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Voice of the Day: Edward J. Farrell
11-02-2009
We begin, sometimes without realizing it, to worship things, to relate to them as persons. And in the process, we inevitably relate to other persons as if they were things.
Verse of the Day: 'The law of the Lord'
11-02-2009
The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the decrees of the Lord are sure,
making wise the simple;
the precepts of the Lord are right,
Verse of the Day: 'Give thanks to the Lord'
10-29-2009
O give thanks to the Lord, for the Lord
is good;
for God's steadfast love endures
forever.
- Psalm 107:1
Voice of the Day: Marge Piercy
10-29-2009
The work of the world is common as mud.
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done
has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
Prayer of the Day: Have Mercy
10-29-2009
Look with pity, O heavenly Father, upon people in this land who live with injustice, terror, disease, and death as their constant companions. Have mercy upon us.
Verse of the Day: Do Not Pass Judgment
10-28-2009
Why do you pass judgment on your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. For it is written,
Voice of the Day: Joan Puls
10-28-2009
We live limited lives until we "cross over" into the concrete world of another country, another culture, another tradition of worship ...
Prayer of the Day: As your children, Lord
10-28-2009
God, you see your children growing up in an unsteady and confusing world; give them strength to hold their faith in you, and to keep alive their joy in your creation.
Prayer of the Day: A Second Prayer for Children
10-27-2009
Almighty God, we commend to you the homes and shelters in which families dwell.
Verse of the Day: The Heavens Tell the Glory of God
10-27-2009
The heavens are telling the glory
of God;
and the firmament proclaims
God's handiwork.
Day to day pours forth speech,
Voice of the Day: Edward Said
10-27-2009
Even if one is not an actual immigrant or expatriate, it is still possible to think as one, to imagine and investigate in spite of barriers, and always to move away from the centralizing authoritie
Prayer of the Day: A Prayer for Children
10-26-2009
Almighty God, you have blessed us with the joy and care of children.
Verse of the Day: Give Willingly
10-26-2009
If there is among you anyone in need, a member of your community in any of your towns within the land that the Lord you God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your needy n
Voice of the Day: Martha Graybeal Rowlett
10-26-2009
God's acceptance and forgiveness does not say that everything we have done and left undone is all right. It says that we can pick up from here and move on.
Voice of the Day: Mark Twain
10-23-2009
Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.
- Mark Twain
American novelist (1835-1910)
Prayer of the Day: More Like You
10-23-2009
Gracious God, make us ever more like you, in love, in grace, in justice, in compassion.
Verse of the Day: Standing in God's Presence
10-23-2009
For we are not peddlers of God's word like so many; but in Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in his presence.
Prayer of the Day: Make Us One
10-22-2009
Make us one like you are one, God. We are your people, your children, your church, but we confess that we are more disparate and more splintered than we ought to be.
Voice of the Day: Audre Lorde
10-22-2009
To refuse to participate in the shaping of our future is to give it up ... Each of us must find our work and do it. Militancy no longer means guns at high noon, if it ever did.
Verse of the Day: God in Our Midst
10-22-2009
The Lord, your God, is in your
midst,
a warrior who gives victory;
he will rejoice over you with
gladness,