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Prayer of the Day: Because of God's Grace

by the Web Editors 11-06-2013
God of relationships, we pray that your Holy Spirit might make us a community of living stones build firmly on our foundation of Jesus Christ. We pray for our families, that your Holy Spirit may strengthen these relationships--even the ones that are hard--to embody the unconditional and eternal love God has for humankind. Let our faith response to God's love be authentic and may we be unafraid of showing who we are, because of God's grace. Amen.

Voice of the Day: Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon

by the Web Editors 11-05-2013
"The Word of God is not found in the letter of scripture but in the mutual relationship between community and scripture. Thus the meaning of scripture--the Word of God can only be understood within the context of the living community, namely, the church." - Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon  Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Verse of the Day: Ephesians 4:25-27

by the Web Editors 11-05-2013
So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. - Ephesians 4:25-27 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: Bless Our Communities

by the Web Editors 11-05-2013
God, bless our communities. May the Holy Spirit help us model a pace of life that strives to keep in step with the movement of the Spirit. We pray for the Holy Spirit  to increase our sense of faith, so that we can eagerly accept God's invitation to the eternal banquet of heaven. Amen.

Prayer of the Day: Root Us in our Gospel Mission

by the Web Editors 11-04-2013
Lord, hear our prayer. May the Holy Spirit help to root us in our Gospel mission and identity. You desire truth in the inward being; teach us wisdom in our hearts. May the Holy Spirit also guide our outward expressions of love in daily actions. May we use our gifts to serve our communities, so that our fellowship may truly reveal your Word to the world around us. Amen.

Verse of the Day: Proverbs 13:14-17

by the Web Editors 11-04-2013
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so that one may avoid the snares of death. Good sense wins favor, but the way of the faithless is their ruin. The clever do all things intelligently, but the fool displays folly. A bad messenger brings trouble, but a faithful envoy, healing. - Proverbs 13:14-17 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Voice of the Day: Henry Miller

by the Web Editors 11-04-2013
"The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order." - Henry Miller Henry Miller + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Voice of the Day: Elise Boulding

by the Web Editors 11-01-2013
"There is no time left for anything but to make peace work a dimension of our every waking activity." - Elise Boulding Elise Boulding + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: Accepting God's Loving Invitation

by the Web Editors 11-01-2013
God, may we strive to live an authentic life of faith, accepting God's loving invitation to relationship. May God the Holy Spirit grant us wisdom and direction through the example of faithful people who live God's gift of life to the fullest. We honor the could of witness that surround your heavenly throne. Amen.

Verse of the Day: Mark 3:32-35

by the Web Editors 11-01-2013
A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, ‘Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.’ And he replied, ‘Who are my mother and my brothers?’ And looking at those who sat around him, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.’ - Mark 3:32-35 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

'American Promise' Film Documents Two Black Families Navigating Education in America

by the Web Editors 10-31-2013

American Promise spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, N.Y., turn their cameras on their son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, who make their way through one of the most prestigious private schools in the country. Chronicling the boys’ divergent paths from kindergarten through high school graduation at Manhattan’s Dalton School, the documentary presents complicated truths about America’s struggle to come of age on issues of race, class, and opportunity. American Promise is aOfficial Selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

Voice of the Day: Francis of Assisi

by the Web Editors 10-31-2013
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Verse of the Day: Hebrews 12:1-2

by the Web Editors 10-31-2013
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Prayer of the Day: Faithful to the New Covenant

by the Web Editors 10-31-2013
 Lord, hear our prayer for the Church. May our lives be faithful to the new covenant God has established for us through God's own Son, who calls us by name to share in his mission of the good news. Send us your Spirit to help make us faithful to the covenant as we follow the way of your Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

Infographic on Mass Incarceration

by the Web Editors 10-30-2013

The Criminal Justice Degree Hub released an infographic on mass incarceration in the U.S. titled "Locked Up In America." According to the extensive graphic, the U.S. has 5 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of the world's prisoners.

Check out the graphic here.

 

Voice of the Day: Martin Luther King, Jr.

by the Web Editors 10-30-2013
 "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power.We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Prayer of the Day: Bring Us to Repentance

by the Web Editors 10-30-2013
Bring us to repentance, Lord. We pray for the Church, that we may find healing when we fall short of acting as the body of Christ. We pray for true spiritual conversion in our hearts, that the Spirit of God may guide us to change our selfish ways and turn more fully toward God. Amen.

Verse of the Day: Psalm 22:1-2

by the Web Editors 10-30-2013
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find no rest. - Psalm 22:1-2 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Survey: Majority of Libertarians Do Not Identify with Tea Party

by the Web Editors 10-29-2013
via Wylio

via Wylio

While it's not uncommon to hear the terms "Tea Party" and "libertarian" uttered in the same descriptor, a new survey shows the gap between the two movements. According to the new American Values Survey, an annual release from the Public Religion Research Institute, a full 61 percent of libertarians do not consider themselves part of the Tea Party.

“While conventional wisdom has assumed that the Tea Party movement is fueled by libertarian convictions, most libertarians see themselves as outside of the Tea Party movement. Notably, libertarians are also half as likely as those who identify with the Tea Party movement to see themselves as part of the older Christian right movement," said Dr. Robert P. Jones, CEO of PRRI, in a news release.

In fact, only one in five libertarians claim affiliation with the religious right or conservative Christianity — a claim that more than half of Tea Party adherents would make.

Prayer of the Day: Your New Worlds Amid Our Anxiety

by the Web Editors 10-29-2013
God, we keep inventing ourselves and our underneath selves turn out to be less than adequate and we wish we were other than we are. We juggle your good purposes and our hidden yearnings and try to serve two masters, try to live two narratives, try to live two dreams, and we are weary. Gives us patience and stead fastness as we process the ragged edges of our lives. Amen. -Adapted from Prayers for a Priviledged People by Walter Brueggemann