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  1. 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

  2. . . . and what the Word does not do

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    03/27/20
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    Big, fancy words and big, fancy ideas are thrown around, but what Craig and Troy try to simply say is that the Word of God turns us to Christ and not to ourselves. Where God's Word neither commands nor condemns, our lives and choices are free in the Gospel.
    . . . and what the Word does not do

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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