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  1. 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

  2. Tuesday, September 3, 2019

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    09/03/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two ecclesiastical figures, Pope Gregory, who was born in 540, and Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Oliver Cromwell, who died in 1658. The reading is from C.S. Lewis, "As the Ruin Falls."
    Tuesday, September 3, 2019

  3. Monday, September 2, 2019

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    09/02/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the most impressive Symeon the Stylite, who died in 459 on his pedestal. We also remember Danish pastor N.F.S. Grundtvig, d. 1872. The reading is "Abide Among Us, We Implore Thee" from Grundtvig.
    Monday, September 2, 2019

  4. Sunday, September 1, 2019

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    09/01/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember French polymath Marin Mersenne, who died on this day in 1648. We also commemorate the founding of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1831. The reading is from H.W. Longfellow, "Blind Bartimaeus."
    Sunday, September 1, 2019

  5. Saturday, August 31, 2019

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    08/31/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember two Biblical figures, Nicodemus & Joseph of Arimethea. On this day in 1688 John Bunyan died, the Puritan author of "Pilgrim's Progress." The reading is from William Blake, "And Did Those Feet."
    Saturday, August 31, 2019

  6. Friday, August 30, 2019

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    08/30/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the siege and sack of Jerusalem in AD 70. Also on this day in 1637, Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony. The reading is "My Body Is a Broken Toy" by Maurice Baring.
    Friday, August 30, 2019

  7. Thursday, August 29, 2019

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    08/29/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the beheading of St. John the Baptist, one of the oldest feast days in the church. We also remember German humanist Ulrich von Hutten, who later joined the Reformation. The reading is an excerpt from "The Meaning of the City" by Jacques Ellul.
    Thursday, August 29, 2019

  8. Wednesday, August 28, 2019

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    08/28/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    It is the feast day of St. Augustine, who died on this day 430. And we remember Hugo Grotius, Dutch theologian, who also died on this day in 1645. The reading is an excerpt from "The conversion of Saint Augustine" by Eleanor Donnelly.
    Wednesday, August 28, 2019

  9. Tuesday, August 27, 2019

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    08/27/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine, and the order to burn Puritan John Milton's works in 1660. The reading is from John Milton, "On Blindness."
    Tuesday, August 27, 2019

  10. Monday, August 26, 2019

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    08/26/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Petrus Ramus, a French reformer who died in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. We also remember the American Standard Version translation of the Bible from 1901, the predecessor to the Revised and New Revised Standard Versions. The reading is from Scott Cairns, "Another Idiot Psalm."
    Monday, August 26, 2019

  11. Sunday, August 25, 2019

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    08/25/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember a few different men named Genesius and 18th-century German theologian Karl Barhdt. The reading is from Madame Guyon, "I Love My God."
    Sunday, August 25, 2019

  12. Saturday, August 24, 2019

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    08/24/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today is St. Bartholomew's day, not a feast for the squeamish. We remember the birthday in 1759 of William Wilberforce. The reading is "Agony" by George Herbert.
    Saturday, August 24, 2019