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Prayer of the Day: The Prophets

by the Web Editors 03-28-2013
We give thanks, God, for the prophets who love us enough to tell us your hard truth. Show us where we need your words for our repentance and conversion, and teach us how to always speak your truth in love. Amen.

Verse of the Day: 'Merciful and Gracious'

by the Web Editors 03-28-2013
The LORD passed before [Moses] and proclaimed, "The Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness." - Exodus 34:6 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: Fruits of the Spirit

by the Web Editors 03-27-2013
Giver of all good things, grant that we might grow in the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, for there is no law against such things. And as we do so, may we see change in our lives, in the lives of those around us, in the communities, nations, and world that we live in. All for your glory. Amen.

Verse of the Day:

by the Web Editors 03-27-2013
Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. - Mark 11:25-26 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Voice of the Day: Anne Lamott

by the Web Editors 03-27-2013
You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. - Anne Lamott + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Verse of the Day: 'Walk With Your Heads Held High'

by the Web Editors 03-26-2013
I am the LORD your God, and I rescued you from Egypt, so that you would never again be slaves. I have set you free; now walk with your heads held high. (The Poverty and Justice Bible) - Leviticus 26:13 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day:

by the Web Editors 03-26-2013
Thank you Lord, that throughout history there have been women whose steadfast faith and hope in you have brought about justice, freedom, and security for those who most needed it. We pray we can learn from women like Rahab and Esther and Harriet Tubman what it means to commit our lives to your service. Amen.

Voice of the Day: Malala Yousafzai

by the Web Editors 03-26-2013
If we want each and every girl to be educated, if we want peace all over the world, for that reason we all have to fight and we all should be united. We should not wait for someone else to come and speak up for us. - Malala Yousafzai For International Women's Day + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Voice of the Day: Mortimer Arias

by the Web Editors 03-25-2013
Can we announce the gospel in the same way to the oppressor and to the oppressed, to the torturer and the tortured? - Mortimer Arias + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: 'You Dwell Among us'

by the Web Editors 03-25-2013
Thank you, Lord, for Mary’s witness to joyful obedience, courageous faith, and the merciful truth that you dwell among those the world would forget. Amen.

Verse of the Day: 'I Am the LORD'

by the Web Editors 03-25-2013
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. - Exodus 20:2 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Verse of the Day: Psalm 31

by the Web Editors 03-22-2013
The LORD protects the faithful, but he severely punishes everyone who is proud. - Psalm 31:23 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: Action

by the Web Editors 03-22-2013
Lord, may our prayers be found in our actions today as much as they are found in these words. Amen.

Voice of the Day: Madeleine L'Engle

by the Web Editors 03-22-2013
Creativity is a way of living life, no matter what our vocation, or how we earn our living. - Madeleine L'Engle + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Verse of the Day: 'Forgive'

by the Web Editors 03-21-2013
Be on your guard! If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive. And if the same person sins against you seven times a day, and turns back to you seven times and says, “I repent,” you must forgive. - Luke 17:3-4 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Voice of the Day: Gandhi

by the Web Editors 03-21-2013
The atomic bomb brought an empty victory ... but it resulted for the time being in destroying the soul of Japan. What has happened to the soul of the destroying nation is yet too early to see. - Mahatma Gandhi + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: 'Our Own Freedom'

by the Web Editors 03-21-2013
Lord, we remember those who have given their lives for the sake of justice and freedom. Help us not to take our own freedom lightly, but to use it to advocate relentlessly for the freedom of others. Amen.

Verse of the Day: Psalm 22

by the Web Editors 03-20-2013
For [the LORD] did not despise or abhor the affliction of the afflicted; [God] did not hide [God's] face from me, but heard when I cried to [God].  - Psalm 22:24 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: the Canticle of Zechariah

by the Web Editors 03-20-2013
In the tender compassion of our Lord the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace. -From the Canticle of Zechariah

Voice of the Day: Pope Francis

by the Web Editors 03-20-2013
We live in the most unequal part of the world, which has grown the most, yet reduced misery the least. The unjust distribution of goods persists, creating a situation of social sin that cries out to Heaven and limits the possibilities of a fuller life for so many of our brothers. - Pope Francis + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail