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Voice of the Day: Rob Bell
05-01-2013
Times change. God doesn’t, but times do. We learn and grow, and the world around us shifts, and the Christian faith is alive only when it is listening, morphing, innovating, letting go of whatever has gotten in the way of Jesus and embracing whatever will help us be more and more the people God wants us to be.
- Rob Bell
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Prayer of the Day: Imitation
05-01-2013
God, help us to imitate you as we feed those who hunger for bread, for justice, for companionship, for forgiveness, for alternate ways of living in this world. Give us your words, equip our hands, and guide our feet. Sustain us, Lord, with your healing love. Amen.
-From Common Prayer
Verse of the Day: 'If You Wish to be Perfect'
05-01-2013
Jesus said to him, ‘If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.’
- Matthew 19:21
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Verse of the Day: 'Judge Righteously'
04-30-2013
Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
- Proverbs 31:9
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Voice of the Day: Flannery O'Connor
04-30-2013
All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.
- Flannery O'Connor
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Prayer of the Day: The Dance
04-30-2013
I cannot dance, Lord, unless you lead me. If you want me to leap with abandon, you must intone the song. Then I shall leap into love, from love into knowledge, from knowledge into enjoyment, and from enjoyment beyond all human sensations. There I want to remain, yet want also to circle higher still.
-A prayer by Mechthild of Magdeburg
Verse of the Day: 'Learn to Do Good'
04-29-2013
Learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.
- Isaiah 1:17
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Voice of the Day: Columba of Iona
04-29-2013
Joy is the echo of God's life in us.
- Columba of Iona
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Prayer of the Day: Cesar Chavez
04-29-2013
Show me the suffering of the most miserable, so I will know my people's plight. Free me to pray for others, for you are present in every person. Help me take responsibility for my own life, so that I can be free at last. Grant me courage to serve others, for in service there is true life. Give me honesty and patience, so that the Spirit will be alive among us. Let the Spirit flourish and grow, so that we will never tire of the struggle. Let us remember those who have died for justice, for they have given us life. Help us love even those who hate us, so we can change the world. Amen.
-A prayer by Cesar Chavez
Voice of the Day: Francois Fenelon
04-26-2013
We must have faith during the period of our grief. We think that our afflictions will be greater than we can bear, but we do not know the strength of our own hearts, nor the power of God. [God] knows all. ... What we think will overwhelm us entirely only subdues and conquers our pride. Our renewed spirit rises from its subjugation with a celestial strength and consolation.
- Francois Fenelon
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Verse of the Day: Abound in Hope
04-26-2013
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 15:13
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Prayer of the Day: 'Open Our Eyes'
04-26-2013
Open our eyes to see your glory in the smallest things, that we would live with the faith and the boldness required to believe that all the way to heaven truly is heaven. Amen.
-From Common Prayer
Verse of the Day: God's Love Endures Forever
04-25-2013
O give thanks to the God of heaven, for [God's] steadfast love endures forever.
- Psalm 136:26
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Voice of the Day: Georges Bernarnos
04-25-2013
Every particle of Christ's divine charity is today more precious for your security — for your security, I say — than all the atom bombs in all the stockpiles.
- Georges Bernarnos
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Prayer of the Day: 'Inextricably Bound'
04-25-2013
Lord, help us to see that our well-being is inextricably bound to the well-being of our neighbor. Our sorrows are shared. Our longings are shared. Our fears are shared. Enable us also to share compassion, patience and courage today. Amen.
-From Common Prayer
Prayer of the Day: 'A Heart of Love'
04-24-2013
Give us a heart of love for those with whom we disagree, O Lord. May we interact with these people with civility, gentleness, and respect. We admit that we would rather only love those who love us, but You have called us to a higher love; one that reaches across the ideological divide and finds common ground. May it be so. Amen.
Voice of the Day: Dorothy Day
04-24-2013
What we do is very little. But it is like the little boy with a few loaves and fishes. Christ took that little and increased it. He will do the rest. What we do is so little that we may seem to be constantly failing. But so did he fail. He met with apparent failure on the Cross. But unless the seeds fall into the earth and die, there is no harvest.
- Dorothy Day
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Verse of the Day: Crucified with Christ
04-24-2013
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
- Galatians 2:19-20
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Bob Edgar Dies at 69
04-23-2013
Bob Edgar, president of Common Cause, died suddenly this morning at the age of 69. In a news release announcing his passing, Common Cause Board Chair Robert Reich, said, “We are deeply saddened and shaken today by the passing of Bob Edgar. Bob will be remembered for his decency, kindness, compassion and humor.”
Bob was general secretary of the National Council of Churches from 2000 to 2007. During those years, Sojourners worked with him in anti-poverty efforts, and in attempting to prevent the beginning of the war in Iraq. He was an ordained United Methodist minister, and also served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Please keep his wife Merle, and sons Andrew, David and Rob, and their families, in your prayers.
Prayer of the Day: 'Teach Us'
04-23-2013
Loving God, teach us to order the desires of our hearts according to the call to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with you. Amen.
-From Common Prayer