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Prayer of the Day: Rest and Peace
10-15-2010
Our souls find rest in you alone, God. We are happy in your warm embrace. In you we find peace that surpasses all understanding.
Verse of the Day: Marks of the True Christian
10-14-2010
"Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.
Voice of the Day: Dorothy L. Sayers
10-14-2010
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
Prayer of the Day: AIDS Awareness
10-14-2010
God of the lepers and outcasts, thank you for the example of Jesus who not only loved the sick but boldly crossed social divides in order to heal them.
Voice of the Day: Robert V. Dodd
10-13-2010
Prayer is something more than that which we do with our minds. It involves our hearts and spirits -- that deeper part of our personalities to which only the Spirit of Jesus has access.
Prayer of the Day: Education
10-13-2010
Lord, we pray for your guidance in our nation's schools. Give wisdom and strength to our educators as they invest so much into our next generation.
Verse of the Day: You are Alients and Tenants of the Land
10-13-2010
The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; with me you are but aliens and tenants.
- Leviticus 25:23
Voice of the Day: Joan Chittister
10-12-2010
"We must learn to pray out of our weaknesses so that God can become our strength."
- Joan Chittister
Verse of the Day: Sorrow Will Turn into Joy
10-12-2010
"'A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me.' Then some of his disciples said to one another, 'What does he mean by saying to us, "A little while,
Prayer of the Day: Humor
10-12-2010
Forgive us, Jesus, when we portray you as a one dimensional character; always somber and melancholy. Reawaken us to the humor you displayed as you walked the earth.
Prayer of the Day: Enduring Love
10-11-2010
We give thanks to you, God of eternity, for your steadfast love endures forever! May we always be mindful of your love for us and anxious to boldly demonstrate this love for others. Amen.
Voice of the Day: Ralph Waldo Emerson
10-11-2010
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Verse of the Day: "you have brought us out to a spacious place"
10-11-2010
Bless our God, O peoples, let the sound of [God's] praise be heard, who has kept us among the living, and has not let our feet slip.
Verse of the Day: 'Bear with one another'
10-08-2010
As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.
Voice of the Day: Beatrice of Nazareth
10-08-2010
As a fish swims the length and breadth of the sea and rests in its depths, as a bird flies through the air, so the Soul feels her mind completely unrestrained in the height, width, and depth of Lov
Prayer of the Day: Sojourners
10-07-2010
Today we pray for the countless refugees who are without home, family and a place of belonging. We ask your protection for the sojourners in foreign lands and in our own land.
Prayer of the Day: Made New in Christ
10-06-2010
Thank you, Lord, for sending your son, by whom we are redeemed and made new. May we live as a people who are washed clean of all transgressions.
Verse of the Day: 'you must forgive'
10-06-2010
"Be on your guard! If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive.
Voice of the Day: Hildegard of Bingen
10-06-2010
Because they spurn riches as ashes that are dead because of avarice, none of them has anything according to his own will. Whatever each has through the gift of God, let her possess with God.
Verse of the Day: Rejoice in the Lord
10-05-2010
Though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit is on the vines; though the produce of the olive fails and the fields yield no food; though the flock is cut off from the fold and there is no her