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  1. Thursday, August 29, 2019

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    08/29/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the beheading of St. John the Baptist, one of the oldest feast days in the church. We also remember German humanist Ulrich von Hutten, who later joined the Reformation. The reading is an excerpt from "The Meaning of the City" by Jacques Ellul.
    Thursday, August 29, 2019

  2. Wednesday, August 28, 2019

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    08/28/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    It is the feast day of St. Augustine, who died on this day 430. And we remember Hugo Grotius, Dutch theologian, who also died on this day in 1645. The reading is an excerpt from "The conversion of Saint Augustine" by Eleanor Donnelly.
    Wednesday, August 28, 2019

  3. Tuesday, August 27, 2019

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    08/27/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine, and the order to burn Puritan John Milton's works in 1660. The reading is from John Milton, "On Blindness."
    Tuesday, August 27, 2019

  4. Monday, August 26, 2019

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    08/26/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Petrus Ramus, a French reformer who died in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. We also remember the American Standard Version translation of the Bible from 1901, the predecessor to the Revised and New Revised Standard Versions. The reading is from Scott Cairns, "Another Idiot Psalm."
    Monday, August 26, 2019

  5. Sunday, August 25, 2019

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    08/25/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember a few different men named Genesius and 18th-century German theologian Karl Barhdt. The reading is from Madame Guyon, "I Love My God."
    Sunday, August 25, 2019

  6. Saturday, August 24, 2019

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    08/24/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today is St. Bartholomew's day, not a feast for the squeamish. We remember the birthday in 1759 of William Wilberforce. The reading is "Agony" by George Herbert.
    Saturday, August 24, 2019

  7. Friday, August 23, 2019

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    08/23/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Francois Hotman, born 1524, and the St. Bartholomew's Eve Massacre of 1572. The reading is from Sir Phillip Sydney, "Leave me, O Love."
    Friday, August 23, 2019

  8. Thursday, August 22, 2019

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    08/22/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, the Alcasian contemporary of the first Reformers, Beatus Rhenanus, was born in 1485. We also remember one of the most unlikely to beatified, St. Guinefort. The reading is from George MacDonald, "Obedience."
    Thursday, August 22, 2019

  9. Wednesday, August 21, 2019

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    08/21/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1741, Handel began composing his most famous work, the oratorio "Messiah." Today, we also remember Alexander Konstantin von Oettingen, Lutheran pastor and statistician, who died in 1905. The reading is from Dietrich Bonhoeffer on forgiveness from "Letters and Papers from Prison."
    Wednesday, August 21, 2019

  10. Tuesday, August 20, 2019

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    08/20/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two European-born theologians who changed the face of the church in America: Francis Asbury and Paul Tillich. The reading is "The Good Shepherd" by Richard Baxter.
    Tuesday, August 20, 2019

  11. Monday, August 19, 2019

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    08/19/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the Feast of Apples, also known as the Transfiguration. It is the birthday of C.I. Scofield, born on this day in 1843. The reading is from St. Augustine on the Transfiguration.
    Monday, August 19, 2019

  12. Sunday, August 18, 2019

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    08/18/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the patron saints of masons and horses, Florus and Laurus. And we remember the work of Jean Bolland, whose work collected and preserved the stories of the saints. The reading is "For All the Saints" by William How.
    Sunday, August 18, 2019