Sojourners Verse and Voice — 16 July 2024

Verse of the day 
The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their ways. Their roads they have made crooked; no one who walks in them knows peace. 

– Isaiah 59:8

Voice of the day 
The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is a more violent world. 

– Hannah Arendt, “Reflections on Violence” (1969)

Prayer of the day 
Disarm us, O Lord — our minds, lips, hearts, and hands — that we may more perfectly love you. We repent from our own political violence.