with and for my neighbor in virtue or pleasure? grieved with [her] in pain, for him in sin? ...
Verse of the Day: Christ the Shepherd
05-17-2010
[Christ] himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
Voice of the Day: Edward Gilbreath
05-13-2010
Whether it's the sin of racism, greed, pride, or indifference, doing what comes naturally is what always gets us in trouble.
Prayer of the Day: For the Poor
05-13-2010
Help us, God, to bring--to be, to live out, to show through our love--your good news to the poor. Amen.
Verse of the Day: 'I do not what I want'
05-13-2010
I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
- Romans 7:15
Verse of the Day: Freedom in Truth
05-12-2010
Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
Prayer of the Day: Immigrants
05-12-2010
Lord Jesus, help us to recognize you in the face of the stranger and welcome your presence among us. You have graced us with the gifts of many cultures and nations.
Voice of the Day: Anna Akhmatova
05-12-2010
Wild honey smells of freedom
The dust -- of sunlight
The mouth of a young girl,
like a violet
But gold -- smells of nothing.
Prayer of the Day: Generosity
05-11-2010
God, we come before you with gratitude, remembering all that you have done for us and through us.
Verse of the Day: 'A way in the wilderness'
05-11-2010
I am about to do a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.
Voice of the Day: Dorothy Height
05-10-2010
Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.
Verse of the Day: Jesus Calls Sinners
05-10-2010
The Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" Jesus answered, "Those who are well have no nee
Prayer of the Day: Gulf of Mexico
05-10-2010
We continue to pray for the devastation in the Gulf of Mexico. We pray for swift and effective containment and clean-up.
Prayer of the Day: Courage to be revolutionary
05-07-2010
God, give me the courage to be revolutionary as your Son Jesus Christ was. Give me the courage to loosen myself from this world. Teach me to stand up free and to shun no criticism.
Verse of the Day: Lord of the Heavens and the Earth
05-07-2010
And Ezra said: "You are the Lord, you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them.
Voice of the Day: Swami Sivananda
05-07-2010
Work is the worship of the Lord. Do not make any distinction between menial and respectable work.
Verse of the Day: The Knowledge of God
05-06-2010
O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are [God's] judgments and how inscrutable [God's] ways!
- Romans 11:33