Sojourners Verse and Voice – 19 January 2024

Verse of the day
Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it.

– Psalm 34:14

Voice of the day
But peace, like a poem, / is not there ahead of itself, / can’t be imagined before it is made, / can’t be known except / in the words of its making, / grammar of justice, / syntax of mutual aid.

– Denise Levertov, “Making Peace” (1987)

Prayer of the day

Great Peacemaker, give us the courage to pursue the peace we can’t yet see, to make the world we can’t yet imagine.