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"The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we ever have is now." - Bill Cosby Bill Cosby + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

"Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I rise. Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear, I rise. Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise."  - Maya Angelou Maya Angelou, from "Still I Rise" + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

God of love, we especially pray for those who suffer physically, mentally, or spiritually. May we welcome and meet the needs of those who come knocking at our door and may we find an open door when it is us who does the knocking. May we recognize your unending love for us and trust in your abundant grace to meet our needs beyond our expectations, each time we turn to you. Amen.

Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested. - Hebrews 2:17-18 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

"I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; Yet know I how the heather looks, and what a wave must be. I never spoke with God, nor visited in heaven; Yet certain am I of the spot as if the chart were given." - Emily Dickenson  Emily Dickenson, "I Never Saw a Moor" + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

How merciful are you, O Lord, when you receive us even with our doubts and suspicions. We pray to keep tiptoeing toward you without fear of rejection. We pray to keep up ourfeeble attempts at serving yuo even when we question the worth of our efforts. Amen. - Adapted from Common Prayer: A Liturgy of Ordinary Radicals

My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. - Psalm 84:2-3 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

 "Pay attention to what I tell you: whoever you may be, always have God before your eyes, whatever you do, do it according to the testimony of the Holy Scriptures; in whatever place you live do not easily leave it. Keep these three precepts and you will be saved." - Abba Anthony  Abba Anthony + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

"Wage peace. Never has the word seemed so fresh and precious: Have a cup of tea and rejoice. Act as if armistice has already arrived. Celebrate today." - Judyth Hill Judyth Hill, from "Wage Peace" + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail