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The Lord is great in Zion; [and] is exalted over all the peoples. Let them praise your great and awesome name. … Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness. – Psalms 99:2-4 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Prayer should be brief and pure, unless it happen to be lengthened by an impulse or inspiration of divine grace. – The Rule of Benedict Quoted in Essential Monastic Wisdom, by Hugh Feiss + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Last week’s announcement that the Bush administration is seeking to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization is the latest drumbeat in an intensifying confrontation that could lead to war. In an interview with The New York Times, former Iranian deputy defense minister, Alireza Akbari warned that the measure could cause instability…

I wrote here a few weeks ago about the new Die Hard film, and especially how I felt it represented a disturbing advance in the portrayal of heroes as violent men whose main purpose is to uphold materialism. Among other things, Bruce Willis’ character, John McClane, kicks a woman half to death, then drops an…

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Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” When…

One cannot go in for silence in a big way, make a pile and then retire. It would be better to settle for a more modest undertaking so that one could stay in business and keep at it. Otherwise the profits soon dry up. – Morton T. Kelsey from The Other Side of Silence +…

At the close of the 16th and final Left Behind book, which was perched on the best-seller list a couple months ago, Tim LaHaye yet again emphasizes his claim to “tak[e] the Bible literally wherever possible.” I don’t get how anyone who’d ever paid attention to the Psalms could imply that the Bible speaks less…

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