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  1. Saturday, August 17, 2019

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    08/17/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember J.V. Andreae, born in 1586, mystic and alchemist. Today is also the commemoration of Johann Gerhard, scholastic and pietist Lutheran. The reading is From "A Handbook of Consolations" by Johann Gerhard.
    Saturday, August 17, 2019

  2. Friday, August 16, 2019

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    08/16/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Wyatt Tee Walker, African American pastor during the Civil Rights Movement, and Anne Bradsteet, a poet and theologian in the Colonial era. The reading is "Deliverance from a fit of fainting" from Anne Bradstreet.
    Friday, August 16, 2019

  3. Thursday, August 15, 2019

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    08/15/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the first Christians in Japan and the Assumption/Feast of St. Mary. The reading is by William Butler Yeats, "The Mother of God."
    Thursday, August 15, 2019

  4. Wednesday, August 14, 2019

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    08/14/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the cable access preacher Gene Scott and founder of the Knights of Columbus, Michael J. McGivney. The reading is from "The Power and the Glory" by Graham Greene.
    Wednesday, August 14, 2019

  5. Tuesday, August 13, 2019

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    08/13/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Servetus arrested in Geneva on this day in 1553 and we commemorate two women: Florence Nightingale and Clara Maass. The reading is by R.S. Thomas, "Praise."
    Tuesday, August 13, 2019

  6. Monday, August 12, 2019

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    08/12/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the incorporation of the Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1942. Also, William Blake, a critic of the Church of England, died on this day in 1872. The reading is William Blake's, "The Divine Image" from 1789.
    Monday, August 12, 2019

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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