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  1. Wednesday, December 9, 2020

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    12/09/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1621. We remember the first known sermon ever given on American soil by Robert Cushman. The reading is "A Christmas Carol Poem” by G.K. Chesterton.
    Wednesday, December 9, 2020

  2. Tuesday, December 8, 2020

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    12/08/20
    7 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1649. We remember the pastor and hymn writer Martin Rinkart. The reading is two stanzas of Rinkart's hymn, "Now Thank We All Our God."
    Tuesday, December 8, 2020

  3. Monday, December 7, 2020

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    12/07/20
    7 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1875. We remember the epic 35 stanza poem, "Wreck of the Deutschland." The reading is from Gerard Manley Hopkins, "Moonless darkness stands between."
    Monday, December 7, 2020

  4. Sunday, December 6, 2020

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    12/06/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1925. We remember a Dr. Gene Scott All-Star, Russell Conwell. Our reading is an Advent prayer written by Walter Brueggeman.
    Sunday, December 6, 2020

  5. Saturday, December 5, 2020

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    12/05/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1484. We remember the Papal Bull "Summis Desiderantes Affectibus." The reading is from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a favorite quote from his "God Is In the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas."
    Saturday, December 5, 2020

  6. Friday, December 4, 2020

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    12/04/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1964. We remember Dr. Paul Carlson, a medical missionary. The reading is from Madeleine L’Engle, “First Coming.”
    Friday, December 4, 2020

  7. 184: Bowler - Christmas in Nazi Germany

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    12/03/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    It’s Christmas in Germany for Hitler. In this episode, a historical examination of Christmas in Germany during the Nazi regime, including new hymns, advent calendars, the emergence of Wotan, and Hitler’s Silent Night.
    184: Bowler - Christmas in Nazi Germany

  8. Thursday, December 3, 2020

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    12/03/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1852. We remember Isabel “Belle” Harris Bennett. The reading is the final stanza of T.S. Eliot’s “The Cultivation of Christmas Trees.”
    Thursday, December 3, 2020

  9. Wednesday, December 2, 2020

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    12/02/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1980. We remember Sisters Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel. The reading is "The House of Christmas" by G. K. Chesterton.
    Wednesday, December 2, 2020

  10. Tuesday, December 1, 2020

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    12/01/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1521. We remember Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici, aka Pope Leo. The reading is "Advent Calendar" by Rowan Williams.
    Tuesday, December 1, 2020

  11. Monday, November 30, 2020

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    11/30/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1892. We remember philologist and theologian Fenton John Anthony Hort. The reading is an excerpt from Psalm 119, verses 105-107, from the Scottish Metrical Psalter.
    Monday, November 30, 2020

  12. Sunday, November 29, 2020

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    11/29/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1833. We remember the preacher Lemuel Haynes, with a reading recorded by a friend.
    Sunday, November 29, 2020