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Verse of the Day: On 'grinding the face of the poor'

by the Web Editors 07-22-2011
"What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor? says the Lord God of hosts." - Isaiah 3:15 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Verse of the Day: Hospitality

by the Web Editors 07-21-2011
"Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers." - Romans 12:13 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: Violence Against Women

by the Web Editors 07-21-2011
Dear Lord, we grieve the injustices that have been perpetrated against women throughout history, and we affirm the equality that you instilled when you created humanity.

Voice of the Day: Thomas Merton

by the Web Editors 07-21-2011
"Teach me to take all grace / And spring it into blades of act, / Grow spears and sheaves of charity, / While each new instant, (new eternity) / Flowering with clean and individual circumstance, / Spe

Voice of the Day: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

by the Web Editors 07-20-2011
"We can of course shake off the burden which is laid upon us, but only find that we have a still heavier burden to carry -- a yoke of our own choosing, the yoke of our self.

Verse of the Day: Justice for the Poor

by the Web Editors 07-20-2011
"You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in their lawsuits. Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty."

Prayer of the Day: Interfaith Understanding

by the Web Editors 07-20-2011
God of peace, we pray that people of different faiths can dialogue with one another to promote understanding, seek commonalities, and celebrate differences.

Prayer of the Day: Budget

by the Web Editors 07-19-2011
As people of faith, united in prayer we ask that the most vulnerable will be protected in our national budget decisions. God, may our members of Congress be encouraged to remember those most in need.

Voice of the Day: Esther de Waal

by the Web Editors 07-19-2011
"Lack of contentment lets me become trapped in the coils of the competitive society, competing for material goods, social status, the sort of car I drive, the place in which I live."

Verse of the Day: Care for Creation

by the Web Editors 07-19-2011
"I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruits and its good things. But when you entered you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination." - Jeremiah 2:7

Prayer of the Day: Rest

by the Web Editors 07-18-2011
At the start of this week, Lord, we simply take a few moments to rest in your presence and ask for you to sustain us through the next week. Amen.

Verse of the Day: Zacchaeus

by the Web Editors 07-18-2011
"Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, 'Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.'"

Voice of the Day: Marc Chagall

by the Web Editors 07-18-2011
"My Lord, night has come / You close my eyes before the day / And me, I'll paint once again / Paints for you / On the earth and in the sky." - Marc Chagall

Voice of the Day: Carlo Carretto

by the Web Editors 07-15-2011
"God's call is mysterious; it comes in the darkness of faith. It is so fine, so subtle, that it is only with the deepest silence within us that we can hear it."

Prayer of the Day: God's image

by the Web Editors 07-15-2011
Creator of all people, help us to see your image in every person we meet, to see the value that you have placed in each individual.

Verse of the Day: On Community

by the Web Editors 07-15-2011
"As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience." - Colossians 3:12

Verse of the Day: Refreshment

by the Web Editors 07-14-2011
"The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the body." - Psalm 15:30 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: Young People

by the Web Editors 07-14-2011
Spirit of God, fill our young people and infuse them with a passion for you and for your kingdom.

Voice of the Day: Dorothy Sayers

by the Web Editors 07-14-2011
"It is curious that people who are filled with horrified indignation whenever a cat kills a sparrow can hear that story of the killing of God told Sunday after Sunday and not experience any shock at a

Verse of the Day: Love

by the Web Editors 07-13-2011
"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you."

- John 15:12