Ultimately, we are reborn to love because in this expanding, gracious space within us, we arrive at the astonishing presence of God at the core of our life. We blunder into the heart of God and find our own. – Sue Monk Kiddfrom Firstlight: The Early Inspirational Writings of Sue Monk Kidd + Sign up…

O Lord my Lord, act on my behalf for your name’s sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is pierced within me. – Psalms 109:21-22 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

When the American people make it clear in the election, and in every public opinion poll, that they want an end to the war in Iraq, he ignores them. When the central recommendation of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group is “new and enhanced diplomatic and political efforts…that will enable the United States to begin to…

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