Sojourners Verse and Voice – 20 October 2022

Verse of the day
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

– James 1:27

Voice of the day
… [D]ominant culture often makes monsters out of vulnerable populations, therein maintaining or reestablishing the status quo. We seek to exorcise the other-ness out of us by exorcising them.

– JR. Forasteros, “When Monsters Serve As Prophets” 

Prayer of the day
God, we become the monsters when we demonize those made in your image; may we break the status quo of exclusion and embody invitational love.