Sojourners Verse and Voice – 22 June 2023

Verse of the day
Thus says the Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel: I will gather others to them besides those already gathered.

– Isaiah 56:8

Voice of the day
It is, perhaps, the outcasts who are most able to find God in the unlikely places.

– Cassidy Klein, “The Queer Orthodox Artist Seeking to ‘Make the World an Altar’”

Prayer of the day
Lord of the outcasts, thank you for the witness and might of those on the margins. May we listen to those whom the world would quickly overlook.