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Voice of the Day: Pat Conroy
08-11-2011
"'Tell me a story' still comprise four of the most powerful words in English, words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, th
Prayer of the Day: God's Will
08-10-2011
God, help me to speak through my life: "I have come to do your will, O God" - from Hebrews 10:9
Verse of the Day: Show Mercy
08-10-2011
"'Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” He said, 'The one who showed him mercy.' Jesus said to him, 'Go and do likewise.'&qu
Voice of the Day: Sara Miles
08-10-2011
"The church doesn't own Communion. It's God's meal. That made it possible for me to even take Communion in the first place.
Voice of the Day: Mark O. Hatfield
08-08-2011
"We all deserve a full life, not a life cut short by hunger and homelessness.
Prayer of the Day: Common Use
08-08-2011
Almighty God, all the riches of the world are made by you for our common use, and by nature not one of them belongs to one human being more than to another; direct us, we pray, that all things may ser
Verse of the Day: The Two Ways
08-08-2011
"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it.
Prayer of the Day: Creation
08-05-2011
God of creation, let us see you in all that you have made. May we know and love you in plants, animals and ecosystems. Let us honor all creation as sacred. Amen.
Voice of the Day: Rainer Maria Rilke
08-05-2011
"We are born, so to speak, provisionally, it doesn't matter where.
Verse of the Day: Jesus' Friends
08-05-2011
"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
Verse of the Day: Justice for the Weak and the Orphan
08-04-2011
"Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute."
- Psalm 82:3
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Prayer of the Day: Forgiveness
08-04-2011
God of forgiveness, help us release ourselves from guilt that only debilitates us. Help us be free of the shame and full of hope. Amen.
Voice of the Day: Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler
08-04-2011
"So from now till kingdom come, / taste the words on the tip of my tongue. / 'Cause we can't run truth out of town, / only force it underground. / The roots grow deeper / in ways we can't conceive.
Verse of the Day: On Discipline in Community
08-03-2011
"Be on your guard! If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive."
- Luke 17:3
Prayer of the Day: Send and Renew
08-03-2011
Lord, send out your Spirit and renew the face of the earth. Amen.
Voice of the Day: Ignacio Ellacuria
08-03-2011
"What is it to be a companion of Jesus today?
Voice of the Day: Annie Dillard
08-02-2011
"The creation is not a study, a roughed-in sketch; it is supremely, meticulously created
Prayer of the Day: St. Francis
08-02-2011
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Amen. The Prayer of St. Francis
Verse of the Day: 'My soul thirsts for God'
08-02-2011
"My soul thirsts for God, / for the living God. / When shall I come and behold / the face of God?
Voice of the Day: John Eldridge
08-01-2011
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
- John Eldridge