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Verse of the Day: Mary's Faith
12-21-2009
Blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.
- Luke 1:45
Prayer of the Day: Advent Love
12-21-2009
Help us to love you and to love our neighbors as you love us.
Voice of the Day: Oren Arnold
12-21-2009
Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example.
Prayer of the Day: International Migrants Day
12-18-2009
We lift up our migrant brothers and sisters, Lord, asking that you would protect them and watch over them, wherever they may be.
Voice of the Day: Wendell Berry
12-18-2009
The creation is not in any sense independent of the Creator, the result of a primal creative act long over and done with, but is the continuous, constant participation of all creatures in the being
Verse of the Day: Zechariah's Prophecy
12-18-2009
By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Verse of the Day: "The Lord lives"
12-17-2009
The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock,
and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation.
- 2 Samuel 22:47
Prayer of the Day: How Long
12-17-2009
Comforter and Advocate, we mourn the many injustices that we see in the world today.
Voice of the Day: Nazim Hikmet
12-17-2009
You must take living so seriously that even at seventy, for example, you'll plant olive trees -- and not for your children, either, but because although you fear death you don't believe it, because
Prayer of the Day: Homeless and Hungry
12-16-2009
We pray for those who are homeless and hungry this season.
Verse of the Day: Mary Rejoices
12-16-2009
And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior."
- Luke 1:46
Voice of the Day: Barbara Brown Taylor
12-16-2009
When it comes down to being a provider of God's love, there is really only one provider, who sends us out with nothing at all and with everything we need: healing, forgiveness, restoration, resurre
Verse of the Day: "The wolf shall live with the lamb"
12-15-2009
The wolf shall live with the lamb,
the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
the calf and the lion and the fatling together,
and a little child shall lead them.
Voice of the Day: Zulfikar Ghose
12-15-2009
When the jet rose six miles high,
it was clear that the earth was round
and that it had more sea than land.
But it was difficult to understand
Prayer of the Day: Copenhagen
12-15-2009
Creator of the world, we continue to pray that world leaders meeting in Copenhagen would come together to face this challenge that confronts us all.
Prayer of the Day: Advent Joy
12-14-2009
God, may we be bearers and sharers of your joy in the world, today and this season. In Jesus name, amen.
Voice of the Day: Susanna Wesley
12-14-2009
May I be careful to have my mind in order when I take upon myself the honor to speak to the sovereign Lord of the universe, remembering that upon the temper of my soul depends, in very great measur
Verse of the Day: Revealed with Christ
12-14-2009
When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.
Verse of the Day: Pay Attention
12-11-2009
We must pay greater attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.
- Hebrews 3:9
Prayer of the Day: For Immigrants
12-11-2009
God of cultures, we pray for the millions of immigrants who are living around the world in countries that may be hostile "strangers." Teach us to look beyond the borders of the nation and