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Verse of the Day: ‘Let the little children come to me’

Then little children were being brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them; but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and…

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Voice of the Day: Dalai Lama

Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.

- Dalai Lama

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Verse of the Day: ‘Must my sheep eat what you have trodden with your feet?’

As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats: Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your…

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Voice of the Day: Sojourner Truth

Religion without humanity is poor human stuff.

- Sojourner Truth

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Verse of the Day: ‘One’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions’

And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”

- Luke 12:15

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Voice of the Day: Barbara Kingsolver

To people who think of themselves as God’s houseguests, American enterprise must seem arrogant beyond belief. Or stupid. A nation of amnesiacs, proceeding as if there were no other day but today. Assuming the land could also forget what had…

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Verse of the Day: ‘He will speak peace to his people’

Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
for he will speak peace to his people,
to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.
Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him,
that his glory may…

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Voice of the Day: T.S. Eliot

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.

- T.S. Eliot,
from his poem, “Little Gidding.”

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Verse of the Day: ‘I the Lord do not change’

For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, have not perished.

- Malachi 3:6

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Voice of the Day: Julia C.R. Dorr

O darkest Year! O brightest Year!
O changeful Year of joy and woe,
Today we stand beside thy bier,
Still loth to let thee go!

- Julia C.R. Dorr,
from her poem, “1865.”

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Verse of the Day: ‘Get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit!’

Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of…

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Voice of the Day: G.K. Chesterton

The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.

- Gilbert Keith Chesterton
English writer 1874-1935

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Verse of the Day: ‘What has come into being in him was life’

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.…

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Voice of the Day: Howard Thurman

When the song of the angel is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost — To heal the broken…

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Verse of the Day: ‘He will bring forth justice to the nations’

Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.
He will not cry or lift up his voice,
or make it heard in the street;
a…

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Voice of the Day: Evelyn Underhill

I do hope your Christmas has had a little touch of Eternity in among the rush and pitter patter and all. It always seems such a mixing of this world and the next — but that after all is the…

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Verse of the Day: ‘Come and see’

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip…

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Voice of the Day: John Lennon

And so this is Christmas, and what have you done?
Another year over, and a new one just begun.
And so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun,
The near and the dear ones, the old and the young.

A very Merry Christmas,
And…

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Verse of the Day: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord’

A voice cries out:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough…

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Voice of the Day: Christina Rossetti

Love came down at Christmas;
Love all lovely, love divine;
Love was born at Christmas,
Stars and angels gave the sign.

- Christina Rossetti
“Love came down at Christmas”

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