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Prayer of the Day: Be with me, O God
08-10-2010
Most gracious Creator God, you came to earth to be with us through your son, Jesus.
Voice of the Day: bell hooks
08-10-2010
The time will come when wealth will be redistributed, when the workers of the world will once again unite -- standing for economic justice -- for a world where we can all have enough to live fully
Verse of the Day: 'My help comes from the Lord'
08-10-2010
I lift up my eyes to the hills -- from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
- Psalm 121:1-2
Prayer of the Day: Prayer for those who mourn
08-09-2010
Holy God, we do not understand our own experience of pain and loss when we lose those who are dear to us.
Verse of the Day: Love, Justice, Righteousness
08-09-2010
I am the Lord; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 9:24
Voice of the Day: Adolfo P
08-09-2010
To create this new society, we must present outstretched and friendly hands, without hatred and rancor, even as we show great determination and never waver in the defense of truth and justice.
Prayer of the Day: Peace
08-06-2010
Thousands die every day from conflicts all over the world. God, this should not be so; we ask for your peace to transcend.
Verse of the Day: Water That Quenches
08-06-2010
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty.
Voice of the Day: Morton T. Kelsey
08-06-2010
I find that it is better to love badly and faultily than not to try and love at all.
Voice of the Day: Lloyd John Ogilvie
08-05-2010
Are we doing it? Are we giving the world a symmetrical, authentic, fully-formed image of Christ? There is still time. Spiritual growth is not a matter of chronology alone.
Prayer of the Day: Burma
08-05-2010
We pray for the nation and people of Burma, for your mercy and your grace. Give respite to people suffering in that country, bring justice to those oppressed, and lift up the humble. Amen.
Verse of the Day: Christ's Humility
08-05-2010
Though [Christ] was in the form of God, he did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness.
Voice of the Day: Mother Teresa
08-04-2010
Many people are hungry not for bread only, but they are hungry for ... love. Many people are not only naked for want of a piece of cloth but they are naked for human dignity ...
Verse of the Day: 'God is spirit'
08-04-2010
God is spirit, and those who worship [God] must worship in spirit and truth.
- John 4:24
Prayer of the Day: Immigrants
08-04-2010
Give us hearts of compassion for immigrants; give our church, societal, political and legislative leaders hearts of compassion for immigrants, for parents and children.
Voice of the Day: Richard Foster
08-03-2010
I urge you to still every motion that is not rooted in the kingdom. Become quiet, hushed, motionless until you are finally centered.
Verse of the Day: 'Test my heart and mind'
08-03-2010
Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and mind. For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to you.
- Psalm 26:2-3
Prayer of the Day: Oil Spills
08-03-2010
For all those suffering from oil spills around the world -- in the Gulf of Mexico, in China, in Michigan, in Nigeria, and more -- Lord, have mercy. Show them grace, and stir your people to action.
Voice of the Day: Macrina Wiederkehr
08-02-2010
Every experience, every thought, every word, every person in your life is a part of a larger picture of your growth. That’s why I call them crumbs.
Prayer of the Day: Economy
08-02-2010
In the midst of slow and tortuous economic recovery, we pray for your grace and perseverance for all.