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  1. Sunday, May 12th, 2019

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    05/12/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember Pope Sylvester II, the ordination of the "anti-Pope" in 1328, and the death of poet John Dryden. Our reading is "Veni Creator Spiritus" by Dryden.
    Sunday, May 12th, 2019

  2. Saturday, May 11th, 2019

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    05/11/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day Constantine inaugurated Constantinople and we remember Lutheran theologian Johann Arndt. Our reading is "The Song of Simeon" by T.S. Eliot.
    Saturday, May 11th, 2019

  3. Friday, May 10th, 2019

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    05/10/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember theologian Karl Barth and the uprising in Scotland under John Knox. Our reading is "The Humiliation" by D.S. Martin.
    Friday, May 10th, 2019

  4. Thursday, May 9th, 2019

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    05/09/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember the anniversary of the Salem Witch Trials and the apology of the Pope to Copernicus. Our reading is from Gregory of Nanzianus.
    Thursday, May 9th, 2019

  5. Wednesday, May 8th, 2019

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    05/08/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember Julian of Norwich, Fulton Sheen, and his show "Life is Worth Living." Our reading is from Julian of Norwich.
    Wednesday, May 8th, 2019

  6. Tuesday, May 7th, 2019

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    05/07/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember the Second Council of Lyon and the filioque controversy, the Scottish philosophers Reid and Hume, and St. Acacius. Our reading is "Death Be Not Proud" by John Donne.
    Tuesday, May 7th, 2019

  7. Monday, May 6th, 2019

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    05/06/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember Cornelius Jansen, Dominic Savio, and Henrey VIII's command that every congregation receive a Bible. Our reading is "Descent" by Malcolm Guite.
    Monday, May 6th, 2019

  8. Sunday, May 5th, 2019

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    05/05/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today we remember Søren Kierkegaard and the Scopes trial, with a reading from Kierkegaard, "Two Discourses at Friday Communion."
    Sunday, May 5th, 2019

  9. Saturday, May 4th, 2019

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    05/04/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today we remember the English Reformation martyrs, St. Florian, and conclude with a poem "The Dying Christian to His Soul" by Alexander Pope.
    Saturday, May 4th, 2019

  10. Friday, May 3rd, 2019

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    05/03/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today we remember Pope Gelasius claiming the Universal See c.495, the legend of Alexandria and Antonina, the Florida Holy Wars, George Whitefield's first visit to America, and conclude with the poem "Peace" by Henry Vaughn.
    Friday, May 3rd, 2019

  11. Thursday, May 2nd, 2019

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    05/02/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember Athanasius (d. 373), Athanasius Kircher, Elias Boudinot, and the anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible. Our poem is "Hymn to God, My God In My Sickness" by Donne.
    Thursday, May 2nd, 2019

  12. This is Water

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    05/02/19
    10 mins
    By Michael Berg | Wade Johnston
    On episode ONE HUNDRED (they finally did it) of Let the Bird Fly! the guys sit down (sans Ben despite their best efforts to get him there) to discuss the commencement address This is Water by David Foster Wallace.
    This is Water