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The online editorial staff comprises Betsy Shirley, Jenna Barnett, Josiah R. Daniels, Mitchell Atencio, Heather Brady, Kierra Bennning, and Zachary Lee.

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Prayer of the Day: That Your Name Might Be Praised

by the Web Editors 10-23-2012

Lord, may the mystery of your incarnation shine through the complexities of this day so that in all we do, your name might be praised. Amen.

Verse of the Day: Blessed are the Peacemakers

by the Web Editors 10-23-2012

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. - Matthew 5:9 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: Mourning

by the Web Editors 10-22-2012

God, we ask for comfort and support for all those who are mourning today. Bring peace and healing in their lives. Give them space and time to mourn and strength to carry on.

Voice of the Day: John Steinbeck

by the Web Editors 10-22-2012

And the stars down so close, and sadness and pleasure so close together, really the same thing. ... The stars are close and dear and I have joined the brotherhood of the worlds. And everything's holy — everything, even me. - John Steinbeck From The Grapes of Wrath + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Verse of the Day: God is With Us

by the Web Editors 10-22-2012

The LORD is with me to the end. - Psalm 138:8 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Verse of the Day: Be Gracious to Us

by the Web Editors 10-19-2012

O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble. - Isaiah 33:2 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: Teach us Anew

by the Web Editors 10-19-2012

Lord, within your community we are strengthened to persevere, empowered to proclaim your truth, and shaped to wait on you. Teach us anew what we can learn from other faithful brothers and sisters who serve you in their particular ways of worship and proclamation. Amen. -From Common Prayer

Voice of the Day: Mother Teresa

by the Web Editors 10-19-2012

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. I do not agree with the big way of doing things. To us what matters is an individual. To get to love the person we must come in close contact with him. If we wait till we get the numbers, then we will be lost in the numbers. - Mother Teresa + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Meet the Nones: Politically Active

by the Web Editors 10-18-2012

Editor's Note: Sojourners has launched this new blog series to help shed light on the nation's latest "religious" affiliation. Go HERE to read their stories. Or EMAIL US to share your own.

PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly has launched a new mini-series on the rise of the unaffiliated. Go HERE to read more about this week's epidsode.

Watch None of the Above: Political Implications on PBS. See more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.

Voice of the Day: A Heart Without Words

by the Web Editors 10-18-2012

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. - Mahatma Gandhi + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: Dependence in Weakness

by the Web Editors 10-18-2012

God, thank you that we are not able to save ourselves but must turn to you for strength. We admit that we are helpless without you. Forgive us for our obsession with independence and self-reliance, and let us learn to depend on you in our weakness. Amen.

Verse of the Day: My Help Comes from the LORD

by the Web Editors 10-18-2012

My help comes from the LORD. - Psalm 121:2 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Ladies: Need A Pick-Me-Up?

by the Web Editors 10-18-2012

It's Thursday. I'm hitting the back of my closet and have second-day hair. Relate? Good, then this video is for you.

Take a few minutes to remember that our differences — whether it be crooked smiles, frizzy hair, or 6-foot-frame — to others look like character, enviable natural curls, or modelesque stature. You're beautiful. (Yes, you.)

The clip is also full of good advice, but my personal favorite: "If it makes you feel awesome, wear it." (Do you think that means I can get away with yoga pants at work?)

Verse of the Day: Look to the Interests of Others

by the Web Editors 10-17-2012

If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. - Philippians 2:1-4 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: Inspire Us

by the Web Editors 10-17-2012

Lord, may the Holy Spirit continue to inspire within us new and life-giving ways to experience the presence of God in our lives. -Adapted from Daily Prayer

Voice of the Day: Eyes of the Heart

by the Web Editors 10-17-2012

If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like artists, we must see not just their faces but the life behind and within their faces. Here it is love that is the frame we see them in. - Frederick Buechner From Whistling in the Dark + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Meet the Nones: PBS Takes a Closer Look (Part 1)

by the Web Editors 10-16-2012

PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly has launched a new mini-series on the rise of the unaffiliated. Go HERE to learn more.

Watch None of the Above: Who Are They? on PBS. See more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.

Voice of the Day: Joan Chittister

by the Web Editors 10-16-2012

Nobody finds time for prayer. You either take time for it or you don't get it. - Joan Chittister + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: Gratitude

by the Web Editors 10-16-2012

God, forgive us when we take for granted anything you've created or given us. Instill in us a sense of gratitde and wonder.

Verse of the Day: The Lord Hears

by the Web Editors 10-16-2012

The LORD has heard my weeping. - Psalm 6:9 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail