Sojourners Verse and Voice – 8 February 2022

Verse of the day
Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; otherwise, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.

– Matthew 9:17

Voice of the day
Sometimes tradition and habit are just that, comfortable excuses to leave things be, even when they are unjust and unworthy.

– Matthew Scully, Dominion (2002)

Prayer of the day
May I be dissatisfied with the patterns that have been. May I challenge the traditions and habits that excuse injustice.