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Prayer of the Day: Your New Worlds Amid Our Anxiety
10-29-2013
God, we keep inventing ourselves and our underneath selves turn out to be less than adequate and we wish we were other than we are. We juggle your good purposes and our hidden yearnings and try to serve two masters, try to live two narratives, try to live two dreams, and we are weary. Gives us patience and stead fastness as we process the ragged edges of our lives. Amen.
-Adapted from Prayers for a Priviledged People by Walter Brueggemann
Voice of the Day: Robert M. Persig
10-29-2013
"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands."
- Robert M. Persig
Robert M. Persig
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Verse of the Day: Psalm 62:5-6
10-28-2013
For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from [God]. [God] alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
- Psalm 62:5-6
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Voice of the Day: Thomas Aquinas
10-28-2013
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perserveance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you.
- Thomas Aquinas
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Prayer of the Day: Set Our Hears Aflame
10-28-2013
Set our hears aflame, Lord! We pray for the fractured body of Christ, may the Spirit of God continue to inspire us to reach unity. May the Christian life we share together find many authentic forms of expression in our worship, teach, fellowship, service, and ministries.
Prayer of the Day: Empower Us Through the Spirit
10-25-2013
God in heaven, and empower us through the Spirit to become heralds of your reign to those aroudn us. We pray for openness to the movement of the Spirit in our lives, may we readily embody the fruits of the Spirit in our relationships. Amen.
Voice of the Day: Wilma Rudolph
10-25-2013
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Verse of the Day: Proverbs 15:15-16
10-25-2013
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Voice of the Day: Harriet Tubman
10-24-2013
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
- Harriet Tubman
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Prayer of the Day: Speak the Healing Word
10-24-2013
God whose grace touches us in our unworthiness, you come near and speak the healing word. Reveal to us this day a sign of your glory, that we might listen to your voice and walk in your ways. Amen.
-Adapted from Take Our Moments and Our Days: An Anabaptist Prayer book
Verse of the Day: Psalm 20:1-2
10-24-2013
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Voice of the Day: Mohandas Gandhi
10-24-2013
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Verse of the Day: Zephaniah 3:17
10-24-2013
The Lord, your God, is in your midst,
a warrior who gives victory;
[God] will rejoice over you with gladness,
[God] will renew you in [God's] love;
[God] will exult over you with loud singing
- Zephaniah 3:17
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Prayer of the Day: Speak the Healing Word
10-24-2013
God whose grace touches us in our unworthiness, you come near and speak the healing word. Reveal to us this day a sign of your glory, that we might listen to your voice and walk in your ways. Amen.
-Adapted from Take Our Moments and Our Days: An Anabaptist Prayer book
WATCH: 'There's Nothing Faithful About Torture'
10-23-2013
Alongside members of NRCAT, Lisa Sharon Harper discusses Christian opposition to torture.
Sojourners supports the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT). NRCAT recently released five Youtube videos to counter the claims found in pop-culture that torture is acceptable. Check out this video of people of faith speaking to core faith values that underlie their anti-torture work,, which features Sojourners' Lisa Sharon Harper.
Prayer of the Day: Acts of Love
10-23-2013
God of justice, we bring our prayers to you as acts of love for you and for our neighbors. You prepare a banquet for all peoples. We pray for the world, for peacemakers, and for all who serve in the name of Christ.
-Adapted from Take Our Moments and Our Days: An Anabaptist Prayer book
Verse of the Day: Psalm 65:9-10
10-23-2013
You visit the earth and water it, you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it. You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.
- Psalm 65:9-10
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Voice of the Day: Betty Shabazz
10-23-2013
"We can say 'Peace on Earth.' We can sing about it, preach about it or pray about it, but if we have not internalized the mythology to make it happen inside us, then it will not be."
- Betty Shabazz
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Verse of the Day: Haggai 1:5-6
10-22-2013
Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared. You have sown much, and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and you that earn wages earn wages to put them into a bag with holes.
- Haggai 1:5-6
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Voice of the Day: Thich Nhat Hanh
10-22-2013
"If you are not yet able to love yourself, you will not be able to love your enemy. But when you are able to love yourself, you can love anyone. When you do this, you will see that your so called enemy is not more or less than a human being who is suffering."
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh
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