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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Monday, September 9, 2019

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    09/09/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two Russians, Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk, d. 1515, and Alexander Men, d. 1990. The reading is from "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
    Monday, September 9, 2019

  8. Sunday, September 8, 2019

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    09/08/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the founding of Harvard in 1636, and the birthday of Peter Martyr Vermigli, who began teaching in Strassbourg and ended in Zurich. The reading is from "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde.
    Sunday, September 8, 2019

  9. Saturday, September 7, 2019

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    09/07/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today we celebrate the birthday of Jacobus Acontius, author of Satanae Stratagemata, and Thomas Erastus, author of Explicatio gravissimae quaestionis. The reading is a bit better known, a poem from Chad Bird, "Were You There?"
    Saturday, September 7, 2019

  10. Friday, September 6, 2019

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    09/06/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, the "Pilgrims" set sail on Mayflower in 1620. The notable patriarch of American Lutheranism, Henry Melchior Muehlenberg, was born on this day in 1711. The reading is from "The Ragamuffin Gospel" by Brennan Manning.
    Friday, September 6, 2019

  11. Thursday, September 5, 2019

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    09/05/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the birthday of Tommasso Campanella, utopian and astrologer, and also, Gottfried Arnold, theologian and historian. The reading is the hymn, "Thou Who Breakest Every Chain," by Gottfried Arnold.
    Thursday, September 5, 2019

  12. Wednesday, September 4, 2019

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    09/04/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop František Tomášek, who helped the demise of the Czechoslovak communist regime. We also the radical Calvinist Jan van Hembyze, whose betrayal resulted in his beheading in 1584. The reading is by J.R.R. Tolkien, "Song of Aragorn."
    Wednesday, September 4, 2019