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  1. Sunday, October 27, 2019

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    10/27/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1978, the New International Version of the Bible was published. Also on this day in 1746, Princeton College of New Jersey was chartered. The reading is "Contentment" by William Cowper.
    Sunday, October 27, 2019

  2. Saturday, October 26, 2019

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    10/26/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Laurentius Petri, whose translation of the Bible into Swedish helped bring the Reformation to Sweden. We also remember Mahalia Jackson, born in 1911, known as "The Queen of Gospel." The reading is "Prayer" by John Leax.
    Saturday, October 26, 2019

  3. Friday, October 25, 2019

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    10/25/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the oft-forgotten John of Salisbury, who died on this day in 1180. Today is also the feast day for Tabitha, or Dorcas as she was known in Aramaic. The reading is "Dorcas" by George MacDonald.
    Friday, October 25, 2019

  4. Thursday, October 24, 2019

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    10/24/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, the iconic cathedral at Chartres was dedicated in 1260. Also, on this day in 1648, the final treaties of the Peace of Westphalia were signed, ending the Thirty Years War. The reading is "The Agonie" by George Herbert.
    Thursday, October 24, 2019

  5. Wednesday, October 23, 2019

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    10/23/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today we celebrate two feasts: the first of St. James, the brother of Jesus on the Lutheran calendar, and the second St. John of Capistrano, the soldier saint. The reading is from G.K. Chesterton, "A Hymn."
    Wednesday, October 23, 2019

  6. Tuesday, October 22, 2019

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    10/22/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 4004 BC was the beginning of Creation, at least according Ussher. And a hopeful Miller calculates Jesus' return to be on this day in 1844. The reading is "The Apologist's Evening Prayer" by C.S. Lewis.
    Tuesday, October 22, 2019

  7. Monday, October 21, 2019

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    10/21/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember English poet and literary critic Samuel Taylor Coleridge, born 1772. And today is the feast day for St. John of Bridlington, the last saint canonized before the English Reformation. The reading is "Epitaph" by Coleridge.
    Monday, October 21, 2019

  8. Sunday, October 20, 2019

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    10/20/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember a defender of the Christian faith, Ernst Hengstenberg, born 1802, and a definer of the faith, P. Schaff, who died on this day in 1893. The reading is "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild" by Anne Bradstreet.
    Sunday, October 20, 2019

  9. Saturday, October 19, 2019

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    10/19/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, the famous Olney Hymns were first published in 1779. And Charles Spurgeon preaches and tragedy strikes the Surrey Gardens Music Hall in 1856. The reading is "Praise for Faith" by William Cowper.
    Saturday, October 19, 2019

  10. Friday, October 18, 2019

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    10/18/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of St. Luke, author of one-quarter of the New Testament. We also remember Christian August Crusius, a counterpart to Kant, who died on this day in 1775. The reading is "Miserere, my Maker," anonymous.
    Friday, October 18, 2019

  11. Thursday, October 17, 2019

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    10/17/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the controversial Reformation figure Andreas Osiander and the prolific Lutheran theologian Johann Gerhard. The reading is from Gerhard's "Sacred Meditations."
    Thursday, October 17, 2019

  12. Wednesday, October 16, 2019

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    10/16/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two of the Oxford martyrs, the Reformation-minded Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley. The reading is from "the Dream of Gerontius" by John Henry Newman.
    Wednesday, October 16, 2019