the Web Editors

God, comfort the families and friends of those who died in the Islamabad plane crash last week. Give them peace in their hearts, minds, and souls. Amen.

Trayvon Martin Case: Bill Lee, Sanford Police Chief, Remains Under Scrutiny — Stress Rises On Social Security — Democrats Plan To Force Vote On Arizona Immigration Law If It’s Upheld By Court — U.N. Observers Prove Little Deterrent To Syrian Attacks — From Democracy Poster Child To Broken State — The List: Accounting For The Iraqi Allies — America Left Behind The Peace Narrative — Obama Slipping Among Young White Voters — In Chicago: Nobel Laureates And Students Defending Human Rights, One Step At A Time (OPINION) — How Can We Fix Transportation In America? Ask A Nine-Year-Old.

Most Holy Lord, You are ever present and ever merciful for people on the move. We thank you for the blessings of our own immigrant heritage. We thank you for the privilege of participating in the government of this great country. Help us as people of faith call boldly for justice in our immigration laws. May our call be heard and echoed by our legislators and our president. Amen. A prayer from Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Services
 

Arizona Immigration Law Is No National Model Says Marco Rubio – Evangelicals 'Coming Around' To Evidence For Global Warming, Professor Says – How Nixon Aide Chuck Colson’s Ideas Transformed American Evangelicalism – Younger Colorado Voters Are United By Faith, But Divided By Politics – Cornel West And Tavis Smiley: Poverty In America Threatens Democracy – Make Poverty History 2 To Launch In 2013 – Poverty In America: Defining The New Poor – Asia’s Rising Inequality A Policy Priority – Evangelical Christians Agree, Disagree On Budget Priorities.

"But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In [God's] hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being." - Job 12:7-10

For the beauty of the earth For the glory of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies. Lord of all to thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise.
Taken from Folliot Pierpoint’s 1864 hymn, “For the Beauty of the Earth”

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"Welcome any change that comes into any phase in your life; insist that it is going to turn out for the better – and it will. See the Angel of God in it, and the Angel of God will make all things new." - Emmet Fox

W.H. Escalates Budget War — The Fight For 'The Persuadables' — U.N. Chief Says Syria Is Failing To Adhere To Peace Plan — Judge Quits In Trayvon Martin Shooting Case — Jobless Data Suggests Slowdown In Job Creation — Study: 8.3 Million Children Affected By Foreclosure Crisis — Biblical Literalism, Secularism And American Politics (OPINION) — Two-Paycheck Couples, Working Because They Must — Will Obama's New Rules Make Fracking Better For The Planet? — 21st Century Chain Gangs.