Verse And Voice

Voice of the Day: Emily Vizzo

by God's Politics Editor 02-22-2012

"Carefully I crafted a loop with the string and tossed it into the river. / I never caught a fish with buttercups or a knotted string. / But I saw them swimming by in fleets of flashing silver / And for me, that was enough." - Emily Vizzo

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Verse of the Day: 'Blot Out All My Iniquities'

by God's Politics Editor 02-22-2012

"You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities." - Psalm 51:6-9

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Prayer of the Day: Ash Wednesday

by God's Politics Editor 02-22-2012

O Lord, protect us in our struggle against evil. As we begin the Lenten journey, make this season holy by our self-denial. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit one God, for ever and ever. Amen. adapted from International Committee on English in the Liturgy (ICEL)

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Voice of the Day: Gayle Brandeis

by God's Politics Editor 02-21-2012

"Come back to the heartbeat, the pulse, the rhythm we all walk to, regardless of nation or color. Come back to the breath – inhale, take the world deep into your lungs; exhale, give yourself back fully. This is what the body says: release the peace that lives within your skin." - Gayle Brandeis from, The Body Politic of Peace

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Verse of the Day: Seeds of Purpose

by God's Politics Editor 02-21-2012

"For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I sent it." - Isaiah 55:10-11

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Prayer of the Day: Honduran Families

by God's Politics Editor 02-21-2012

God, we pray today for the families of those who died in the prison fire last week in Honduras. Comfort all in their time of mourning and distress. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Amen.

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Verse of the Day: 'Whatever is True...'

by God's Politics Editor 02-20-2012

"Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you." - Philippians 4:4-9

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Prayer of the Day: Endangered Species

by God's Politics Editor 02-20-2012

God of all creation, you created animals to roam the earth and fish to fill the seas. We pray for creatures on the verge of extinction, specifically that those responsible for poaching and polluting will be held responsible. Help us to live in a way that does not endanger life, but cherishes and nourishes the life in and around us. Amen.

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Voice of the Day: John Muir

by God's Politics Editor 02-20-2012

"In God's wildness lies the hope of the world—the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware." - John Muir from Alaska Fragment, 1890

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Voice of the Day: Martin Luther King Jr.

by God's Politics Editor 02-17-2012

"Truth crushed to earth will rise again. How long? Not long! Because no lie can live forever. How long? Not long! Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. Yet that scaffold sways the future and behind the dim unknown standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch over [God’s] own. How long? Not long! Because the arc of the mortal universe is long but it bends toward justice." - Martin Luther King Jr.

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Verse of the Day: Grow in Love

by God's Politics Editor 02-17-2012

"We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into [God] who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in building itself up in love." - Ephesians 4:14-16

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Prayer of the Day: Racism

by God's Politics Editor 02-17-2012

God, we confess that we still allow ourselves and our neighbors to be divided--by race and culture. We yearn for the day when the evils of racism will cease to exist, when your love will reign over all. Amen.

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Voice of the Day: Saint Basil

by God's Politics Editor 02-16-2012

"I cannot persuade myself that without love to others, and without, as far as rests with me, peaceableness toward all, I can be called a worthy servant of Jesus Christ." - Saint Basil

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Verse of the Day: 'Hold Fast to What is Good'

by God's Politics Editor 02-16-2012

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Jesus Christ for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good." - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-21

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Prayer of the Day: Peace in Greece

by God's Politics Editor 02-16-2012

God, we continue to pray for the people of Greece as they attempt to keep the peace amid riots and violence. Please heal the wounded, comfort those who mourn, and give discernment and wisdom to both leaders and rabble rousers. Amen.

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