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  1. Sunday, April 5, 2020

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    04/05/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Thomas Hobbes b. 1588 and Pandita Ramabai d. 1922. The reading is "Good Friday: No Way Out but Straight Through, Jack” by Vicki Hearn.
    Sunday, April 5, 2020

  2. Saturday, April 4, 2020

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    04/04/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember the Declaration of Indulgence of 1687 and William White, b. 1748. The reading is "For a Person in Trouble or Bereavement" from the Book of Common of Prayer.
    Saturday, April 4, 2020

  3. Friday, April 3, 2020

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    04/03/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Agape, Chionia and Irene who died in 304, and George Herbert, born on 1593. The reading is "Easter Wings" by George Herbert.
    Friday, April 3, 2020

  4. Thursday, April 2, 2020

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    04/02/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Theodosia of Tyre and the founding of The Assemblies of God in 1914. The reading is "The Altar" by George Herbert.
    Thursday, April 2, 2020

  5. Wednesday, April 1, 2020

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    04/01/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Augustine Tolston, b. 1854, and F.D. Maurice, d. 1872. The reading is "Old Song, Re Sung" by Katherine Tynan.
    Wednesday, April 1, 2020

  6. Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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    03/31/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Rene Descartes, b. 1596, and Joseph Haydn b. 1732. The reading is "Golgotha" by John Heath-Stubbs.
    Tuesday, March 31, 2020

  7. Monday, March 30, 2020

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    03/30/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Roland Bainton, b. 1894, and Karl Rahner, d. 1984. The reading is "Sabbath II, 1985" by Wendell Berry.
    Monday, March 30, 2020

  8. Sunday, March 29, 2020

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    03/29/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Jiří Třanovský, d. 1637, and Hans Nielson Hauge, d. 1824. The reading is "Let Our Gladness Banish Sadness" by Jiří Třanovský.
    Sunday, March 29, 2020

  9. Saturday, March 28, 2020

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    03/28/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Theresa of Avila, b.1515, and Donald Barnhouse, b. 1895. The reading is a quote from "The Crucified God" by Jurgen Moltmann.
    Saturday, March 28, 2020

  10. Friday, March 27, 2020

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    03/27/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember the publishing of "Paradise Lost" in 1667 and Shusaku Endo, born in 1923. The reading is "On Time" by John Milton.
    Friday, March 27, 2020

  11. 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

  12. 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