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  1. 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

  2. Saturday, August 10, 2019

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    08/10/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two Reformation figures, Kaspar Olevianus b. 1536 and Phillip Nicolai b. 1556. The reading is a poem turned hymn by Nicolai, "How Bright the Morning Star."
    Saturday, August 10, 2019

  3. Friday, August 9, 2019

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    08/09/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two martyrs under Nazi Germany, Edith Stein and Franz Jagerstetter. Our reading is about another martyr, "St. Stephen" by Malcolm Guite.
    Friday, August 9, 2019

  4. Thursday, August 8, 2019

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    08/08/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the "Robber" Ecumenical council at Ephesus in 449 and the banishment of Roger Williams in 1635. Our reading is a poem by Mary Bowley Peters, "All Must Be Well."
    Thursday, August 8, 2019

  5. Wednesday, August 7, 2019

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    08/07/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, Pope John XXII of Avignon was elected in 1366, and Frank Buchman, a founder of the Oxford Group, died in 1961. Our reading is by Cliff Ashby, "A Stranger in this Land."
    Wednesday, August 7, 2019

  6. Tuesday, August 6, 2019

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    08/06/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    In 1801, on this day, was arguably the most significant Christian event in US history, the Cane Ridge Revival. But also on this day, five years later, the Holy Roman Empire was disbanded. Our reading is "The Contrite Heart" by William Cowper.
    Tuesday, August 6, 2019

  7. Monday, August 5, 2019

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    08/05/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the northern renaissance 16th-century artists Dürer, Cranach, and Grunewald. Today is also the 85th birthday of poet Wendell Berry, born in 1934. Our reading is his poem, "Enemies."
    Monday, August 5, 2019

  8. Sunday, August 4, 2019

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    08/04/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    In just over five minutes, we learn of the Papal encyclical Aeterni Patris from 1879, we remember missionary James Chalmers, born on this day in 1841, and we hear our reading "A Word Made Flesh is Seldom" by Emily Dickinson.
    Sunday, August 4, 2019

  9. Saturday, August 3, 2019

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    08/03/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Rochester native Augustus Strong, born 1836, and we remember the death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn in 2008. Our reading is from James Macualey, "In the Twentieth Century."
    Saturday, August 3, 2019

  10. Friday, August 2, 2019

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    08/02/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the treaty at Nuremberg of 1532 and also the 16th century St. Basil, fool for Christ. Our reading is from Mustapha by Fulke Grenville.
    Friday, August 2, 2019

  11. Thursday, August 1, 2019

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    08/01/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the death of Queen Anne in 1714, known as the Protestant Passover. We also remember Andrew Melville, born in 1545. Our reading is "His Metrical Prayer" by James Graham.
    Thursday, August 1, 2019

  12. Wednesday, July 31, 2019

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    07/31/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1541, the failed conference in Regensburg seeking reconciliation between Rome and the Lutherans ended. And on this day 1970, the New American Standard Bible translation was released. Our reading is from Martin Luther from his "Sermons on the Gospel of St. John."
    Wednesday, July 31, 2019