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  1. Thursday, August 22, 2019

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    08/22/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, the Alcasian contemporary of the first Reformers, Beatus Rhenanus, was born in 1485. We also remember one of the most unlikely to beatified, St. Guinefort. The reading is from George MacDonald, "Obedience."
    Thursday, August 22, 2019

  2. Wednesday, August 21, 2019

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    08/21/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1741, Handel began composing his most famous work, the oratorio "Messiah." Today, we also remember Alexander Konstantin von Oettingen, Lutheran pastor and statistician, who died in 1905. The reading is from Dietrich Bonhoeffer on forgiveness from "Letters and Papers from Prison."
    Wednesday, August 21, 2019

  3. Tuesday, August 20, 2019

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    08/20/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two European-born theologians who changed the face of the church in America: Francis Asbury and Paul Tillich. The reading is "The Good Shepherd" by Richard Baxter.
    Tuesday, August 20, 2019

  4. Monday, August 19, 2019

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    08/19/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the Feast of Apples, also known as the Transfiguration. It is the birthday of C.I. Scofield, born on this day in 1843. The reading is from St. Augustine on the Transfiguration.
    Monday, August 19, 2019

  5. Sunday, August 18, 2019

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    08/18/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the patron saints of masons and horses, Florus and Laurus. And we remember the work of Jean Bolland, whose work collected and preserved the stories of the saints. The reading is "For All the Saints" by William How.
    Sunday, August 18, 2019

  6. Saturday, August 17, 2019

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    08/17/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember J.V. Andreae, born in 1586, mystic and alchemist. Today is also the commemoration of Johann Gerhard, scholastic and pietist Lutheran. The reading is From "A Handbook of Consolations" by Johann Gerhard.
    Saturday, August 17, 2019

  7. Friday, August 16, 2019

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    08/16/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Wyatt Tee Walker, African American pastor during the Civil Rights Movement, and Anne Bradsteet, a poet and theologian in the Colonial era. The reading is "Deliverance from a fit of fainting" from Anne Bradstreet.
    Friday, August 16, 2019

  8. Thursday, August 15, 2019

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    08/15/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the first Christians in Japan and the Assumption/Feast of St. Mary. The reading is by William Butler Yeats, "The Mother of God."
    Thursday, August 15, 2019

  9. Wednesday, August 14, 2019

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    08/14/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the cable access preacher Gene Scott and founder of the Knights of Columbus, Michael J. McGivney. The reading is from "The Power and the Glory" by Graham Greene.
    Wednesday, August 14, 2019

  10. Tuesday, August 13, 2019

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    08/13/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Servetus arrested in Geneva on this day in 1553 and we commemorate two women: Florence Nightingale and Clara Maass. The reading is by R.S. Thomas, "Praise."
    Tuesday, August 13, 2019

  11. Monday, August 12, 2019

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    08/12/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the incorporation of the Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1942. Also, William Blake, a critic of the Church of England, died on this day in 1872. The reading is William Blake's, "The Divine Image" from 1789.
    Monday, August 12, 2019

  12. Sunday, August 11, 2019

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    08/11/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two medieval figures whose respective movements out-sized their own lives: Clare of Assisi d. 1253 and Nicholas of Cusa d. 1564. The reading is the St. Francis Prayer, of unknown authorship but attributed to St. Francis.
    Sunday, August 11, 2019