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Voice of the Day: Walt Whitman

by the Web Editors 06-22-2011
"Whoever degrades another degrades me, / And whatever is done or said returns at last to me."

- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

Verse of the Day: 'God who activates all'

by the Web Editors 06-21-2011
"Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all

Prayer of the Day: Break Our Hearts

by the Web Editors 06-21-2011
Break our hearts, Lord, for the things that break your heart. For the ways we have allowed race, class, and denominational ties to divide us, break our hearts. Amen.

Voice of the Day: Studs Terkel

by the Web Editors 06-21-2011
"Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it is my responsibility to make it better.

Prayer of the Day: 'Let Justice Flow Like Streams'

by the Web Editors 06-20-2011
Let justice flow like streams of sparkling water, pure, enabling growth, refreshing life, abundant, cleansing sure.

Verse of the Day: "Your decrees are my inheritance for ever"

by the Web Editors 06-20-2011
"Your decrees are my inheritance for ever; truly, they are the joy of my heart. I have applied my heart to fulfill your statutes for ever and to the end."

Voice of the Day: Bernard of Clairvaux

by the Web Editors 06-20-2011
"Zeal without knowledge is always less effective, less useful. Often it is found to be very harmful.

Prayer of the Day: Father's Day

by the Web Editors 06-17-2011
This weekend we celebrate the fathers in our lives. God, we pray for men across the globe who have loved, supported, and cared for individuals both young and old.

Voice of the Day: Mary Oliver

by the Web Editors 06-17-2011
"To live in this world / you must be able / to do three things / to love what is mortal; / to hold it / against your bones knowing / your own life depends/ on it; / and, when the time comes to let

Prayer of the Day: Places of Violence

by the Web Editors 06-16-2011
We give thanks for all who are working for peace in all places of violence. We pray for those who are involved in wars and bloodshed.

Voice of the Day: Meister Eckhart

by the Web Editors 06-16-2011
"I much prefer a person who can love God enough to take a handout of bread, to a person who can give a hundred dollars for God's sake. ...

Verse of the Day: On Salvation

by the Web Editors 06-16-2011
"For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it."

- Mark 8:35

Voice of the Day: Juanita Wright Potter

by the Web Editors 06-15-2011
"I dream and work for the day / when saying that I'm a Christian / will say it all. / But until then, / I am a Christian feminist."

Prayer of the Day: Equal Opportunity

by the Web Editors 06-15-2011
God, we pray for economic stability, health care for all, equal opportunities, and decent living wages. May you protect the workers amongst us and ensure they receive what they have earned.

Verse of the Day: Words Give Light

by the Web Editors 06-15-2011
"The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple."

- Psalm 119:130

Prayer of the Day: Pentecost

by the Web Editors 06-14-2011
Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy; Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my works, too, may be holy; Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy; Strengthen m

Verse of the Day: On Worry

by the Web Editors 06-14-2011
"So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today."

- Matthew 6:34

Voice of the Day: Thomas

by the Web Editors 06-14-2011
"We should have much peace if we would not busy ourselves with the sayings and doings of others."

Verse of the Day: Do Not Worry

by the Web Editors 06-13-2011
"But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will [God] not much more clothe you -- you of little faith?

Voice of the Day: Henri J.M. Nouwen

by the Web Editors 06-13-2011
"Dear Lord, I will remain restless, tense, and dissatisfied until I can be totally at peace in your house.