1. On this day, we remember St. John of the Cross and the opening of Illinois Institute/Wheaton. The reading is "At Bethlehem" by Richard Crashaw.
  2. On this day, we remember Phillip Brooks and celebrate St. Lucy's Day. The reading is the carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" by Brooks.
  3. On this day, we remember both the enactment of the Virginia Sabbath Laws in 1712 and the establishment of the American Sabbath Union in 1888. The reading is from "Messiah" by Alexander Pope.
  4. On this day, we remember St. Damasus and Greg Bahnsen. The reading is "The Stable" by Sister M. Chrysostom.
  5. On this day, we remember St. Eulalia of Merida and the publishing of "The Bible in Spain" by George Burrows. The reading is an excerpt from "the Gift of the Magi" by T.S. Eliot.
  6. On this day, we remember 1905 French Law on the Separation of Church and State and the feast of Juan Diego. The reading is "Christmas" by John Betjeman.
  7. On this day, we remember the feast of Immaculate Conception and Thomas Oden. The reading is "BC:AD" by U.A. Fanthorpe.
  8. On this day, we remember Gabriel Biel and Carl F.H. Henry. The reading is "The God We Hardly Knew" by Oscar Romero.
  9. On this day, we celebrate the feast of St. Nicholas of Myra. We also remember Phillip Berrigan, who died on this day in 2002. The reading is "The Truce of Christmas" by G.K. Chesterton.
  10. On this day, we remember Pope Julius II and Faustus Socinus. The reading is "Joseph's Lullaby" by Ron Klug.
  11. On this day, we remember John of Damascus and John Cotton. The reading is "The Greatest Wonder" by William Drummond.
  12. Scott and Caleb Keith take this time to update listeners of the Thinking Fellows and ask for their support.