Sojourners Verse and Voice – 4 March 2023

Verse of the day
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

– Hebrews 13:16

Voice of the day
Lent … [is] not about one person making a short-term sacrifice but about collective choices to generate momentum and heal our relationship with the land and each other. This Lent, those choices feel both embodied and communal with shared stakes for us all.

– Mallory McDuff, “My Family’s Lenten Practices Prepared Us for Green Burial” 

Prayer of the day
It is tempting to co-opt Lent as a siloed time of self-improvement; this is not your vision, Lord. May we throw off the temptation to be centripetal during these next weeks.