Christopher Gillespie

  1. Thursday, October 8, 2020

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    10/08/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1927. We remember missionary and martyr Phillip James, or “Jim” Elliot. The reading is an excerpt from chapter 11 of the Epistle to the Hebrews.
    Thursday, October 8, 2020

  2. Wednesday, October 7, 2020

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    10/07/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1796. We remember the pastor and philosopher Thomas Reid. The reading is an excerpt from Eugene Peterson's "A Long Obedience in the Same Direction."
    Wednesday, October 7, 2020

  3. Tuesday, October 6, 2020

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    10/06/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1919. We remember Baron Paul Nicolay, the Lutheran evangelist in Russia. Our reading is from Russian dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, titled "Confession."
    Tuesday, October 6, 2020

  4. Monday, October 5, 2020

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    10/05/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1695. We remember the Reverend John Glas. The reading is "Sing Hosanna" by Glas.
    Monday, October 5, 2020

  5. 171: C.S. Lewis - All schemes of happiness that centered in this world were always doomed to a final frustration

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    10/05/20
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    The Enemies at the Gate. We conclude our reading and discussion of C.S. Lewis’ speech on Learning in War-time. More reflection on the three enemies, excitement, frustration, and fear.
    171: C.S. Lewis - All schemes of happiness that centered in this world were always doomed to a final frustration

  6. Sunday, October 4, 2020

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    10/04/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1965, and Pope Paul VI became the first Pope to travel to the Western Hemisphere. The reading is from Karol Jozef Wojtyla, his “Meditations on the Book of Genesis: at the Threshold of the Sistine Chapel."
    Sunday, October 4, 2020

  7. Saturday, October 3, 2020

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    10/03/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1943. We remember Danish Lutheran pastor Kjeldgaard Jensen. The reading is from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, his "Meditations on the Cross."
    Saturday, October 3, 2020

  8. Friday, October 2, 2020

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    10/02/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1800. We remember Nat Turner. The reading is from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians chapter three, verse twenty-five.
    Friday, October 2, 2020

  9. 170: C.S. Lewis - The three enemies which war raises up against the scholar

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    10/02/20
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Know Your Enemy! C.S. Lewis explains why excitement, frustration, and fear can drive us to errs in judgment about ourselves, society, and God.
    170: C.S. Lewis - The three enemies which war raises up against the scholar

  10. Thursday, October 1, 2020

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    10/01/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1567. We remember a few stories filled with court intrigue, suspicion, and murder, as well as Pietro Carnesecchi, a humanist and would-be Reformer. The reading is “The World is not Conclusion” by Emily Dickinson.
    Thursday, October 1, 2020

  11. Wednesday, September 30, 2020

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    09/30/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1958. We remember the author Elsie Singmaster. The reading is from Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, “That Blessed Hope.”
    Wednesday, September 30, 2020

  12. Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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    09/29/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1349. We remember the English hermit, mystic, and author Richard Rolle. The reading is from 19th-century poet James Montgomery, “Come To Calvary’s Holy Mountain.”
    Tuesday, September 29, 2020