The online editorial staff comprises Betsy Shirley, Jenna Barnett, Josiah R. Daniels, Mitchell Atencio, Heather Brady, Kierra Bennning, and Zachary Lee.

Posts By This Author

Voice of the Day: John F. Kennedy

by the Web Editors 03-04-2011
"A child miseducated is a child lost."

- John F. Kennedy

Voice of the Day: Sister Anne Montgomery, R.S.C.J.

by the Web Editors 03-03-2011
"Civil disobedience is, traditionally, the breaking of a civil law to obey a higher law, sometimes with the hope of changing the unjust civil law. ...

Verse of the Day: 'bring good news to the poor'

by the Web Editors 03-03-2011
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because [the Lord] has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.

Prayer of the Day: A more just community

by the Web Editors 03-03-2011
Help us take the steps to build a more just community, one where difference is respected and all people can join hands and rejoice in the common good. Through the mercy of God, we pray. Amen.

Prayer of the Day: Chains of poverty

by the Web Editors 03-02-2011
Give us the strength and determination to help free our sisters and brothers around the world from the chains of poverty.

Verse of the Day: 'Blessed are the generous'

by the Web Editors 03-02-2011
"Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor."

- Proverbs 22:9

Voice of the Day: Emily Greene Balch

by the Web Editors 03-02-2011
"We are not asked to subscribe to any utopia or to believe in a perfect world just around the corner.

Verse of the Day: 'Blessed are the dead'

by the Web Editors 03-01-2011
"And I heard a voice from heaven saying, 'Write this: Blessed are the dead who from now on die in the Lord.' 'Yes,' says the Spirit, 'they will rest from their labours, for their deeds follow the

Prayer of the Day: Prayers for Libya

by the Web Editors 03-01-2011
We pray for Libya and all nations facing political unrest. May each action taken by leadership be one of humility and commitment to the people of their nations. We pray for righteous leaders.

Voice of the Day: Peter J. Gomes

by the Web Editors 03-01-2011
"The question should not be 'What would Jesus do?' but rather, more dangerously, 'What would Jesus have me do?' The onus is not on Jesus but on us, for Jesus did not come to ask semidivine human

Verse of the Day: 'If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off'

by the Web Editors 02-28-2011
"If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and to be thrown into th

Voice of the Day: Henri J.M. Nouwen

by the Web Editors 02-28-2011
"Praying is no easy matter.

Prayer of the Day: A Prayer for Laborers

by the Web Editors 02-28-2011
We petition for the end of immigrant day laborers' mistreatment and for the enactment of policies protecting the rights of all workers.

Voice of the Day: Albert Luthuli

by the Web Editors 02-25-2011
"It is inevitable that in working for freedom some individuals and some families must take the lead and suffer: the road to freedom is via the cross."

Prayer of the Day: A Prayer for Righteous Leadership

by the Web Editors 02-25-2011
God we persist in our prayers for righteous leadership around the globe. May we continue to hold our governing forces accountable through nonviolent action and civil discourse. Amen.

Verse of the Day: Pray for the Starving

by the Web Editors 02-25-2011
"Get up and pray for help all through the night. Pour out your feelings to the Lord, as you would pour water out of a jug.

Voice of the Day: Marilynne Robinson

by the Web Editors 02-24-2011
"Spirituality sometimes becomes the invention of a life that makes us emotionally comfortable, and thus doesn't address the very real demands of a religion.

Verse of the Day: God Chose the Poor

by the Web Editors 02-24-2011
"Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that [God] has promised to those who love [the Lord]?"

Prayer of the Day: The Voices of Women

by the Web Editors 02-24-2011
We pray for women across the world to be listened to as equals in their community and valued for their contributions.

Voice of the Day: Dag Hammarskjold

by the Web Editors 02-23-2011
"In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action."

- Dag Hammarskjold