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  1. 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

  2. Monday, August 5, 2019

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    08/05/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the northern renaissance 16th-century artists Dürer, Cranach, and Grunewald. Today is also the 85th birthday of poet Wendell Berry, born in 1934. Our reading is his poem, "Enemies."
    Monday, August 5, 2019

  3. Sunday, August 4, 2019

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    08/04/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    In just over five minutes, we learn of the Papal encyclical Aeterni Patris from 1879, we remember missionary James Chalmers, born on this day in 1841, and we hear our reading "A Word Made Flesh is Seldom" by Emily Dickinson.
    Sunday, August 4, 2019

  4. Saturday, August 3, 2019

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    08/03/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Rochester native Augustus Strong, born 1836, and we remember the death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn in 2008. Our reading is from James Macualey, "In the Twentieth Century."
    Saturday, August 3, 2019

  5. Episode 176 (Deuteronomy 24:5-25:19)

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    08/02/19
    1 min
    By Chad Bird | Daniel Emery Price
    God puts some interesting laws in place regarding the first year of marriage, loaning money, kidnapping, and skin conditions.
    Episode 176 (Deuteronomy 24:5-25:19)

  6. Friday, August 2, 2019

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    08/02/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the treaty at Nuremberg of 1532 and also the 16th century St. Basil, fool for Christ. Our reading is from Mustapha by Fulke Grenville.
    Friday, August 2, 2019

  7. Thursday, August 1, 2019

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    08/01/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the death of Queen Anne in 1714, known as the Protestant Passover. We also remember Andrew Melville, born in 1545. Our reading is "His Metrical Prayer" by James Graham.
    Thursday, August 1, 2019

  8. 68: Robert Capon - The Mystery of Christ, and why we don’t get it...

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    07/31/19
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Would You Like to Play a Game? Gillespie and Riley return to Robert Capon to read and discuss the incarnation of Jesus and how we try to turn free grace into a transaction.
    68: Robert Capon - The Mystery of Christ, and why we don’t get it...

  9. Wednesday, July 31, 2019

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    07/31/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1541, the failed conference in Regensburg seeking reconciliation between Rome and the Lutherans ended. And on this day 1970, the New American Standard Bible translation was released. Our reading is from Martin Luther from his "Sermons on the Gospel of St. John."
    Wednesday, July 31, 2019

  10. Tuesday, July 30, 2019

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    07/30/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Robert Barnes, the English reformer who also studied in Wittenberg. We also remember the endorsement of "In God We Trust" as the official motto of the US in 1956. Our reading is by AE Housman, "Easter Hymn."
    Tuesday, July 30, 2019

  11. Monday, July 29, 2019

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    07/29/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the feast of Lazarus, Mary, and Martha of Bethany. On this day in 1793, the Bethel American Methodist Episcopal church was dedicated. Our reading is "Blind Bartimaeus" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
    Monday, July 29, 2019

  12. Sunday, July 28, 2019

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    07/28/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember J.S. Bach, who died in 1750. We also remember Jesuit priest and preeminent posthumous poet G.M. Hopkins. Our reading is "Pied Beauty" by G.M. Hopkins.
    Sunday, July 28, 2019