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Verse of the Day: Live Peaceably

by the Web Editors 01-11-2010
If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

- Romans 12:18

Voice of the Day: Rowan Williams

by the Web Editors 01-08-2010
We are called to show utter commitment to the God who is revealed in Jesus and to all those to whom his invitation is addressed.

Verse of the Day: How Beautiful are the Messengers

by the Web Editors 01-08-2010
How beautiful upon the mountains

are the feet of the messenger who announces peace,

who brings good news, who announces salvation,

Prayer of the Day: Immigrant in the New Year

by the Web Editors 01-08-2010
Even in a new year, old issues remain: at the end of National Migrant Week, we pray for immigrant families who are trapped in difficult situations, whether separated from families and loved ones or

Verse of the Day: Love Genuinely

by the Web Editors 01-07-2010
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: Richard M. Gula

by the Web Editors 01-07-2010
Hospitality does not seek power over others. Cruelty does. Cruelty deliberately causes harm, especially by crushing a person's self-respect ...

Prayer of the Day: Jobs

by the Web Editors 01-07-2010
Lord, we pray for all those who continue to struggle in the current economic conditions.

Voice of the Day: Barbara Lundblad

by the Web Editors 01-06-2010
Bodies matter to God. Matter matters. Until we can proclaim that wondrous truth, ecology will be a sideline in our pastoring and preaching, our theologies and liturgies ...

Prayer of the Day: Human Trafficking

by the Web Editors 01-06-2010
To mark the declaration of January 2010 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we lift up the issue of slavery and trafficking, Lord.

Verse of the Day: Tithes and Blessings

by the Web Editors 01-06-2010
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour d

Verse of the Day: Giving Generously

by the Web Editors 01-05-2010
Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the [Lord] of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Voice of the Day: Howard Thurman

by the Web Editors 01-05-2010
When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their flock, the work of Christmas begins: to find t

Prayer of the Day: In these first beginnings

by the Web Editors 01-05-2010
In these first beginnings of the new life of the world, renew in us the resolution to persist in the good work we have begun.

Voice of the Day: Barbara Brown Taylor

by the Web Editors 01-04-2010
The whole purpose of the Bible, it seems to me, is to convince people to set the written word down in order to become living words in the world for God's sake.

Prayer of the Day: For a New Year

by the Web Editors 01-04-2010
As we begin a new year and a new decade, we give thanks to you, God, for the many blessings and mercies that we have seen in the last years.

Verse of the Day: 'The Lord exists forever'

by the Web Editors 01-04-2010
The Lord exists forever;

your word is firmly fixed in heaven.

Your faithfulness endures to all generations;

you have established the earth, and it stands fast.

Redirect: What are you singing?

by the Web Editors 01-01-2010

Redirect to What Are You Singing Series

Verse of the Day: "Your light has come"

by the Web Editors 12-22-2009
Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

- Isaiah 60:1

Prayer of the Day: Justice

by the Web Editors 12-22-2009
God of justice, we long to see your kingdom come and your will done on earth.

Voice of the Day: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

by the Web Editors 12-22-2009

A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes ... and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.