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  1. Monday, January 13, 2020

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    01/13/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the birth of P.J. Spener in 1635. And it is the feast day of Hilary of Poitiers. The reading is from a Pentecost hymn from Hilary, "Rejoice, the Year Upon Its Way."
    Monday, January 13, 2020

  2. Sunday, January 12, 2020

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    01/12/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the Hampton Court Conference and John Winthrop. The reading is from Anne Bradstreet, "As weary pilgrim, now at rest."
    Sunday, January 12, 2020

  3. Saturday, January 11, 2020

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    01/11/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the Altona Confession of the Confessing Church. And it is the feast day for Theodosius the Cenobiarch. The reading is a quote from Karl Barth.
    Saturday, January 11, 2020

  4. Give me oil for my lamp, keep it burning

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    01/10/20
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    Give me oil for my lamp, keep it burning . . . The parable of the ten virgins shows us what it is to be prepared in Christ and unprepared in ourselves. #iwishwe’dallbeenready
    Give me oil for my lamp, keep it burning

  5. Friday, January 10, 2020

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    01/10/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Berenger of Tours and Lazzaro Spallanzani. The reading is "Deathbed" by Evangeline Paterson.
    Friday, January 10, 2020

  6. Thursday, January 9, 2020

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    01/09/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember one of the fathers of the American Baptist church, Isaac Backus. We also recognize the peculiar Translation of the Black Nazarene. The reading is an excerpt from "Kingdom, Grace, Judgment" by Robert Capon.
    Thursday, January 9, 2020

  7. Wednesday, January 8, 2020

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    01/08/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the Council of Florence and the hymn composer Lowell Mason. The reading is from the "Dream of Gerontius" by J.H. Newman.
    Wednesday, January 8, 2020

  8. Tuesday, January 7, 2020

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    01/07/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Lucian of Antioch and Canute Lavard. The reading is "Discipline" by George Herbert.
    Tuesday, January 7, 2020

  9. Monday, January 6, 2020

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    01/06/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of Epiphany. We also remember Reformation era composer Martin Agricola. The reading is "We Three Kings" by John Hopkins.
    Monday, January 6, 2020

  10. Sunday, January 5, 2020

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    01/05/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Edward the Confessor and Felix Manz. The reading is from Anne Locke, "Sonnet on the 51st Psalm."
    Sunday, January 5, 2020

  11. Saturday, January 4, 2020

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    01/04/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember J.J. Griesbach, born in 1745, and the founding of the New Apostolic Church in 1863. The reading is by Charles Kingsey, "the Dead Church."
    Saturday, January 4, 2020

  12. If One should return from the dead . . .

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    01/03/20
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    Luke 16, the “Parable” of the Rich Man and Lazarus Moses and the Prophets speak of Christ. If you don’t believe those words, why would you believe the actual resurrection?
    If One should return from the dead . . .