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  1. Friday, June 19, 2020

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    06/19/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1834 and the birth of preacher Charles Spurgeon. The reading is a quote from the quotable Spurgeon himself.
    Friday, June 19, 2020

  2. Thursday, June 18, 2020

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    06/18/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1788 and the death of Reverend Adam Gib. The reading is from Thomas Erskine's, “The Believer’s Principles.”
    Thursday, June 18, 2020

  3. Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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    06/17/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We consider the year 1999 and the death of Cardinal George Basil Hume. The reading is an excerpt from Robert F. Capon's "Between Noon and Three."
    Wednesday, June 17, 2020

  4. Tuesday, June 16, 2020

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    06/16/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the 1548 and the beginning of the Adiaphoristic controversy. The reading is from English poet and priest John Marckant, “The Lamentation.”
    Tuesday, June 16, 2020

  5. Monday, June 15, 2020

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    06/15/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1686 when King's Chapel was erected in Boston. The reading is from American Puritan Michael Wigglesworth, "To The Christian Reader."
    Monday, June 15, 2020

  6. Sunday, June 14, 2020

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    06/14/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We consider the year 1966 and the “Notification regarding the abolition of the Index of books." The reading is an excerpt from “the Crucified God” by Jurgen Moltmann.
    Sunday, June 14, 2020

  7. Saturday, June 13, 2020

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    06/13/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We consider the year 293 and the martyrdom of St. Aquilina. The reading is a quatrain from William Blake's, "The Grey Monk."
    Saturday, June 13, 2020

  8. Friday, June 12, 2020

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    06/12/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1819 and the birth of poet and priest Charles Kingsley Jr. The reading is "Easter Week" by Charles Kingsley.
    Friday, June 12, 2020

  9. Thursday, June 11, 2020

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    06/11/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1292 and the death of Roger Bacon. The reading is a stanza from “Thee we adore, O hidden Savior” by Thomas Aquinas.
    Thursday, June 11, 2020

  10. Wednesday, June 10, 2020

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    06/10/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1930 and the death of theologian Adolf Von Harnack. The reading is from Frederick Buechner's "The Clown in the Belfry: Writings on Faith and Fiction."
    Wednesday, June 10, 2020

  11. Tuesday, June 9, 2020

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    06/09/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1732 and the charter of the colony of Georgia. The reading is "Hope" from the Kilmarnock Reader of 1820.
    Tuesday, June 9, 2020

  12. Monday, June 8, 2020

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    06/08/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    We remember the year 1896 and the death of Jacques Berthieu. The reading is a stanza from the hymn, "Rock of Ages."
    Monday, June 8, 2020