Author

  1. Heather Choate Davis - Writer

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    11/18/20
    1 min
    By Blake Flattley
    In this episode, Blake sits down with writer, Heather Choate Davis. They discuss her writing career as it began in advertising, later books, and now songwriting.
    Heather Choate Davis - Writer

  2. 181: Chesterton - Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God

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    11/17/20
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Chairman Mao Loves Ice Cream. In this episode, G.K. Chesterton on what happens when we abolish God, and the government becomes the god. We discuss “unalienable rights endowed by the Creator.” The language of freedom and rights belongs to the law. And we finish with Chesterton’s prompt to consider fraud.
    181: Chesterton - Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God

  3. Tuesday, November 17, 2020

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    11/17/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 680. We remember St. Hilda of Whitby. The reading is an excerpt from Caedmon's Hymn, the oldest poem in English.
    Tuesday, November 17, 2020

  4. Monday, November 16, 2020

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    11/16/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 2002. President Lukashenko of Belarus enacted a new and sweeping law restricting religious freedom. The reading is an excerpt from Oscar Romero, "The Violence of Love."
    Monday, November 16, 2020

  5. Sunday, November 15, 2020

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    11/15/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1280. We remember the "Doctor Universalis" Albertus Magnus. The reading is a good word from Albertus, especially for those who study the natural world.
    Sunday, November 15, 2020

  6. Saturday, November 14, 2020

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    11/14/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1940. We remember the destruction of the Cathedral at Coventry. The reading is "The Coventry Litany of Reconciliation."
    Saturday, November 14, 2020

  7. Medal of Honor: Ringside Bout featuring Sgt.1st Class LaMarr Payne

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    11/13/20
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    Rev. Ross Engel, discusses the reception of the first Medal of Honor awarded to an African American from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. This one-on-one conversation features Sgt. 1st Class LaMarr Payne, a veteran of Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, who shares his perspective, remembering his brother in arms, Sgt. 1st Class Alywn Crendall Cashe.
    Medal of Honor: Ringside Bout featuring Sgt.1st Class LaMarr Payne

  8. Friday, November 13, 2020

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    11/13/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1884. We remember Prince Owusu-Ansa of Asante. The reading is from Thomas C. Oden's "How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity."
    Friday, November 13, 2020

  9. 179: Girolamo Savaronola - O you who have anything superfluous, give it to the poor!

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    11/12/20
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    The Pirates of Penance part 2. In this episode, we continue to examine Girolamo Savaronola’s sermon on penance. What happened in Florence that occasioned this sermon, and what can it teach us about church and society today?
    179: Girolamo Savaronola - O you who have anything superfluous, give it to the poor!

  10. Thursday, November 12, 2020

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    11/12/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year is 1701. We remember the Vestry Act of 1701. The reading for today comes from an obscure Quaker named Henry White.
    Thursday, November 12, 2020

  11. Chad Bird - Writer

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    11/11/20
    1 min
    By Blake Flattley
    In this episode, Blake sits down with writer, Chad Bird. They speak about his process, how it has changed over the years, and the necessity for all writers to be readers.
    Chad Bird - Writer

  12. Wednesday, November 11, 2020

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    11/11/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1821... and 1855. We remember Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Søren Kierkegaard. The reading is from Dostoyevsky on the topic of art and Christ.
    Wednesday, November 11, 2020