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  1. Wednesday, July 22, 2020

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    07/22/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1926, and we remember J.I. Packer. The reading is a word about Christian hope from Packer himself.
    Wednesday, July 22, 2020

  2. Tuesday, July 21, 2020

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    07/21/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1542 and Pope Paul III issued the Papal Bull, “Licet ab Initio.” The reading is an excerpt from Soren Kierkegaard's 1851 “Discourse on Communion.”
    Tuesday, July 21, 2020

  3. Monday, July 20, 2020

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    07/20/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1969, and Buzz Aldrin became the first man to take communion in space. The reading is from Robert Campbell's hymn, "At the Lambs High Feast We Sing."
    Monday, July 20, 2020

  4. Sunday, July 19, 2020

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    07/19/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1688, and we remember Guisseppe Castiglione. The reading is the "Prayer of St Francis Xavier" by Alexander Pope.
    Sunday, July 19, 2020

  5. Saturday, July 18, 2020

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    07/18/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 64, and we remember the great fire in Rome. The reading is from Justin Martyr, writing in 150 AD.
    Saturday, July 18, 2020

  6. Friday, July 17, 2020

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    07/17/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1887, and we remember Dorothea Dix. The reading is a stanza from John Donne's "Annunciation."
    Friday, July 17, 2020

  7. Thursday, July 16, 2020

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    07/16/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year is 1915, and we remember Ellen G. White. The reading is a quote from Luther’s Sermons on the Gospel of St. John.
    Thursday, July 16, 2020

  8. Wednesday, July 15, 2020

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    07/15/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1606 and Rembrandt von Rijn. The reading is a quote from Herman Bavinck's "The Philosophy of Revelation."
    Wednesday, July 15, 2020

  9. Tuesday, July 14, 2020

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    07/14/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1791, and we remember the Priestly Riots. The reading is from Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "My Baptismal Birthday."
    Tuesday, July 14, 2020

  10. Monday, July 13, 2020

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    07/13/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year is 1230, and we remember Jacopo de Voragine. The reading is an excerpt from St. Augustine's, "Confessions."
    Monday, July 13, 2020

  11. Sunday, July 12, 2020

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    07/12/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year is 1477, and we remember humanist, scholar, and Catholic controversialist Jacopo Sadoleto. The reading is Gerard Manley Hopkin's "O Deo, Ego Amp Te."
    Sunday, July 12, 2020

  12. Saturday, July 11, 2020

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    07/11/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year is 1926, and we consider theologian and author Frederick Buechner. The reading is from Buechner, "The Faces of Jesus.”
    Saturday, July 11, 2020