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Voice of the Day: Lucretia Mott
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: 'If it dies, it bears much fruit'
05-22-2009
Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Voice of the Day: Bill Moyers
05-21-2009
Charity depends on the vicissitudes of whim and personal wealth; justice depends on commitment instead of circumstance.
Verse of the Day: 'Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue'
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
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
Prayer of the Day: The Incarcerated
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.
Verse of the Day: 'Pursue peace with everyone'
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: Gift of Tears
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'
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
the world and those who live in it.
Let the floods clap their hands;
let the hills sing together for joy
Voice of the Day: Richard Rohr
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.
Voice of the Day: African Proverb
05-18-2009
When you pray, move your feet.
- African Proverb
Verse of the Day: 'The truth will make you free'
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
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.
Prayer of the Day: Sudan
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
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'
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
Prayer of the Day: Development Agencies
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.
Verse of the Day: 'Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!'
05-14-2009
In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.