“Nonviolent action on behalf of justice is no automatic forumla with promise of success: but neither is war. After all, at least half of the people who go to war for some cause deemed worthy of it are defeated.”
- John Howard Yoderfrom When War is Unjust+ Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.
- Isaiah 1:16-17+ Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
Lord, please make it so that we would rather choose death than partake in evils against humanity. Make it so that we would rather risk our reputation and security than deny your call to work for freedom for the oppressed. Amen.
-From Common Prayer
The only answer in this life, to the loneliness we are all bound to feel, is community. The living together, working together, sharing together, loving God and loving our [neighbor], and living close to [God] in community so we can show our love for [God]. - Dorothy Day+ Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
From Psalm 95
This Thanksgiving, we at Sojourners are thankful for each of you — for your activism, your readership, your donations, your prayers. We could not do any of this work without your support. So today, we’d like to highlight just a few of the ways your participation and contributions have helped affect real change in Washington, across the country in your communities, and truly worldwide.
Climb the mountains andget their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
- John Muir+ Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in [God], and [God] will act. [God] will make your vindication shine like the light, and the justice of your cause like the noonday. Be still before the LORD, and wait patiently for [God]; do not fret over those who prosper in their way, over those who carry out evil devices.
- Psalm 37:5-7+ Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.
- Galatians 5:22-25+ Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you
as the day rises to meet the sun
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was int he beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Jim Wallis, President and CEO of Sojourners, met with President Barack Obama and other key officials at the White House on Friday to discuss the fiscal cliff, and urge a fair budget deal that does not harm the poor and vulnarable. After the meeting, he sat down with Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC's Politics Nation to talk about the results of the meeting.
They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
- Acts 2:42-47+ Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail
God, we pray for your will to be done in the Middle East and everywhere experiencing conflict. Where there is violence, bring your peace. Where there is hatred, bring reconciliation.
