"Unto thee, O Lord, will I lift up my soul; my God, I have put my trust in thee; O let me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me." Psalms 25:1 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer

"To [Abraham] Lincoln the duty of the leader and of the citizen was neither to despair nor to seek solace and security with the merely strong, but to discern and to pursue the right." Jon Meacham, And There Was Light

"...progress comes when Americans recognize that all, not just some, possess common rights and are due common respect." Jon Meacham, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

Thank you, Kansas. On to November.

"Our fathers hoped in thee, they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them." Psalms 22:4 Coverdale #DailyOffice #morningprayer

I'm asking my friends to step back and pray for a better course. #evangelicals

As #evangelicals determine America is a Christian nation [which is debatable], what a place that God could send people to experience Christian friendship, compassion, and grace. But they are sending them away, trying to shut them out, terrifying their children.

"...in the face of an opulence that reeks of decay, we find the outstretched hands of those who have no #nourishment..." Pope Leo XIV

"You have taken in all Your wrath, You have retreated from the fierceness of Your anger." Psalms 85:3 Rosenberg #DailyOffice #morningprayer

"...a land that Adonai your God cares for... [His eyes] are always on it, from the beginning of the year up to the end of the year." #Deuteronomy 11:12 TLV Parshat Eikev, the weekly Torah portion

The weekly Torah portion is Parshat Eikev: #Deuteronomy 7:11 through 11:25. "You are to remember all the way that Adonai your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness... to humble you, to test you, to know what is in your heart..." Deuteronomy 8:2 TLV

"The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down..." Psalms 146:8 NRSV #DailyOffice #morningprayer

"...and on your wondrous works, I will meditate." Psalms 145:5 NRSV #DailyOffice #morningprayer

Neighbors who disagree with the president do not have a "derangement syndrome." What an embarrassment to say that about someone. It's one more example of #evangelicals trying to silence dissent. If you oppose MAGA, you get a pejorative name.

"You, [O Lord], search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways." Psalms 139:2 NRSV #DailyOffice #morningprayer

"...who led his people through the wilderness, for his steadfast love endures forever." Psalms 136:16 NRSV #DailyOffice #eveningprayer

"...The Lord bless thee, the beauty of justice, the holy mountain." Jeremiah 31:23 Douay-Rheims 1752 #DailyOffice #eveningprayer

"Thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord." Psalms 128:5 NRSV #DailyOffice #eveningprayer

"Our army is shamefully reduced by desertion... We shall be obliged to detach one-half of the army to bring back the other." Gen. Washington, letter to John Hancock, president of the Congress, January 1777. #American

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 16 April 1953

The weekly Torah portion is Parshat Va'etchanan: #Deuteronomy 3:23 through 7:11. "But the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron crucible, out of Egypt, to be a people of His possession, as of this day." Deuteronomy 4:20 Rosenberg

"Return, O my soul, to your rest, for the Lord has dealt #bountifully with you." Psalms 116:7 NRSV #DailyOffice #morningprayer

I blocked Senate Republicans' petty and offensive resolution that implied Canada is letting their own forests burn just to spite us. I know my Republican colleagues want to show the President how much they agree with him, but please. What a waste of everyone's time.

"[The Lord] has gained renown by his wonderful deeds; the Lord is gracious and merciful." Psalms 111:4 NRSV #DailyOffice #morningprayer

"[The Lord] brought them out of darkness and gloom..." Psalms 107:14 NRSV #DailyOffice #morningprayer

"By the streams the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches." Psalms 104:12 NRSV #DailyOffice #eveningprayer

"...let them turn away from evil and do good; let them seek peace and pursue it." I Peter 3:11 NRSV #DailyOffice #morningprayer

"...[the Lord, your God] knows of your walking through this great desert; these forty years... you have lacked nothing." #Deuteronomy 2:7 Rosenberg, Parshat Devarim, the weekly Torah portion

The weekly Torah portion is Parshat Devarim: #Deuteronomy chapter 1 through 3:22. "May the Lord God of your forefathers add to you a thousandfold as many as you are, and may He bless you, as He spoke concerning you!" Deuteronomy 1:11 Rosenberg

"Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you; save your servant who trusts in you..." Psalms 86:2 NRSV #DailyOffice #morningprayer