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Verse of the Day: John 11:7-10
04-29-2014
Then after this [Jesus] said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?" Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world. But those who walk at night stumble, because the light is not in them."
- John 11:7-10
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Voice of the Day: Native American Proverb
04-28-2014
“Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
- Native American Proverb
Native American Proverb
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Verse of the Day: Psalm 130:1-4
04-28-2014
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.
- Psalm 130:1-4
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Prayer of the Day: O Great Spirit
04-28-2014
O Great Spirit, grant that I may never find fault with my neighbor until I have walked the trail of life in his moccasins. Amen.
- Cherokee Prayer
Verse of the Day: Psalm 36:5-9
04-25-2014
Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your judgments are like the great deep; you save humans and animals alike, O Lord. How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
- Psalm 36:5-9
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Prayer of the Day: Made Death Itself the Victim
04-25-2014
God, source of new life, your Son broke the chains of death forever, as he rose powerfully to new and eternal life. Fill us with the joy of Resurrection, and the hope of that same Paschal miracle that made death itself the victim. Amen.
Voice of the Day: Mary Wollstonecraft
04-25-2014
"It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world."
- Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Verse of the Day: John 11:25-27
04-24-2014
Jesus said to [Martha], "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" She said to him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world."
- John 11:25-27
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Voice of the Day: Clarence W. Hall
04-24-2014
"Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there."
- Clarence W. Hall
Clarence W. Hall
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Prayer of the Day: The Ground of Our Being
04-24-2014
Transcendent God, you are the ground of our being and give life to all the world. Thank you for this divine love that undergirds the faith we strive to live with you, as revealed to us in Christ. We pray for openness to your grace and that we may see concrete signs of God's loving presence in our lives. Amen.
Prayer of the Day: Your Image on Us
04-23-2014
Lord, we long to be your people in this world where other powers claim our allegiance. You have stamped your image on us. Guide us by your light that we might see clearly who we are and what it means to give ourselves to you. Amen.
- Adapted from Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
Verse of the Day: Isaiah 25:6-8
04-23-2014
On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. And [God] will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations; [God] will swallow up death forever. Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of [God's] people [God] will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken.
- Isaiah 25:6-8
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Voice of the Day: Charles Crowe
04-23-2014
“Easter is the demonstration of God that life is essentially spiritual and timeless.”
- Charles Crowe
Charles Crowe
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Prayer of the Day: God of Life
04-22-2014
God of life, the Resurrection of your Son is our greatest consolation, and our truest source of joy. Let this mystery imbue our lives, as we perceive signs of your life-giving grace everywhere we turn. Amen.
Voice of the Day: Henry Knox Sherrill
04-22-2014
"The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice."
- Henry Knox Sherrill
Henry Knox Sherrill
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Prayer of the Day: God of Life
04-22-2014
God of life, the Resurrection of your Son is our greatest consolation, and our truest source of joy. Let this mystery imbue our lives, as we perceive signs of your life-giving grace everywhere we turn. Amen.
Verse of the Day: 1 Corinthians 5:7-8
04-22-2014
Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch, as you really are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed. Therefore, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7-8
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Verse of the Day: 1 Corinthians 5:7-8
04-22-2014
Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch, as you really are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed. Therefore, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7-8
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Voice of the Day: Henry Knox Sherrill
04-22-2014
"The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice."
- Henry Knox Sherrill
Henry Knox Sherrill
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Prayer of the Day: Your Risen Son
04-21-2014
God of all wisdom, in our life of faith, we see you dimly but continue to hope for the clear vision of your face in your eternal presence. illuminate our path to you, as we strive to follow in the footsteps of your risen Son. Amen.