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  1. Saturday, September 21, 2019

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    09/21/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of St. Matthew the Evangelist and the birthday of Girolamo Savonarola, Renaissance friar, and preacher, who declared Florence "the New Jerusalem." The reading is "The Carpenter's Son" by A.E. Housman.
    Saturday, September 21, 2019

  2. Friday, September 20, 2019

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    09/20/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two 19th century bishops: Philander Chase, founder of Kenyon College in Ohio, and John Coleridge Patteson, missionary to Melanesia. The reading is "The Carillon" by Ida Gerhardt.
    Friday, September 20, 2019

  3. Thursday, September 19, 2019

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    09/19/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember the birthday of Scottsman William Robertson, born 1721. Today is the feast day of Januarius, also known as San Gennaro. The reading is an excerpt from "The Everlasting Gospel" by Horatius Bonar.
    Thursday, September 19, 2019

  4. Wednesday, September 18, 2019

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    09/18/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the 310th birthday of Samuel Johnson, known by his friends as Dr. Johnson. We also remember poet and preacher, George MacDonald, who died on this day in 1905. The reading is from George Macdonald, "The Holy Thing."
    Wednesday, September 18, 2019

  5. Tuesday, September 17, 2019

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    09/17/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the Benedictine abbess and mystic Hildegard von Bingen, and congregationalist Samuel Hopkins, born in 1721. The reading is from Hildegard von Bingen, "O spectabiles viri."
    Tuesday, September 17, 2019

  6. Monday, September 16, 2019

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    09/16/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember the third council of Constantinople which ended on this day in 681. We also remember the birthday of J.B. Phillips–Bible translator and author. The reading is "The Gift" by William Carlos Williams.
    Monday, September 16, 2019

  7. Sunday, September 15, 2019

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    09/15/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the 16th St. Baptist Church Bombings in 1963 and the birthday of notorious Anglican turned Baptist, Titus Oates, in 1649. The reading is "Be Still My Soul" by Kathrina von Schlegel.
    Sunday, September 15, 2019

  8. Saturday, September 14, 2019

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    09/14/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember theologian, bishop, and martyr, Cyprian of Carthage, who died on this day in 258. It is also the feast of Holy Cross Day. The reading is from "the Stations of the Cross" by Malcolm Guite, sonnet 12.
    Saturday, September 14, 2019

  9. Friday, September 13, 2019

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    09/13/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of St. John Chrysostom, notable Christian preacher. And we recognize the birthday of English translator of German hymnody, Catherine Winkworth. The reading is an excerpt from Chrysostom's Easter Sermon.
    Friday, September 13, 2019

  10. Thursday, September 12, 2019

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    09/12/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember early Reformation figure, Clement Marot, died 1544, and also the extraordinary Methodist figure, Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, born 1739. The reading is "Colossians 3:3" by George Herbert.
    Thursday, September 12, 2019

  11. Wednesday, September 11, 2019

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    09/11/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Scottish poet Joanna Baillie, born 1762, and author William X. Kienzle, born 1928. The reading is "Death Shall Have No Dominion" by Dylan Thomas.
    Wednesday, September 11, 2019

  12. Tuesday, September 10, 2019

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    09/10/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Wolfgang Musculus, born 1497, and Jean Vanier, born 1928. The reading is from Wilfred Owen, "At A calvary Near the Ancre."
    Tuesday, September 10, 2019