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  1. Friday, February 7, 2020

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    02/07/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Toader Arăpașu and Helder Camara. Our reading is an anonymous poem, "The Steadfast Cross."
    Friday, February 7, 2020

  2. 111: Thomas Cranmer, The Collects of Thomas Cranmer

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    02/07/20
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    They’re just psalms! It’s OK to pray them! They’re psalms! Gillespie and Riley take a listener request. They read and discuss the collects of Thomas Cranmer. Why pray? What should be the content and focus of prayer? How does old Adam fight against God’s Word when the new man prays?
    111: Thomas Cranmer, The Collects of Thomas Cranmer

  3. Thursday, February 6, 2020

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    02/06/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this we remember, Antonie Arnauld, born in 1612, and George Tyrell, born in 1841. The reading is from A.J.M. Smith, "Beside One Dead."
    Thursday, February 6, 2020

  4. Wednesday, February 5, 2020

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    02/05/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan, and theologian Martin Marty, born in 1928. The reading is from Edith Södergran, "Christian Confession."
    Wednesday, February 5, 2020

  5. 110: Viktor Frankl, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” part 2

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    02/04/20
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Must... continue... thinking... in... ways... that... lead... to... dying... with... meaning. Gillespie and Riley finish their reading and discussion of Viktor Frankl's book, Man's Search for Meaning. How has Frankl's book changed the way people discuss identity and meaning? How has this influenced the Church?
    110: Viktor Frankl, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” part 2

  6. Tuesday, February 4, 2020

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    02/04/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1859, the Codex Sinaiticus was discovered. And a few years later in 1906, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born. The reading is from Bonhoeffer's "Meditations on the Cross."
    Tuesday, February 4, 2020

  7. Monday, February 3, 2020

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    02/03/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Richard Rawlinson, born 1690, and Four Chaplains Day. The reading is an excerpt from N.B. Weber's "Accidental Saints."
    Monday, February 3, 2020

  8. Sunday, February 2, 2020

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    02/02/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord and the feast Cornelius the Centurion. The reading is "A Song For Simeon" by T.S. Eliot.
    Sunday, February 2, 2020

  9. 109: Viktor Frankl, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” part 1

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    02/02/20
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    We’re all going to die. Come watch TV. Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Viktor Frankl's, Man's Search for Meaning. Why has a book that was written by a psychoanalyst and neurologist about his experience in the Nazi death camps had such an effect and influence on the Christian Church?
    109: Viktor Frankl, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” part 1

  10. Saturday, February 1, 2020

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    02/01/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Henry McNeal Turner, born in 1834, and the publishing of the Battle Hymn of the Republic in 1862. The reading is "There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood" by William Cowper.
    Saturday, February 1, 2020

  11. Friday, January 31, 2020

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    01/31/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Thomas Merton, b. 1915, and John R Mott, d. 1955. The reading is "The Flight Into Egypt" by Thomas Merton.
    Friday, January 31, 2020

  12. Thursday, January 30, 2020

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    01/30/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Charles I, who died on this day 1649, and Francis Schaeffer, born in 1912. The reading is "Prayer" by George Herbert.
    Thursday, January 30, 2020