Churches United for Justice

06/05/2026

On This Day: Fifty-eight years ago, on June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot.

Shortly afterward, President Johnson addressed the nation: “Tonight this Nation faces once again the consequences of lawlessness, hatred, and unreason in its midst.”

✍️ www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/237145

06/05/2026

What if our response to harm focused more on healing than punishment? Diversion programs have a care based approach which invests in people through opportunity and stability instead of incarceration.

06/05/2026

JUSTICE!

Verse of the day:
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- Matthew 5:6

Voice of the day:
I am all for churches being a part of the nonviolent marches and protests that have happened in the wake of violent killings, but these protests happen only after a tragic event has taken place. I want the church to be what prevents these acts from ever happening. I want the church to be the community that is so dedicated to loving our neighbors, to caring for the poor and neglected, and to living out true reconciliation that these killings do not even take place.
- John M. Perkins

Prayer of the day:
Redeemer and righteous one, set our hearts ablaze as we go out into the world to avert harm and care for each other. Amen.

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

Prayer for the Week (Upper Room)

O God, hear our laments, our praises, and our questions. They come from our hearts, and we know that you tenderly care for each of them. Amen.

06/03/2026

"If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it." . —Zora Neale Hurston

06/01/2026

Verse of the day:
My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
- James 1:2-3

Voice of the day:
Ya'll, I know this world is far from perfect. / I am not the type to mistake a streetlight for the moon. / I know our wounds are deep as the Atlantic. / But every ocean has a shoreline / and every shoreline has a tide / that is constantly returning
- Andrea Gibson, “Birthday”

Prayer of the day
Calmer of the seas, when we are met with facets of fear that threaten our composure, grant us the grace to weather the storm. Amen.