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  1. Tuesday, September 10, 2019

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    09/10/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Wolfgang Musculus, born 1497, and Jean Vanier, born 1928. The reading is from Wilfred Owen, "At A calvary Near the Ancre."
    Tuesday, September 10, 2019

  2. Monday, September 9, 2019

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    09/09/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two Russians, Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk, d. 1515, and Alexander Men, d. 1990. The reading is from "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
    Monday, September 9, 2019

  3. 74: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The Interpreter's House

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    09/09/19
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    So I exist in this wasteland. A man reduced to a single instinct: get to Mount Zion. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress." This week, chapter one and two, The City of Destruction and Interpreter's House. We talk more about our need for a present tense Jesus, the limits of allegory, and why Jesus isn't a good example for us to follow.
    74: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The Interpreter's House

  4. Sunday, September 8, 2019

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    09/08/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the founding of Harvard in 1636, and the birthday of Peter Martyr Vermigli, who began teaching in Strassbourg and ended in Zurich. The reading is from "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde.
    Sunday, September 8, 2019

  5. Saturday, September 7, 2019

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    09/07/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today we celebrate the birthday of Jacobus Acontius, author of Satanae Stratagemata, and Thomas Erastus, author of Explicatio gravissimae quaestionis. The reading is a bit better known, a poem from Chad Bird, "Were You There?"
    Saturday, September 7, 2019

  6. Friday, September 6, 2019

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    09/06/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, the "Pilgrims" set sail on Mayflower in 1620. The notable patriarch of American Lutheranism, Henry Melchior Muehlenberg, was born on this day in 1711. The reading is from "The Ragamuffin Gospel" by Brennan Manning.
    Friday, September 6, 2019

  7. 73: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The City of Destruction

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    09/05/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Once I was a pilgrim, a road warrior searching for a righteous end. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress." This week, chapter one, The City of Destruction. We talk about apocalyptic literature, our old friend Plato, the necessity of a real present tense Jesus, and why Riley's version of The Pilgrim's Progress would be a pamphlet.
    73: John Bunyan, “The Pilgrim's Progress” - The City of Destruction

  8. Thursday, September 5, 2019

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    09/05/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the birthday of Tommasso Campanella, utopian and astrologer, and also, Gottfried Arnold, theologian and historian. The reading is the hymn, "Thou Who Breakest Every Chain," by Gottfried Arnold.
    Thursday, September 5, 2019

  9. Wednesday, September 4, 2019

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    09/04/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop František Tomášek, who helped the demise of the Czechoslovak communist regime. We also the radical Calvinist Jan van Hembyze, whose betrayal resulted in his beheading in 1584. The reading is by J.R.R. Tolkien, "Song of Aragorn."
    Wednesday, September 4, 2019

  10. Tuesday, September 3, 2019

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    09/03/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two ecclesiastical figures, Pope Gregory, who was born in 540, and Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Oliver Cromwell, who died in 1658. The reading is from C.S. Lewis, "As the Ruin Falls."
    Tuesday, September 3, 2019

  11. Monday, September 2, 2019

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    09/02/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the most impressive Symeon the Stylite, who died in 459 on his pedestal. We also remember Danish pastor N.F.S. Grundtvig, d. 1872. The reading is "Abide Among Us, We Implore Thee" from Grundtvig.
    Monday, September 2, 2019

  12. Sunday, September 1, 2019

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    09/01/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember French polymath Marin Mersenne, who died on this day in 1648. We also commemorate the founding of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1831. The reading is from H.W. Longfellow, "Blind Bartimaeus."
    Sunday, September 1, 2019