1. On this day, we remember Charles I, who died on this day 1649, and Francis Schaeffer, born in 1912. The reading is "Prayer" by George Herbert.
  2. On this day, we remember Swedenborg, b. 1688, and Sergius III was elected Pope. The reading is "I Have Called You Friends" by Narayan Vaman Tilak.
  3. On this day, we remember Thomas Aquinas, b. 1225, and Reuben Torrey, b.1856. The reading is "O Food Of Men Wayfaring" by Aquinas.
  4. I mean, if you spend all day shuffling words around, you can make anything sound bad. Gillespie and Riley finish their discussion of the book, Mission to Nuremberg. What happens when a pastor is called to minister to Nazi war criminals? This is the third of three episodes, where we talk about the power of the Gospel, state-sponsored religion, and pastoral care when it's attacked from outside and within the church.
  5. On this day, we remember St. Sava and Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim. The reading is "Infant Noah" by Vernon Watkins.
  6. On this day, we remember the feast of St. Titus and from a few centuries later, St. Paula. The reading is "On a Roccoco Crucifix" by John Wheelright.
  7. On this day, we celebrate the Conversion of St. Paul and the founding of Sao Paulo as a Jesuit Mission. The reading is "The Harvest is the End of the World and the Reapers are Angels" by Robert Wagner.
  8. On this day, we celebrate the Feast of St. Timothy and remember John Donne. The reading is "Death Be Not Proud" by Donne.
  9. On this day, we remember St. Marianne of Molokai and also the establishment of Georgetown in 1789. The reading is "A Prayer (For Those Who Shall Return)" by Katharine Tynan.
  10. There's a lesson here and we're not going to be the ones to figure it out. What happens when a pastor is called to minister to Nazi war criminals? This is the second of three episodes, where we talk about the power of the Gospel, state-sponsored religion, and pastoral care when it's attacked from outside and within the church.
  11. On this day, we remember Father Gapon & Bloody Sunday of Russia in 1905 and the Testem Benevolentiae was published in 1899. The reading is a poem from M. Luther, translator unknown.