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  1. Monday, November 18, 2019

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    11/18/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the consecration of the old and new St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and the papal bull "Unam Sanctum" of 1302. The reading is "Christians and Others" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
    Monday, November 18, 2019

  2. Sunday, November 17, 2019

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    11/17/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two influential, esoteric, and controversial figures: Jakob Boehme (d. 1624) and Charles H. Mason (d. 1961). The reading is "Jesus was A Healer" by Les Murray.
    Sunday, November 17, 2019

  3. Saturday, November 16, 2019

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    11/16/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Margaret of Scotland and Pierre Charron. the reading is "A Midrash on the Kingdom Prayer" by Susan McCaslin.
    Saturday, November 16, 2019

  4. Friday, November 15, 2019

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    11/15/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember hymn-writer William Cowper, born in 1731, and Anders Nygren, Lundensian theologian. The reading is "They Could Not Tell Me Who Should Be My Lord" by Edwin Muir.
    Friday, November 15, 2019

  5. Thursday, November 14, 2019

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    11/14/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember emperor Justinian, who died in 565, and English Puritan William Ames, who died in 1633. The reading is "Credo" by James Macauley.
    Thursday, November 14, 2019

  6. Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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    11/13/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the publishing of Luther's "Formula Missae," a reform of worship. We also remember the Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Georgia. The reading is from George Moses Horton, "On the Conversion of a Sister."
    Wednesday, November 13, 2019

  7. Tuesday, November 12, 2019

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    11/12/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the poet, nun, and theologian Juana Inez De La Cruz. Also on this day in 1869, Presbyterian Church reunified. The reading is from Kierkegaard, "Calm My Soul."
    Tuesday, November 12, 2019

  8. Monday, November 11, 2019

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    11/11/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of Martin of Tours and the birthday of Fyodor Dostoevsky in 1821. The reading is from "The Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoevsky.
    Monday, November 11, 2019

  9. Sunday, November 10, 2019

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    11/10/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the birth of Martin Luther in 1483 and the placing of the first Gideons Bible in 1908. The reading is "Indifference" by G. A. Studdert-Kennedy.
    Sunday, November 10, 2019

  10. Saturday, November 9, 2019

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    11/09/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember librarian and confessor Martin Chemnitz, born 1522. Today is the feast day for the author and mystic Margery Kempe. The reading is "Put on the new self" by Tania Runyan.
    Saturday, November 9, 2019

  11. Friday, November 8, 2019

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    11/08/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we commemorate Luther's mentor and confessor, Johann von Staupitz, and we also remember the Gospel Riots of 1905. The reading is by Richard Baxter, "With Christ."
    Friday, November 8, 2019

  12. Thursday, November 7, 2019

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    11/07/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the birthday of Billy Graham, noted preacher and evangelist. We also remember Elijah Lovejoy, Presbyterian minister and abolitionist. The reading is "Before the Beginning" by Christina Rossetti.
    Thursday, November 7, 2019