Quote for the Day

It takes a long time to understand nothing.

-- Edward Dahlberg, American author and critic (1900-1977)

Scripture Passage for the Day

he rights those who are
wronged,
he feeds those who are hungry;
the Eternal sets the captives free.
the Eternal gives the blind
their sight,
the Eternal raises those who are
bowed down,
the Eternal preserves poor
foreigners,
the widow and the orphan he
relieves;
the Eternal loves those who are
good,
but the ungodly life he ruins.

Ps 146:7-9 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

who administers justice on behalf of
the oppressed; who gives bread to
the hungry --
the LORD, who loosens the chains of
those who are bound.
The Lord opens the eyes of the
blind;
the LORD loves the righteous.
The LORD protects the immigrants;
He relieves orphans and widows,
and He reverses the path of the
ungodly toward ruin.

Ps 146:7-9 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

and deals out justice to the oppressed.
The LORD feeds the hungry
and sets the prisoner free.
The LORD restores sight to the blind
and raises those who are bowed
down;
the LORD loves the righteous
and protects the stranger in the
land;
the LORD gives support to the
fatherless and the widow,
but thwarts the course of the
wicked.

Ps 146:7-9 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;

the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous.

The Lord watches over the strangers;
he upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

Ps 146:7-9 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

He upholds the cause of the oppressed
and gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets prisoners free,

the LORD gives sight to the blind,
the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,
the LORD loves the righteous.

The LORD watches over the alien
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

Ps 146:7-9 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

For two boons from thy hand I cry
(deny me not, before I die):

put lies and falsehood far from me,
give neither wealth nor poverty,
but feed me with the food I need;

lest I be full and disclaim thee,
saying, "Who is the Eternal?"
or sink to poverty and steal,
discrediting my God.

Prov. 30:7-9 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

Two things I have asked of Thee; deny them not to me before I die: remove far from me falsehood and lying; grant me neither poverty nor riches; feed me my portion of nourishment, lest I be full and deny thee and say, "Who is the LORD?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and violate God's name.

Prov. 30:7-9 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Two things I ask of you --
do not withhold them in my lifetime:

put fraud and lying far from me;
give me neither poverty nor wealth,
but provide me with the food I need,

for if I have too much I shall deny you
and say, 'Who is the LORD?'
and if I am reduced to poverty I shall steal
and besmirch the name of my God.

Prov. 30:7-9 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

Two things I ask of you;
do not deny them to me before I die:

Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that I need,

or I shall be full, and deny you,
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or I shall be poor, and steal,
and profane the name of my God.

Prov. 30:7-9 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

“Two things I ask of you, O LORD;
do not refuse me before I die:

Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.

Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’

Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.

Prov. 30:7-9 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to men who add house to house,
who join one field to another,
till there is room for none but them in all the land!
The Lord of hosts has sworn to me,
"Many a mansion is to lie forlorn,
splendid and spacious and --
empty!"

Is. 5:8-9 Moffatt Translation

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to those joining house to house, who unite field to field until there is no more room; you shall be made to live alone in the middle of the land. In my ears the LORD of hosts has spoken. Most certainly will many houses become desolate, spacious and fair, without occupants.

Is. 5:8-9 Berkeley Version

Quote for the Day

Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.

-- Charles Louis de Montesquieu, French philosopher (1689-1755)

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe betide those who add house to house
and join field to field,
until everyone else is displaced,
and you are left as sole inhabitants of the countryside.

In my hearing the LORD of Hosts made this solemn oath:
'Great houses will be brought to ruin,
fine mansions left uninhabited.'

Is. 5:8-9 Revised English Bible

Scripture Passage for the Day

Ah, you who join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is room for no one but you,
and you are left to live alone
in the midst of the land!

The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.

Is 5:8-9 New Revised Standard Version

Quote for the Day

If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon.

-- George Aiken, U.S. senator (1892-1984)

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to you who add house to house
and join field to field
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.

The LORD Almighty has declared in my hearing:
“Surely the great houses will become desolate,
the fine mansions left without occupants.

Is 5:8-9 New International Version

Looking for Jesus

Thanks to James L. Evans for posting about this great song writer. And how come my Hawaii friends who were at the BWA meeting in Honolulu never mentioned her? Shish!

Feast for the Ears

Quote for the Day

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

-- Pablo Picasso

Scripture Passage for the Day

He will decide disputes of many races,
and arbitrate between strong foreign powers,
till swords are beaten into ploughshares,
spears into pruning-hooks;
no nation draws the sword against another,
no longer shall men learn to fight,
but live each underneath his vine
and underneath his fig-tree,
in terror of no one:
for so the lips of the Lord of hosts decree.

Micah 4:3-4 Moffatt Translation

Quote for the Day

Verba movent, exempla trahunt.

(Words move people, examples lead them.)

--Latin proverb

Scripture Passage for the Day

He shall judge among many peoples and decide for mighty nations afar off. Then they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears; nation shall lift up no sword against nation, and they shall not learn war any more. A man shall dwell beneath his vine and fig tree and no one shall make him afraid; for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken it.

Micah 4:3-4 Berkeley Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

He will be judge between many peoples
and arbiter among great and distant nations.
They will hammer their swords into mattocks
and their spears into pruning-knives.
Nation will not take up sword against nation;
they will never again be trained for war.
Each man will sit under his own vine
or his own fig tree, with none to cause alarm.
The LORD of Hosts himself has spoken.

Micah 4:3-4 Revised English Bible

U.S. Senator's Top 10 List of Corporate Tax Avoiders

U.S. Senator's Top 10 List of Corporate Tax Avoiders

Here's why we have a budget deficit. Rather than cut services to the poor (who provided the big business profits by receiving low wages and benefits), shouldn't we get the big boys to pay their share? After all, they get plenty of benefits from the taxes WE pay.

Scripture Passage for the Day

He shall judge between many peoples,
and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away;
they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more;
but they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees,
and no one shall make them afraid;
for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

Micah 4:3-4 New Revised Standard Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

He will judge between many peoples
and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore.

Every man will sit under his own vine
and under his own fig tree,
and no one will make them afraid,
for the LORD Almighty has spoken.

Micah 4:3-4 New International Version

Scripture Passage for the Day

Woe to those who call good evil,
and call evil good,
who make out darkness to be
light,light to be darkness,
who make out bitter to be sweet,
sweet to be bitter!

Woe to those who think themselves
so wise,
fancy themselves shrewd!

Is. 5:20-21 Moffatt Translation