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Prayer of the Day: Lament (Psalm 13)
07-20-2010
How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I bear pain in my soul, and have sorrow in my heart all day long?
Verse of the Day: 'The Lord is my strength'
07-20-2010
God, the Lord, is my strength; [God] makes my feet like the feet of a deer, and makes me tread upon the heights.
- Habakkuk 3:19
Prayer of the Day: Gulf of Mexico
07-19-2010
Lord, we thank you for the good news that the leak in the Gulf has been capped.
Voice of the Day: James Cone
07-19-2010
[Faith] is the perspective which enables human beings to recognize God's actions in human history.
Verse of the Day: Rely on God
07-19-2010
Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me [the Lord's] prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God, who saved us and called us with a
Prayer of the Day: Orphans
07-16-2010
O Lord, father and mother of all children, watch over your little ones who are poor and abandoned.
Verse of the Day: Justice and Righteousness Will Abide
07-16-2010
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
Voice of the Day: bell hooks
07-16-2010
The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression.
Verse of the Day: 'Ambassadors for Christ'
07-15-2010
So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making [God's] appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:20
Voice of the Day: Thomas Merton
07-15-2010
There is, in a word, nothing comfortable about the Bible -- until we manage to get so used to it that we make it comfortable for ourselves.
Prayer of the Day: Haiti
07-15-2010
Though Haiti has largely disappeared from the public spotlight, we continue to lift up this devastated nation.
Voice of the Day: Audre Lorde
07-14-2010
Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
Verse of the Day: The Body of Christ
07-14-2010
If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
Prayer of the Day: A prayer for water
07-14-2010
God of life, God of those who walk miles for water, God of those whose only supply is contaminated, bringing death, not life.
Verse of the Day: Forgiveness
07-13-2010
Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your [God] in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
- Mark 11:25
Prayer of the Day: Poverty
07-13-2010
God, we pray for all who live in poverty, especially those in extreme poverty; give grace and strength to them.
Voice of the Day: Macrina Wiederkehr
07-13-2010
All too often we bemoan our imperfections rather than embrace them as part of the process in which we are brought to God. Cherished emptiness gives God space in which to work.
Prayer of the Day: Uganda
07-12-2010
In the wake of yesterday's bombings, we pray for the people and country of Uganda.
Verse of the Day: Man in the Garden
07-12-2010
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
- Genesis 2:15
Voice of the Day: Carlo Carretto
07-12-2010
The will of God. That’s what rules the world and moves the stars, what converts the nations, what starts all life and brings triumph out of death.