Sojourners Verse and Voice – 13 June 2024

Verse of the day 
“Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.” 

– Matthew 18:10

Voice of the day 
The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. 

– James Baldwin, “Notes on the House of Bondage”

Prayer of the day 
God, we cry out for the children killed by violent hands. We mourn for those children who have been despised, and we long for a world where all will see that children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe.