God's Politics Blog » Verse and Voice http://blog.sojo.net A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Voice of the Day: Brenda Salter McNeil http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/20/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-20/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/20/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-20/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13578 Although it is not always socially acceptable, not always popular, we are called to the ministry of reconciliation. We have been entrusted with a specific message — that Jesus Christ died to reconcile us to God and to each other. The…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/20/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-20/feed/ 0 Verse of the Day: Stand, Look, and Ask http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/20/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-20/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/20/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-20/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13579 Thus says the Lord:

Stand at the crossroads, and look,

and ask for the ancient paths,

where the good way lies; and walk 

in it,

and find rest for your souls.

- Jeremiah 6:16

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/20/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-20/feed/ 1 Prayer of the Day: The Lord’s Prayer http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/20/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-20/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/20/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-20/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13580 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come: your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/20/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-20/feed/ 1 Voice of the Day: Morton T. Kelsey http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/19/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-19/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/19/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-19/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13531 Genuine Christian love is forged against the anvil of our selfishness and possessiveness… It is important to remember that love is more than a feeling. It is active and transitive. The real test of my loving is not that I…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/19/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-19/feed/ 0 Verse of the Day: “Grow into salvation” http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/19/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-19/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/19/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-19/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13532 Rid yourselves of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation — if indeed you have tasted that the Lord…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/19/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-19/feed/ 1 Prayer of the Day: Created Equal http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/19/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-19/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/19/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-19/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13533 You created us, O Maker of heaven and earth; you created us equal before you. And just as all of us have sinned and fallen short of your glory, so did you send your Son to die for all of…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/19/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-19/feed/ 1 Voice of the Day: Ann Belford Ulanov http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/18/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-18/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/18/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-18/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13471 Grace begins and ends prayer. Grace is what we call what is left over after the scouring of the self, the dying into self. Grace is what was there before we ever looked at ourselves in prayer. Grace gives us…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/18/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-18/feed/ 1 Verse of the Day: Thankfulness http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/18/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-18/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/18/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-18/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13472 Praise the Lord!

I will give thanks to the Lord 

with my whole heart … 

The works of [God's] hands are

faithful and just;

all his precepts are trustworthy.

- Psalm 111:1-7

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…]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/18/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-18/feed/ 1 Prayer of the Day: Migrant Workers http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/18/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-18/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/18/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-18/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13473 We pray for the millions of people who cross international borders in order to secure a better life for their families, for the loneliness of separation from loved ones, for the uncertainty which distance brings. May your Spirit give them…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/18/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-18/feed/ 1 Voice of the Day: Eugene V. Debs http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/17/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-17/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/17/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-17/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13451 While there is a lower class I am in it, while there is a criminal element I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

- Eugene V. Debs
American labor and political leader, and nominee…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/17/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-17/feed/ 1 Verse of the Day: Loving in Truth and Action http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/17/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-17/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/17/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-17/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13452 Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before [God] whenever our hearts condemn us; for God…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/17/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-17/feed/ 1 Prayer of the Day: God of all comfort http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/17/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-17/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/17/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-17/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13453 Lord of mercies, God of all consolation, comfort us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by you. (2 Corinthians…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/17/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-17/feed/ 2 Voice of the Day: Eboo Patel http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/16/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-16/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/16/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-16/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13431 To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism.

- Eboo Patel
author of Acts of Faith and founder of the Interfaith Youth Core

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/16/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-16/feed/ 2 Verse of the Day: God, Our Trust and Hope http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/16/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-16/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/16/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-16/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13432 You, O Lord, are my hope,

my trust, O Lord, from my

youth.

Upon you I have leaned from my birth;

it was you who took me from

my mother’s womb.

My praise is continually of you.

- Psalm 71:5-6

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/16/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-16/feed/ 1 Prayer of the Day: International Day of Tolerance http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/16/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-16/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/16/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-16/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13433 While the United Nations designates today an International Day of Tolerance, we know that you, God of all people, call us to something higher, to something beyond mere tolerance. We pray that you would enable and empower us to be…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/16/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-16/feed/ 1 Voice of the Day: Macrina Wiederkehr http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/13/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-13/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/13/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-13/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13400 Conversion is what happens between birth and death. By … conversion as a process, I do not mean to disclaim the many accounts of people being suddenly and mysteriously touched by God and changed tremendously … However, even people who…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/13/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-13/feed/ 2 Verse of the Day: “Clothe yourselves with humility” http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/13/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-13/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/13/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-13/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13401 All of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

- 1 Peter 5:5

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/13/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-13/feed/ 0 Prayer of the Day: Friday http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/13/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-13/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/13/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-13/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13402 May this weekend be one of rest and recentering, refreshment and rejuvenation, and most importantly, refocusing on you. Give me eyes to see where you are leading, ears to hear what you are saying, and a heart that follows wherever…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/13/prayer-of-the-day-2009-11-13/feed/ 1 Voice of the Day: James C. Fenhagen http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/12/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-12/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/12/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-12/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13339 The Christian faith for most people is not commuinicated by doctrinal pronouncements … but by what goes on in the church in its most local setting. It is here, in the church down the street, that people are caught up…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/12/voice-of-the-day-2009-11-12/feed/ 2 Verse of the Day: God’s Faithfulness http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/12/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-12/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/12/verse-of-the-day-2009-11-12/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 God's Politics Editor http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13340 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who maintains covenant loyalty with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousad generations.

- Deuteronomy 7:9

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