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  1. Sunday, July 7, 2019

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    07/07/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember the ecumenical efforts of Athenagoras I, who died on this day in 1972, and the Treaty of Nemours in 1585, which had a less ecumenical result. Our reading is "Recitation" by Cairns.
    Sunday, July 7, 2019

  2. Saturday, July 6, 2019

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    07/06/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the feast day of Sir Thomas More. We also remember co-founder of Fuller Seminary, Harold Ockenga, born on this day in 1905. Our reading is "A Better Resurrection" by Rossetti.
    Saturday, July 6, 2019

  3. Friday, July 5, 2019

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    07/05/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember saints Cyril and Methodius and the Decree of Union in 1439. Our reading is "Jesus of the Scars" by Shillito.
    Friday, July 5, 2019

  4. Thursday, July 4, 2019

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    07/04/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today is the day for the first saint, Ulrich, d. 993. We also remember church musician, William Byrd, d. 1623. Our reading is by Bonnie Thurston titled "Peniel."
    Thursday, July 4, 2019

  5. Wednesday, July 3, 2019

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    07/03/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today is the feast day for the apostle Thomas, also known as Didymus. We remember the Council of Orange in 529. Our reading is "O Gracious Shepherd" by Henry Constable.
    Wednesday, July 3, 2019

  6. Tuesday, July 2, 2019

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    07/02/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of the Visitation and the birthday in 1489 of Thomas Cranmer, English reformer. Our reading is from Brennan Manning's "The Ragamuffin Gospel."
    Tuesday, July 2, 2019

  7. Monday, July 1, 2019

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    07/01/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember the death of the first Protestant martyrs, Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes, in 1523. Today is also the feast of Junipero Serra, the apostle to California. Our reading is "The Balled of the God Makers" by Chesterton.
    Monday, July 1, 2019

  8. Sunday, June 30, 2019

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    06/30/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we remember the debate over the theory of evolution, held in Oxford in 1860. Also, on this day in 1712, William Penn of Penn's Sylvania died. Our reading is "That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and the Hope of the Resurrection" by Hopkins.
    Sunday, June 30, 2019

  9. Saturday, June 29, 2019

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    06/29/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul. We remember the arrival in the colonies their first two pastors, Skelton and Higginson. Our reading is "St. Peter" by Malcolm Guite.
    Saturday, June 29, 2019

  10. Friday, June 28, 2019

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    06/28/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day we celebrate the feast day of Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons. We remember the death of Primoz Trubar, reformer, in 1586. Ou reading is from Augustine's "Confessions."
    Friday, June 28, 2019

  11. Thursday, June 27, 2019

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    06/27/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast day of Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, and remember the death of James Moffatt, translator of the Bible. Our reading is "He Dies, The Friend of Sinners Dies" by Isaac Watts.
    Thursday, June 27, 2019

  12. Wednesday, June 26, 2019

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    06/26/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Pearl S. Buck, missionary to China, and Philip Doddridge, English theologian. Our reading is "And will the Judge Descend" by Doddridge.
    Wednesday, June 26, 2019