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Prayer of the Day: Faith and Justice Groups

by the Web Editors 05-22-2009
Pray for the work of the Faith and Justice groups in Boston and New York, and that new coalitions united for justice and transformation of communities would come together as a result of training an

Voice of the Day: Lucretia Mott

by the Web Editors 05-22-2009
It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ.

Verse of the Day: 'Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue'

by the Web Editors 05-21-2009
Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

- Deuteronomy 16:20

Prayer of the Day: World Leaders

by the Web Editors 05-21-2009
Pray for the leaders of the world's richest countries, that the aid they have promised developing countries will be delivered and that the crippling debts still owed by those countries will be forg

Voice of the Day: Bill Moyers

by the Web Editors 05-21-2009
Charity depends on the vicissitudes of whim and personal wealth; justice depends on commitment instead of circumstance.

Voice of the Day: Angelina Grimk

by the Web Editors 05-20-2009
I stand before you as a moral being

Verse of the Day: 'Pursue peace with everyone'

by the Web Editors 05-20-2009
Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

- Hebrews 12:14

Prayer of the Day: The Incarcerated

by the Web Editors 05-20-2009
Pray for the ministry of Rev. Darren Ferguson and for all the urban poor incarcerated in Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York.

Voice of the Day: Richard Rohr

by the Web Editors 05-19-2009
I have committed myself to joy. I have come to realize that those who make space for joy, those who prefer nothing to joy, those who desire the utter reality, will most assuredly have it.

Prayer of the Day: Gift of Tears

by the Web Editors 05-19-2009
May God bless us with the gift of tears to shed with those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, or the loss of all that they cherish, so that we may reach out our hands to c

Verse of the Day: 'Let the hills sing together for joy'

by the Web Editors 05-19-2009
Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
the world and those who live in it.
Let the floods clap their hands;
let the hills sing together for joy

Verse of the Day: 'The truth will make you free'

by the Web Editors 05-18-2009
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: Day Laborers

by the Web Editors 05-18-2009
Pray for an end to the mistreatment of immigrant day laborers and for the enactment of policies that protect the rights of all workers.

Voice of the Day: African Proverb

by the Web Editors 05-18-2009
When you pray, move your feet.

- African Proverb

Prayer of the Day: Sudan

by the Web Editors 05-15-2009
Pray for aid and justice for the people of Sudan, the cause for which Rep. John Lewis and four other representatives were arrested recently.

Voice of the Day: William Wilberforce

by the Web Editors 05-15-2009
If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.

Verse of the Day: 'Open your hand to the poor'

by the Web Editors 05-15-2009
Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, "Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land."

- Deuteronomy 15:11

Verse of the Day: 'Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!'

by the Web Editors 05-14-2009
In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.

Prayer of the Day: Development Agencies

by the Web Editors 05-14-2009
Pray for aid and development agencies, that the delivery of food aid and development assistance will feed the hungry and lift them from extreme poverty.

Voice of the Day: Mother Teresa

by the Web Editors 05-14-2009