Dan van Voorhis

  1. Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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    01/27/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1343. Pope Clement VI proclaimed a coming jubilee and laid out the practice of indulgences. The reading is from G.K. Chesterton, “O God of Earth and Altar.”
    Wednesday, January 27, 2021

  2. Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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    01/26/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1681. We remember Isabel Alison and Marion Harvey, martyrs for the radical Covenanters. The last word for today comes from St. Jerome, a word on the church and martyrdom.
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021

  3. Monday, January 25, 2021

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    01/25/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1863. We remember the Quaker, Rufus Matthew Jones. The last word for today, a word about peace, comes straight from the Prince of Peace's mouth in the Gospel of John.
    Monday, January 25, 2021

  4. Sunday, January 24, 2021

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    01/24/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1076. Emperor Henry IV convened a synod at Worms to deal with the power-hungry pope. The reading is from John Newton, his poem, "A Thought on the Seas-Shore."
    Sunday, January 24, 2021

  5. Saturday, January 23, 2021

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    01/23/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1549. We remember Transylvanian Lutheran Johannes Honterus. The last word for today comes from a Hungarian poet, János Pilinsky, “On the Third Day.”
    Saturday, January 23, 2021

  6. Friday, January 22, 2021

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    01/22/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1561. We remember Francis Bacon. The last word for the day comes from another Christian philosopher, Blaise Pascal.
    Friday, January 22, 2021

  7. Thursday, January 21, 2021

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    01/21/21
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1059. We remember Michael Kerullarios. The reading is a prayer by Søren Kierkegaard.
    Thursday, January 21, 2021

  8. Wednesday, January 20, 2021

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    01/20/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 288. We remember St. Sebastian. The reading is from Gerhard Forde, “On Being a Theologian of the Cross.”
    Wednesday, January 20, 2021

  9. Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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    01/19/21
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 399. We remember Pulcheria, the silent star of the 5th century. The reading is from George Herbert, “The Hold Fast.”
    Tuesday, January 19, 2021

  10. Monday, January 18, 2021

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    01/18/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1951. We remember one of the most famous of all missionaries, Amy Carmichael. The reading is an octave from Ms. Carmichael.
    Monday, January 18, 2021

  11. Sunday, January 17, 2021

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    01/17/21
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1677. We remember Ludovick Muggleton. The reading is "If Birds that neither Sow nor reap" by Roger Williams.
    Sunday, January 17, 2021

  12. Saturday, January 16, 2021

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    01/16/21
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1899. We remember Charles P. Chiniquy. The reading for today comes from the Almanac's favorite Brennan Manning, "Ragamuffin Gospel."
    Saturday, January 16, 2021