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Prayer of the Day: Help Congress
04-21-2011
O God, we ask you to guide and bless our senators and representatives in Congress.
Voice of the Day: Marilou Awiakta
04-21-2011
"Creation often / needs two hearts/ one to root / and one to flower / One to sustain / in time of drought / and hold fast / against winds of pain / the fragile bloom / that in the glory / of its
Verse of the Day: 'become children of light'
04-20-2011
"Jesus said to them, 'The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you.
Prayer of the Day: The Hunger Fast
04-20-2011
We pray for the over 30,000 individuals fasting during the fourth week of the Hunger Fast for a Moral Budget.
Voice of the Day: Margaret Walker
04-20-2011
"Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a / bloody peace be written in the sky.
Prayer of the Day: 'Wounded World that Cries for Healing'
04-19-2011
"Through our nation's spent frustration, through the corridors of stress may there move a kindlier wisdom all may feel, and all may bless; tax and tithe are for a purpose shared to shield the poor
Voice of the Day: T.S. Eliot
04-19-2011
"In order to arrive at what you do not know / You must go by a way which is the way of ignorance. / In order to possess what you do not possess / You must go by the way of dispossession.
Verse of the Day: 'God's foolishness'
04-19-2011
"God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength."
- 1 Corinthians 1:25
Prayer of the Day: Moments of Silence
04-18-2011
Today, spend a few minutes resting in prayerful silence in the presence of God.
Verse of the Day: The Lord Redeems Creation
04-18-2011
"When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
Voice of the Day: Susan B. Anthony
04-18-2011
"Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry."
- Susan B. Anthony
Verse of the Day: Be 'rich in good works'
04-15-2011
"As for those who in the present age are rich ...
Voice of the Day: Margaret Feinberg
04-15-2011
"Prayer might not change things, but it will change my perspective of things. Prayer might not change the past, but inevitably, it changes the present."
Prayer of the Day: The Good in the World
04-15-2011
O God, we seem to be living through a time of continual turmoil. Today, may you remind us of the good in the world: the moments where you are present and always breathing. Amen.
Verse of the Day: Peace
04-14-2011
"And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace."
- James 3:18
Voice of the Day: Cesar Chavez
04-14-2011
"Show me the suffering of the most miserable, so I will know my people's plight. Free me to pray for others, for you are present in every person.
Prayer of the Day: For those suffering through conflict
04-14-2011
We pray for the people of Libya and all those suffering through political and militarized conflict. May justice be met and peace pursued by all people. Amen.
Voice of the Day: Danilo Dolci
04-13-2011
"Words don't move mountains. Work, exacting work, moves mountains."
- Danilo Dolci, Sicilian poet and social activist
Prayer of the Day: For Japan
04-13-2011
God, we continue our prayers for Japan. We ask for your provision in the midst of tragedy. May your churches and people in Japan be a powerful source of your healing and love. Amen.
Verse of the Day: Justice for the Needy
04-13-2011
"Ah, you who make iniquitous decrees, who write oppressive statutes, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be your spoil, and th