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  1. Sunday, September 29, 2019

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    09/29/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of St. St. Michael and All Angels. We also remember the author, W.H. Auden. The reading is an excerpt from "For the Time Being" by Auden.
    Sunday, September 29, 2019

  2. Saturday, September 28, 2019

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    09/28/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two relatively obscure Christian figures, St. Wenceslas and St. Eustochium. The reading is "The Finding" by Henry Suso.
    Saturday, September 28, 2019

  3. Friday, September 27, 2019

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    09/27/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two prominent Roman Catholic figures who were known for their charity, Pope Urban VII and St. Vincent de Paul. The reading is from 17th century English poet Thomas Traherne: "The Bells."
    Friday, September 27, 2019

  4. Thursday, September 26, 2019

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    09/26/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember on this day Lancelot Andrewes, born 1555 and contributor to the King James Bible. We also remember anglophile poet T.S. Eliot, born 1888. The reading is an excerpt from "The Rock" by T.S. Eliot.
    Thursday, September 26, 2019

  5. 79: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - Doubting Castle

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    09/26/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Fee-Fi-Fo-Fu... wait, wrong story! Gillespie and Riley continue their discussion of John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. This week, giants, good friends, and more cages.
    79: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - Doubting Castle

  6. Wednesday, September 25, 2019

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    09/25/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember arguably the worst pope of the Reformation era, Pope Clement VII. And we remember the Peace of Augsburg which was made law in 1555. The reading is "To Church" by R.S. Thomas.
    Wednesday, September 25, 2019

  7. Tuesday, September 24, 2019

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    09/24/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two rascals of the Reformation era, Albert of Brandenburg and Paracelsus. The reading is "Lord I'm Afraid" by Paul Verlaine.
    Tuesday, September 24, 2019

  8. Monday, September 23, 2019

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    09/23/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today, we remember Padre Pio, who died on this day in 1968. We also remember obscure American figure William McGuffey, born on this day in 1800. The reading is "Christ" by Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca.
    Monday, September 23, 2019

  9. Sunday, September 22, 2019

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    09/22/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Otto of Freising, German churchman and chronicler, and Johann Agricola, a controversial student of Luther. The reading is "To Thee Oh Lord I Send my Cries" by Agricola.
    Sunday, September 22, 2019

  10. Saturday, September 21, 2019

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    09/21/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of St. Matthew the Evangelist and the birthday of Girolamo Savonarola, Renaissance friar, and preacher, who declared Florence "the New Jerusalem." The reading is "The Carpenter's Son" by A.E. Housman.
    Saturday, September 21, 2019

  11. 78: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The Interpreter's House REDUX

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    09/21/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Despite all my rage, I’m still just a baptized sinner in a cage. Gillespie and Riley respond to a listener request about The Pilgrim’s Progress. This week, we go back to the Interpreter’s House to see about a man in a cage—the Bible, Jesus, and the problem with cages.
    78: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The Interpreter's House REDUX

  12. Friday, September 20, 2019

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    09/20/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two 19th century bishops: Philander Chase, founder of Kenyon College in Ohio, and John Coleridge Patteson, missionary to Melanesia. The reading is "The Carillon" by Ida Gerhardt.
    Friday, September 20, 2019