Quote of the day

When Christian leaders go to government to call for sweeping structural
change, we have more integrity and power when we can say: "We are part of
Christian communities that are already beginning to live out what we are calling
you to legislate." Our call for costly changes in foreign policy toward the
Two-Thirds World designed to implement greater global economic justice has
integrity only if we are a part of Christian congregations that are already
beginning to incarnate a more simple lifestyle that points toward a more just,
ecologically sustainable planet. Our call for nuclear disarmament and
international peace has integrity only if there is growing peace and wholeness
in our families and churches.
- Ronald J. Sider

New dialy scripture and quotes from Sojo mail

"[God] has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" - Micah 6:8

“The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority." - Martin Luther King Jr.

Prayer of St Patrick - Breastplate

Christ, as a light illumine and guide me.
Christ, as a shield overshadow me and cover me.
Christ, be under me; Christ, be over me.
Christ, be beside me on my left and my right.

Christ, this day be within and without me.
Christ, the lowly and meek.

Christ, the all-powerful, be in the heart of each to whom I speak.
In the mouth of each who speaks to me -
in all who draw near to me, or see me, or hear me.

Amen.