Sojourners Verse and Voice – 7 July 2023

Verse of the day 
Those who live at earth’s farthest bounds are awed by your signs; you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy. 

– Psalm 65:8

Voice of the day 
Rather than a distraction, awe is a call toward right relationship, showing spectacle to be a tool of empire. Awe is never self-serving. Its purpose is to recalibrate who we are before God and galvanize our work of justice. 

– Zachary Lee, “Fatal Distraction: 3 Films Warn Us of the Seduction of Spectacle”

Prayer of the day
Lord, teach us to reject the lull of distraction and spectacle. In our lives, may we cultivate space to experience the recalibrating nature of awe.