Verse of the day

Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
– Ephesians 4:31-32

Voice of the day

Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.
– Fuwaad ibn Abbas, in Ted Chiang’s The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate (2007)

Prayer of the day

Compassionate God, help us recall the depth of your mercy to humankind when we flounder in the face of personal forgiveness.