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  1. Saturday, January 11, 2020

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    01/11/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the Altona Confession of the Confessing Church. And it is the feast day for Theodosius the Cenobiarch. The reading is a quote from Karl Barth.
    Saturday, January 11, 2020

  2. Friday, January 10, 2020

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    01/10/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Berenger of Tours and Lazzaro Spallanzani. The reading is "Deathbed" by Evangeline Paterson.
    Friday, January 10, 2020

  3. Thursday, January 9, 2020

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    01/09/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember one of the fathers of the American Baptist church, Isaac Backus. We also recognize the peculiar Translation of the Black Nazarene. The reading is an excerpt from "Kingdom, Grace, Judgment" by Robert Capon.
    Thursday, January 9, 2020

  4. Wednesday, January 8, 2020

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    01/08/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the Council of Florence and the hymn composer Lowell Mason. The reading is from the "Dream of Gerontius" by J.H. Newman.
    Wednesday, January 8, 2020

  5. Tuesday, January 7, 2020

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    01/07/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Lucian of Antioch and Canute Lavard. The reading is "Discipline" by George Herbert.
    Tuesday, January 7, 2020

  6. Monday, January 6, 2020

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    01/06/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of Epiphany. We also remember Reformation era composer Martin Agricola. The reading is "We Three Kings" by John Hopkins.
    Monday, January 6, 2020

  7. Sunday, January 5, 2020

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    01/05/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Edward the Confessor and Felix Manz. The reading is from Anne Locke, "Sonnet on the 51st Psalm."
    Sunday, January 5, 2020

  8. Saturday, January 4, 2020

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    01/04/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember J.J. Griesbach, born in 1745, and the founding of the New Apostolic Church in 1863. The reading is by Charles Kingsey, "the Dead Church."
    Saturday, January 4, 2020

  9. Friday, January 3, 2020

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    01/03/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feast of St. Genevieve of Paris, and we remember J.R.R. Tolkien, born on this day in 1892. The reading is "Nöel" by Tolkien.
    Friday, January 3, 2020

  10. Thursday, January 2, 2020

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    01/02/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Basil, one of the Cappadocian Fathers, and Charles Porterfield Krauth, American Lutheran. The reading is "Come Ye Sinners" by Joseph Hart.
    Thursday, January 2, 2020

  11. Wednesday, January 1, 2020

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    01/01/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we observe the Feast of the Holy Name. We remember Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptist Church. The reading is "Ring Out Wild Bells" by Tennyson.
    Wednesday, January 1, 2020

  12. New Year’s Resolutions

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    12/31/19
    1 min
    By Adam Francisco | Scott Keith | Caleb Keith
    The Thinking Fellows closeout 2019 with a discussion about New Year’s resolutions.
    New Year’s Resolutions