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  1. Thursday, March 26, 2020

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    03/26/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember St. Ludger, who died in 809, and Prokop Divis, who was born in 1698. The reading is from Alfred Tennyson, "Faith In Honest Doubt."
    Thursday, March 26, 2020

  2. Wednesday, March 25, 2020

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    03/25/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of the Annunciation and remember Catherine of Siena, b. 1347. The reading is "Annunciation" by John Donne.
    Wednesday, March 25, 2020

  3. Tuesday, March 24, 2020

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    03/24/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Florentius Radewijns, d. 1400, and Oscar Romero, d. 1980. The reading is "A Future Not Our Own" by Ken Untener.
    Tuesday, March 24, 2020

  4. 123: Friedrich Nietzsche, A nation that still believes in itself holds fast to its own god

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    03/22/20
    3 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    I’m Not Really A Joiner. Gillespie and Riley finish their reading and discussion of Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Antichrist.” This episode, state religion, Christian civil religion, and being your own god.
    123: Friedrich Nietzsche, A nation that still believes in itself holds fast to its own god

  5. Sunday, March 22, 2020

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    03/22/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Nicholas Owen, b. 1562, and Marion "Pat" Robertson, b. 1930. The reading is "The Absence" by R.S. Thomas.
    Sunday, March 22, 2020

  6. Saturday, March 21, 2020

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    03/21/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember St. Benedict, who died in 550, and Brother Klaus, who died in 1787. The reading is "Thee, God, I come from, to thee go" by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
    Saturday, March 21, 2020

  7. Friday, March 20, 2020

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    03/20/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Cuthbert and Fred Rogers. The reading is a poem, "Lent" by Christina Rossetti.
    Friday, March 20, 2020

  8. 122: Friedrich Nietzsche, Neither morality nor religion has any point of contact with actuality

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    03/19/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Welcome to A Church of Pure Imagination. Gillespie and Riley continue to read and discuss Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Antichrist.” This episode, what happens when Christianity disconnects itself from what’s concrete and real, especially the incarnation of God.
    122: Friedrich Nietzsche, Neither morality nor religion has any point of contact with actuality

  9. Thursday, March 19, 2020

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    03/19/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph and remember Jean Astruc, born in 1684. The reading is from Thomas Nash, "A Litany in Time of Plague."
    Thursday, March 19, 2020

  10. Wednesday, March 18, 2020

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    03/18/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the First Lateran Council in 1123, and Wilfrid Owen, born 1893. The reading is from Wilfrid Owen, "Maundy Thursday.
    Wednesday, March 18, 2020

  11. Tuesday, March 17, 2020

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    03/17/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feasts of St. Patrick and Joseph of Arimathea. The reading is from "St. Patrick's Breastplate."
    Tuesday, March 17, 2020

  12. Monday, March 16, 2020

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    03/16/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Johann Geiler von Keysersburg, b. 1455, and Book Smugglers Day in Lithuania. Our reading is from Luther on the Plague.
    Monday, March 16, 2020