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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Friday, February 7, 2020

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    02/07/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Toader Arăpașu and Helder Camara. Our reading is an anonymous poem, "The Steadfast Cross."
    Friday, February 7, 2020

  5. Thursday, February 6, 2020

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    02/06/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this we remember, Antonie Arnauld, born in 1612, and George Tyrell, born in 1841. The reading is from A.J.M. Smith, "Beside One Dead."
    Thursday, February 6, 2020

  6. Wednesday, February 5, 2020

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    02/05/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan, and theologian Martin Marty, born in 1928. The reading is from Edith Södergran, "Christian Confession."
    Wednesday, February 5, 2020

  7. Tuesday, February 4, 2020

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    02/04/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1859, the Codex Sinaiticus was discovered. And a few years later in 1906, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born. The reading is from Bonhoeffer's "Meditations on the Cross."
    Tuesday, February 4, 2020

  8. Monday, February 3, 2020

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    02/03/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Richard Rawlinson, born 1690, and Four Chaplains Day. The reading is an excerpt from N.B. Weber's "Accidental Saints."
    Monday, February 3, 2020

  9. Sunday, February 2, 2020

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    02/02/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord and the feast Cornelius the Centurion. The reading is "A Song For Simeon" by T.S. Eliot.
    Sunday, February 2, 2020

  10. Saturday, February 1, 2020

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    02/01/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Henry McNeal Turner, born in 1834, and the publishing of the Battle Hymn of the Republic in 1862. The reading is "There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood" by William Cowper.
    Saturday, February 1, 2020

  11. Gimme justice!

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    01/31/20
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    Luke 18:1-14: The Parable of the Persistent Widow Get what you want from God by pestering Him until He gives in! Actually . . . NO. Knowing the nature and character of God gives us boldness to approach Him.
    Gimme justice!

  12. Friday, January 31, 2020

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    01/31/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Thomas Merton, b. 1915, and John R Mott, d. 1955. The reading is "The Flight Into Egypt" by Thomas Merton.
    Friday, January 31, 2020