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  1. Sunday, June 30, 2019

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    06/30/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember the debate over the theory of evolution, held in Oxford in 1860. Also, on this day in 1712, William Penn of Penn's Sylvania died. Our reading is "That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and the Hope of the Resurrection" by Hopkins.
    Sunday, June 30, 2019

  2. Saturday, June 29, 2019

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    06/29/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul. We remember the arrival in the colonies their first two pastors, Skelton and Higginson. Our reading is "St. Peter" by Malcolm Guite.
    Saturday, June 29, 2019

  3. Friday, June 28, 2019

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    06/28/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we celebrate the feast day of Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons. We remember the death of Primoz Trubar, reformer, in 1586. Ou reading is from Augustine's "Confessions."
    Friday, June 28, 2019

  4. Thursday, June 27, 2019

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    06/27/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast day of Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, and remember the death of James Moffatt, translator of the Bible. Our reading is "He Dies, The Friend of Sinners Dies" by Isaac Watts.
    Thursday, June 27, 2019

  5. Wednesday, June 26, 2019

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    06/26/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Pearl S. Buck, missionary to China, and Philip Doddridge, English theologian. Our reading is "And will the Judge Descend" by Doddridge.
    Wednesday, June 26, 2019

  6. 63: Chad Bird - "The Infant Priest Was Holy Born"

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    06/26/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    And Your Bird Can Sing! Gillespie and Riley conclude their discussion of hymnody with Chad Bird’s hymn, The Infant Priest Was Holy Born. Again, they focus on pastoral care, comfort for Christians, and what happens when the church ignores the reality of sin, death, and Satan.
    63: Chad Bird -

  7. Tuesday, June 25, 2019

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    06/25/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we commemorate the presentation of the Augsburg Confession, drafted by Philip Melanchthon. We remember on this day the opening of the monastery in Clairvaux by Bernard. Our reading is the poem "O Sacred Head Now Wounded" by Bernard, transformed into hymn form by Gerhardt, and translated by Alexander.
    Tuesday, June 25, 2019

  8. Monday, June 24, 2019

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    06/24/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and the birthday of Henry Ward Beecher in 1813. Our reading is "Psalm 23" by Fr. John-Julian.
    Monday, June 24, 2019

  9. Sunday, June 23, 2019

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    06/23/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the fabled treaty between the Quakers led by William Penn and the Delaware tribe. We also recognize another treaty in Vienna in 1606 between the various Reformation churches and Rome. Our reading is "Through The Body" by Kamienska.
    Sunday, June 23, 2019

  10. Saturday, June 22, 2019

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    06/22/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember the commemoration of John Fisher, bishop of Rochester and chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and the birthday of Ebenezer Erskine, member of the order of Free Gardeners. Our reading is from Ralph Erskine, brother of Ebenezer, "The Law and the Gospel."
    Saturday, June 22, 2019

  11. Friday, June 21st, 2019

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    06/21/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember the birthdays of Increase Mather in 1639 and Reinhold Niebuhr in 1892. Our reading is from Milton, "On Time."
    Friday, June 21st, 2019

  12. Thursday, June 20th, 2019

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    06/20/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember the Synod of Diamper in 1599 and the first mission to Alaska by the Moravians in 1885. Our reading is by Anne Porter entitled "After Psalm 137."
    Thursday, June 20th, 2019