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Verse of the Day: 'Return to the Lord'
02-18-2010
Yet even now, says the Lord,
return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
rend your hearts and not your clothing.
Prayer of the Day: Holiness
02-18-2010
Make us a holy people, God, in our interactions with each other and in our own lives. May we strive to live in such a way that others are drawn to you.
Voice of the Day: Saint Th
02-18-2010
I have not the courage to search through books for beautiful prayers ...
Verse of the Day: Jesus in the Wilderness
02-17-2010
The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him.
Prayer of the Day: Lent
02-17-2010
As we enter the season of Lent, may we be reminded that we are dust and that it is to dust that we will return.
Voice of the Day: T.S. Eliot
02-17-2010
Teach us to sit still ... And let my cry come unto Thee.
- T.S. Eliot
from his poem, "Ash Wednesday"
Verse of the Day: 'The earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord'
02-16-2010
The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.
Prayer of the Day: Afghanistan
02-16-2010
Even as NATO forces mount the largest offensive in Afghanistan since 2001, we pray for peace and stability in that region, for freedom from fear, freedom from conflict, freedom from displacement, i
Voice of the Day: Mahatma Gandhi
02-16-2010
There are limits to self-indulgence, none to restraint.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Voice of the Day: Elaine Puckett
02-15-2010
When we think about laying down a life for another we usually think in terms of a singular event.
Prayer of the Day: Love
02-15-2010
By your Spirit, Lord, help us to love as you love; to see others with your eyes; to love others with your love; to seek your justice and your righteousness; to sacrifice as you sacrificed.
Verse of the Day: 'Gracious is the Lord'
02-15-2010
Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
our God is merciful.
The Lord protects the simple;
when I was brought low, the Lord saved me.
Return, O my soul, to your rest,
Verse of the Day: Give Grace
02-12-2010
Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.
Prayer of the Day: Haiti
02-12-2010
Lord, we remember Haiti, where the latest reports are announcing a death toll of over 230,000. We mourn, God.
Voice of the Day: C.S. Lewis
02-12-2010
We are all receiving Charity. There is something in each of us that cannot be naturally loved. It is no one's fault if they do not so love it ...
Voice of the Day: Ruth Bell Graham
02-11-2010
A happy marriage is the union of two forgivers.
- Ruth Bell Graham
poet, philanthropist, and wife of evangelist Billy Graham (1920-2007)
Verse of the Day: Why We Love
02-11-2010
We love because God first loved us.
- 1 John 4:19
Prayer of the Day: Immigrants
02-11-2010
We continue to pray for immigrants--those we know and love and are part of our families, and those we do not yet know.
Voice of the Day: Alice Walker
02-10-2010
Tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for [God] to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.
Prayer of the Day: Covenant Prayer
02-10-2010
I am no longer my own, but yours. Put me to what you will, rank me with whom you will. Put me to doing, put me to suffering.