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  1. Wednesday, February 19, 2020

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    02/19/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember how Empress Theodora restored the icons of Hagia Sophia in 842. We remember Melchior Klesl, b. 1552. The reading is a quote Jacques Ellul, "Holy Troublemakers."
    Wednesday, February 19, 2020

  2. Tuesday, February 18, 2020

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    02/18/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day Germantown Quaker petition against slavery was published in 1688. And it is the birthday of Nikos Kazantzakis, b. 1883. The reading is from Francis Daniel Pastorius, his "Epitaph."
    Tuesday, February 18, 2020

  3. Monday, February 17, 2020

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    02/17/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Mesrop Mashtots, d. 440, and Giordano Bruno, d. 1600. The reading is "Atonement" by Sofia M. Starnes.
    Monday, February 17, 2020

  4. Sunday, February 16, 2020

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    02/16/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Philip Melanchthon, b. 1497, and Gaspard de Coligny, b. 1519. The reading is "The Spirit searches everything" by Tania Runyon.
    Sunday, February 16, 2020

  5. Saturday, February 15, 2020

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    02/15/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Lutheran musician Michael Praetorius and American Baptist preacher William Miller. The reading is a quote from "Surprised by Hope" by NT Wright.
    Saturday, February 15, 2020

  6. Friday, February 14, 2020

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    02/14/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Valentine and Frederick Douglass. The reading is "Jesus Praying" by Hartley Coleridge.
    Friday, February 14, 2020

  7. Thursday, February 13, 2020

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    02/13/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Sister Julia McGroarty and Bruce Metzger. The reading is "Arbor Vitae" by Siegfried Sassoon.
    Thursday, February 13, 2020

  8. Wednesday, February 12, 2020

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    02/12/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Julian the Hospitaller and Cotton Mather, b. 1663. The reading is "Eternal God, How They’ve Increased" by Mather.
    Wednesday, February 12, 2020

  9. Tuesday, February 11, 2020

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    02/11/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Hugh of St. Victor and William Carstares. The reading is “Christians, come, in sweetest measures” by Adam of St. Victor.
    Tuesday, February 11, 2020

  10. Monday, February 10, 2020

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    02/10/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Scholastica, d. 543, and Dominique Pire, b. 1910. The reading is a quote from "The Foolishness of Preaching" by Robert Farrar Capon.
    Monday, February 10, 2020

  11. Sunday, February 9, 2020

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    02/09/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember John Hooper (b. 1555) and Garner Ted Armstrong (b. 1930). Our reading is a hymn version of Psalm 23 by Henry Baker, "The King of Love My Shepherd Is."
    Sunday, February 9, 2020

  12. Saturday, February 8, 2020

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    02/08/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the founding of the College of William and Mary in 1693 and also Josephine Bakhita, who died in 1947. The reading is "Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord" by Martin Luther.
    Saturday, February 8, 2020