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Verse of the Day: Ezekiel 34:30-31
01-06-2014
They shall know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord God. You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, says the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 34:30-31
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Prayer of the Day: Giving Birth to the Living Word of God
01-03-2014
We pray that we may strive to give birth to the living Word of God in our world, through the power of the Holy Spirit. May our daily spiritual renewal lead us also to daily physical renewal as we trust and hope in our life-giving Creator who sent Jesus to bring us into God's eternal presence. Amen.
Voice of the Day: Margaret Fuller
01-03-2014
"Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though, in truth, his dreaming must not be out of proportion to his waking!"
- Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller, Summer on the Lakes
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Verse of the Day: John 1:1-2
01-03-2014
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
- John 1:1-2
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Prayer of the Day: Our Savior Now Draws Near
01-02-2014
Our King and Savior now draws near: O come, let us adore him. Alleluia. Unto us a child is born: O come, let us adore him. Alleluia. Amen.
Verse of the Day: John 1:1-2
01-02-2014
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Voice of the Day: Margaret Fuller
01-02-2014
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Voice of the Day: Max Lucado
01-01-2014
Were it not for the shepherds, there would have been no reception. And were it not for a group of stargazers, there would have been no gifts.
- Max Lucado
Max Lucado, God Came Near
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Prayer of the Day: Psalm 70:4-5
01-01-2014
Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation say evermore, "God is great!" But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay!
- Psalm 70:4-5
Verse of the Day: Matthew 2:11
01-01-2014
On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure-chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
- Matthew 2:11
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Verse of the Day: Psalm 148:7-10
12-31-2013
Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea monsters and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and frost, stormy wind fulfilling his command! Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars! Wild animals and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds!
- Psalm 148:7-10
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Voice of the Day: Godfrey Rust
12-31-2013
"Here is the Christ child living among us, God become man with his power writ small. Child in a manger, infant of Mary, outcast and stranger, Lord of all."
- Godfrey Rust
Godfrey Rust, from A Child Is Born
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Prayer of the Day: Psalm 8:3-4
12-31-2013
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?
- Psalm 8:3-4
Verse of the Day: Luke 2:20
12-30-2013
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
- Luke 2:20
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12-30-2013
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Voice of the Day: Calvin Coolidge
12-30-2013
“To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world.”
- Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
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Verse of the Day: John 1:14
12-27-2013
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.
- John 1:14
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Prayer of the Day: Revealing the Mystery
12-27-2013
May God strengthen us according to the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but is now disclosed. Amen.
- From Take Our Moments and Our Days: Advent through Pentecost
Voice of the Day: J.I. Packer
12-27-2013
“The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation.”
- J.I. Packer
J.I. Packer
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Sojo's Top 10 Blog Articles for 2013
12-26-2013
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Sojo editors looked back at the blogs of 2013 and found that these were the 10 most widely read Sojourner blog articles of the past year.