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  1. Friday, October 30, 2020

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    10/30/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1680. We remember the mystic, adventurer, and self-proclaimed prophet, Antoinette Bourignon. The reading is from Kate Bowler, "Everything Happens for A Reason, and Other Lies I've Loved."
    Friday, October 30, 2020

  2. Thursday, October 29, 2020

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    10/29/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 370. We remember the story of St. Regulus' fantastic escape with the relics of St. Andrew. The reading is from Anne Brontë, "The Penitent."
    Thursday, October 29, 2020

  3. Wednesday, October 28, 2020

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    10/28/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1466. We remember Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam. The reading is an excerpt from Psalm 60 in the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650.
    Wednesday, October 28, 2020

  4. Tuesday, October 27, 2020

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    10/27/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1978. We remember the first printing of the New International Version of the Bible. The reading is from N.T. Wright, "Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense."
    Tuesday, October 27, 2020

  5. Monday, October 26, 2020

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    10/26/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1966. We remember the World Congress on Evangelism. Today's reading is a good word on the church's future from the Apocalypse of St. John.
    Monday, October 26, 2020

  6. Sunday, October 25, 2020

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    10/25/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1400. We remember the poet, servant, and pilgrim Geoffrey Chaucer. The reading comes from another English storyteller and Christian, John Bunyan, his "He Who Would Valiant Be" from the Pilgrim's Progress.
    Sunday, October 25, 2020

  7. 177: Clement of Alexandria - True martyrdom is the knowledge of the only true God

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    10/25/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Stop Showing Off and Get Back in Line... In part two of our reading of Clement of Alexandria’s, The Praises of Martyrdom Those Who Offered Themselves for Martyrdom Reproved, we discuss when martyrdom isn’t martyrdom and why the topic is more relevant today than ever.
    177: Clement of Alexandria - True martyrdom is the knowledge of the only true God

  8. Saturday, October 24, 2020

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    10/24/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1923. We remember the poet, agnostic, and Christian convert Denise Levertov. The reading is from Levertov, "A Cure of Souls."
    Saturday, October 24, 2020

  9. Friday, October 23, 2020

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    10/23/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1456. We remember San Giovanni da Capistrano, the fiery Franciscan preacher, a heresy hunter, and septuagenarian soldier. The reading is a quote from John of Damascus.
    Friday, October 23, 2020

  10. Thursday, October 22, 2020

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    10/22/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1870. We remember James William Charles Pennington. The reading is from George Mackay Brown, "A Poem for Shelter."
    Thursday, October 22, 2020

  11. Wednesday, October 21, 2020

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    10/21/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1528. The reformer Brenz published his tract to stop the persecution of his rival Anabaptists. The reading is from Alice Meynell, "Easter Night."
    Wednesday, October 21, 2020

  12. Tuesday, October 20, 2020

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    10/20/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1634. We remember the Japanese martyr, Margaret of Nagasaki. The reading is from Brennan Manning, from his "The Furious Longing For God."
    Tuesday, October 20, 2020