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  1. 2019 Christmas Podcast

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    12/22/19
    1 min
    By Chad Bird | Daniel Emery Price | Erick Sorensen
    Daniel Emery Price and Erick Sorensen talk with Chad Bird about his Christmas/Communion hymn, The Infant Priest Was Holy Born.
    2019 Christmas Podcast

  2. Sunday, December 22, 2019

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    12/22/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Dwight Moody, b. 1837, and the first religious broadcasting license in the US in 1921. The reading is "Salus Mundi" by Mary Coleridge.
    Sunday, December 22, 2019

  3. Saturday, December 21, 2019

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    12/21/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Jack Russell, the namesake of the Terrier breed. And today, some celebrate Blue Christmas, also known as the Longest sleep. The reading is another poem set to music, "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus," by Charles Wesley.
    Saturday, December 21, 2019

  4. 100: G.K. Chesterton’s “The Christmas Ballads”

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    12/21/19
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Break the cycle. Rise above. Focus on Christ in the manger. In their monumental 100th episode, Gillespie and Riley read and discuss G.K. Chesterton’s “The Christmas Ballads.” This episode, it’s a lot of incarnation talk and a few rabbit trails along the way.
    100: G.K. Chesterton’s “The Christmas Ballads”

  5. Friday, December 20, 2019

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    12/20/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Luther's beloved Katarina von Bora and Luther's nemesis Thomas Muntzer. The reading is taken from the carol "O Holy Night."
    Friday, December 20, 2019

  6. Thursday, December 19, 2019

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    12/19/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Pope Anastasius I (d. 401) and Horatius Bonar (b. 1808). The reading is "The House of Christmas" by G.K. Chesterton.
    Thursday, December 19, 2019

  7. Wednesday, December 18, 2019

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    12/18/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Lyman Abbot and Charles Wesley. The reading is "Light of Those Whose Dreary Dwelling" by Charles Wesley.
    Wednesday, December 18, 2019

  8. Tuesday, December 17, 2019

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    12/17/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember John Greenleaf Whittier and Pope Francis. The reading is "It is As If Infancy were the Whole of Incarnation" by Lucy Shaw.
    Tuesday, December 17, 2019

  9. Monday, December 16, 2019

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    12/16/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we recognize the feast of the prophet Haggai. We remember missionary to India, Amy Carmichael. The reading is "Christ's Nativity" by Henry Vaughn.
    Monday, December 16, 2019

  10. Sunday, December 15, 2019

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    12/15/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Oral Roberts and John Oldcastle. The reading is "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" by Charles Wesley.
    Sunday, December 15, 2019

  11. Saturday, December 14, 2019

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    12/14/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. John of the Cross and the opening of Illinois Institute/Wheaton. The reading is "At Bethlehem" by Richard Crashaw.
    Saturday, December 14, 2019

  12. Friday, December 13, 2019

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    12/13/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Phillip Brooks and celebrate St. Lucy's Day. The reading is the carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" by Brooks.
    Friday, December 13, 2019