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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
Voice of the Day: Sue Monk Kidd
12-10-2009
Sitting at the feet of the Divine with an attentive ... heart is a posture we all long to assume, whether we recognize that longing or not.
Prayer of the Day: Human Rights Day
12-10-2009
We pray for those people all over the world, whose human rights are disrespected, denigrated, and left undefended. We ask that your grace and strength would be with those men, women and children.
Verse of the Day: 'Supplication to the Lord'
12-10-2009
With my voice I cry to the Lord;
with my voice I make supplication to the Lord ...
When my spirit is faint, you know my way.
- Psalm 142:1-3
Voice of the Day: Bill Holm
12-09-2009
Half the world
Will ever be present in any room
With just a single pair of eyes to see it.
Whatever is invisible to one
Is to the other an enormous golden lion
Prayer of the Day: Remembering
12-09-2009
In this season, we pray especially for those who are suffering as a result of this economic crisis, for those who have lost homes and jobs. Lord, have mercy.
Verse of the Day: Do Justice
12-09-2009
Learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.
- Isaiah 1:17
Verse of the Day: 'Varieties of gifts'
12-08-2009
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of the
Voice of the Day: Eugenia Price
12-08-2009
God does not wait for us to become perfect and in possession of only high, pure thoughts and unmixed motives before [moving] through us. [God] waits only for the sign of faith.
Prayer of the Day: Climate Change
12-08-2009
Lord, we pray for our brothers and sisters who are particularly affected by climate change, for those in developing countries who feel the effects of increased droughts, increased floods, more extr
Voice of the Day: Howard Thurman
12-07-2009
You must wait and listen for the sound of the genuine that is within you. When you hear it, that will be your voice and the Voice of God.
Prayer of the Day: Let it be with me according to your will
12-07-2009
God, I abandon myself into your hands. Do with me whatever you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you. I am ready for all, I accept all.
Verse of the Day: On Civility
12-07-2009
A soft answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Proverbs 15:1
Voice of the Day: Jill Briscoe
12-04-2009
Jesus’ example was radical. Over and over he tried to tell people to differentiate between tradition and truth – and he called them to follow the truth, which abolishes prejudice.
Prayer of the Day: For the immigrant
12-04-2009
God of the journey, God of the traveler, we pray for those who leave their homes in search of new beginnings and possibilities. May they know your presence with them.
Verse of the Day: "Love does no wrong"
12-04-2009
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.
- Romans 13:10
Verse of the Day: Owe Only Love
12-03-2009
Owe no one anything, except to love one another.
- Romans 13:8
Prayer of the Day: Ephesians 6
12-03-2009
In the name of Jesus, we stand against the rulers and powers that thrive on systemic injustice, that flourish when the poor are kept in poverty and when the oppressed remain pushed down.
Voice of the Day: Mary Oliver
12-03-2009
I look upon everything as a brotherhood and a sisterhood, and I look upon time as no more than an idea, and I consider eternity as another possibility ...
Verse of the Day: 'The righteous flourish'
12-02-2009
The righteous flourish like the palm tree,
and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Psalm 92:12