Sojourners Verse and Voice – 4 September 2023

Verse of the day
Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

– James 5:4

Voice of the day
Instead of justifying forced labor like the exploitative gods of Egypt and the United States, the God of the Bible pushes us all to labor for justice as we take responsibility to care for the world and our fellow human beings.

– Adam Ericksen, “A Theology of Labor” 

Prayer of the day
“May God guide our nation in creating a more just economy that truly honors the dignity of work and the rights of workers.”

– Bishop Blaire, “A Labor Day Prayer”