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Verse of the Day: We are One Body

by the Web Editors 10-20-2011
"For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.

Prayer of the Day: Married and Poor

by the Web Editors 10-20-2011
God of love, during this time of economic hardship we pray for all relationships.

Voice of the Day: Willa Cather

by the Web Editors 10-20-2011
"Where there is great love there is always miracles." - Willa Cather + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

News: Quick Links 2

by the Web Editors 10-19-2011

The high cost of anti-immigration laws. Why candidates' faith matters. ABC News' exclusive interview with President Obama. U.S. Hispanics choosing churches outside Catholicism. Three U.S. Congressmen tour the Canadian tar sands. Who are the death penalty's most ardent supporters? Investors worth a collective $20 trillion (with a T!) call for urgent action on climate change. And God's economy.

Verse of the Day: God is Our Refuge

by the Web Editors 10-19-2011
"You are a refuge to poor people, refuge to the needy in their distress, shelter in the storm, shade from the heat

Prayer of the Day: Sick

by the Web Editors 10-19-2011
God of healing, we pray for all who are sick and suffering from disease, affliction, and addiction. Bring healing and renewal into their lives, and may their being be restored. Amen.

Voice of the Day: Winston Churchill

by the Web Editors 10-19-2011
"What is the use of living if not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?" - Winston Churchill

News: Quick Links

by the Web Editors 10-18-2011

Occupy America: A new great awakening. Election-year goals of Christian group questioned. Would you pledge $20.14 to end the war in Afghanistan? Religion And Immigration: We Have Not Yet Begun To Love.

The Daily Show on Evangelicals & Mormons: Battle of the Sects

by the Web Editors 10-18-2011

Verse of the Day: Pursuing the Light of Saints

by the Web Editors 10-18-2011
"May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from [God's] glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to [God], who has enabled

Voice of the Day: Barbara Brown Taylor

by the Web Editors 10-18-2011
"No one longs for what he or she already has, and yet the accumulated insight of those wise about the spiritual life suggests that the reason so many of us cannot see the red X that marks the spot is

Prayer of the Day: Liberia

by the Web Editors 10-18-2011
God, we pray for Liberia during their election season. May a spirit of peace and unity prevail among the people. Amen.

Verse of the Day:'Though I Have Fallen I Will Rise'

by the Web Editors 10-17-2011
"But as for me, I will look to YHWH and wait for the God who will save me; my God will hear me.

Voice of the Day: Alfred Lord Tennyson

by the Web Editors 10-17-2011
"Tho' much is taken, much abides: and tho' / We are not now that strength which in old days / Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; / One equal temper of heroic hearts, / Made weak by tim

Prayer of the Day: Children of the Deported

by the Web Editors 10-17-2011
Lord, comfort children living in this country whose mothers and fathers have been deported. Guard child and parent, that all families may be reunited. Amen.

#OccupyWallStreet: Zuccotti Park Cleaning Cancelled Early Friday

by the Web Editors 10-14-2011

The clean up of Zucotti Park -- announced by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday -- by city workers has been scrapped as of early Friday a.m.

The announcement came shortly after 6 a.m. EST, less than an hour before city workers were scheduled to enter the park near Wall Street where thousands of demonstrators have been camped out for nearly a month.

Verse of the Day: Gentle and Wise Works

by the Web Editors 10-14-2011
"Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom." - James 3:13

Voice of the Day: Stephen Colbert

by the Web Editors 10-14-2011
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we've got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that he commanded us to lo

Prayer of the Day: Adapted from Paramahansa Yogananda

by the Web Editors 10-14-2011
God of reconciliation, may I forgive those who have most deeply hurt me. Heal my heart that I may return love for hatred, sweet praise for sour complaints, and good for evil. Amen.

Verse of the Day: Rejoice With All

by the Web Editors 10-13-2011
"You shall keep the festival of booths for seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing-floor and your wine press.