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  1. Friday, September 4, 2020

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    09/04/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1646 and Johann Campanius Holm dedicated the first Lutheran church in the new world. The reading is "A Prayer" by Thomas Ken.
    Friday, September 4, 2020

  2. Thursday, September 3, 2020

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    09/03/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 301. We remember San Marino, the world’s oldest republic. The reading is a poem from Sarah Klassen, "Ephesus."
    Thursday, September 3, 2020

  3. Wednesday, September 2, 2020

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    09/02/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1973, and we remember John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. The reading is a bit of hope from a denizen of Middle Earth.
    Wednesday, September 2, 2020

  4. Tuesday, September 1, 2020

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    09/01/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1727, and we remember Jean Baptiste Joseph Gobel. The reading is from Robert Herrick, a 17th century English poet and divine, “Gods Keyes.”
    Tuesday, September 1, 2020

  5. Monday, August 31, 2020

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    08/31/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1240, and we remember Raymond Nonnatus. The reading is from C.S. Lewis, his "Footnote to All Prayers."
    Monday, August 31, 2020

  6. Sunday, August 30, 2020

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    08/30/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1938, and we remember Estefan Nehme. The reading is from St. Ephrem, an excerpt on Adam, Eve, and the cross.
    Sunday, August 30, 2020

  7. Saturday, August 29, 2020

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    08/29/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1749, and we remember Matthias Bel. The reading is the first stanza of Jaroslav Vajda, “Go My Children, With My Blessing.”
    Saturday, August 29, 2020

  8. Friday, August 28, 2020

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    08/28/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1828, and we remember Leo Tolstoy. The reading is from the preface to Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "Discipleship."
    Friday, August 28, 2020

  9. Thursday, August 27, 2020

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    08/27/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1955, and we remember Joachim Wach. The reading is a prayer from Soren Kierkegaard.
    Thursday, August 27, 2020

  10. Wednesday, August 26, 2020

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    08/26/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1732, and we remember William Morgan. The reading is from Charles Wesley, from his “Prayers for Condemned Malefactors.”
    Wednesday, August 26, 2020

  11. Donatism

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    08/25/20
    1 min
    By Scott Keith | Caleb Keith | Philip Bartelt
    Scott and Caleb are joined by Philip Bartelt to discuss Donatism.
    Donatism

  12. Tuesday, August 25, 2020

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    08/25/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1270, and we remember King Louis IX. The reading is from 18th-century poet John Byrom, his “My Spirit Longs For Thee.”
    Tuesday, August 25, 2020