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  1. Sunday, July 21, 2019

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    07/21/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Kazimierz Swiatek, the cardinal who defied Stalin and who died in 2011. We also recognize the Roman Catholic encyclical of 1773, "Dominus Ac Redemptor," which banned the Jesuits. Our reading is "Christ's Childhood" by a Jesuit, Robert Southwell.
    Sunday, July 21, 2019

  2. Saturday, July 20, 2019

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    07/20/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember on this day the death in 1566 of De las Casas, the original Renaissance man, and the birth in 1304 of Petrarch, the apostle to the Indies. Our reading is "Holy Sonnets: Death, be not proud" by John Donne.
    Saturday, July 20, 2019

  3. Friday, July 19, 2019

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    07/19/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, and Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade. Our reading is "Hope" by Ann Brönte.
    Friday, July 19, 2019

  4. Thursday, July 18, 2019

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    07/18/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today is the birthday of Heinrich Bullinger, b. 1504 and author of the Second Helvetic Confession. It is also the birthday of Renaissance painter Carravagio, b.1571. Our reading is "Before the Beginning" by Christina Rossetti.
    Thursday, July 18, 2019

  5. 66: John of Damascus, Arius, Ariana

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    07/17/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    Fat Camels and Catchy Songs — Gillespie and Riley finish their reading of John of Damascus’ critique of Islam, then jump into the writings of Arius to better understand the foundation of Islam and modern American Christianity.
    66: John of Damascus, Arius, Ariana

  6. Wednesday, July 17, 2019

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    07/17/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today we remember the death in 180AD of the earliest recorded African Christians, the Scillitan Martyrs. Today is also the birthday of J. Vernon McGee, host of "Through the Bible." Our reading is "A Prayer in Old Age" by Siegfried Sassoon.
    Wednesday, July 17, 2019

  7. Tuesday, July 16, 2019

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    07/16/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1054, the churches of East and West experience the Great Schism. Luther and Karlstadt attempted to breach the schism between Rome and Wittenberg with the Leipzig Disputation in 1519. Our reading is from Alfred Lord Tennyson, "In Memoriam Canto 49."
    Tuesday, July 16, 2019

  8. Monday, July 15, 2019

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    07/15/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember St. Bonaventure, contemporary of Thomas Aquinas, who died on this day in 1274. We also remember the Arabic translator of the Bible, Abraham Ecchelensis, who died in 1664. Our reading "My Baptismal Birthday" by Samuel Tayler Coleridge.
    Monday, July 15, 2019

  9. Sunday, July 14, 2019

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    07/14/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1833, John Keble busted onto the preaching scene for the first time. And we remember Lily of the Mohawks who was canonized by the Roman Catholic church. Our reading is from John Keble, "Morning Hymn."
    Sunday, July 14, 2019

  10. Saturday, July 13, 2019

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    07/13/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember John Dee, an aspiring magician born on this day in 1527. We also remember the vision of Fatima purportedly on this day in 1917. Our reading is "Anthem" by W.H. Auden.
    Saturday, July 13, 2019

  11. Friday, July 12, 2019

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    07/12/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember The Golden Bull of 1356, which is a lot cooler than it sounds, and Thomas Kelly, born on this day in 1769. Our reading is Kelly's "We SIng the Praise of He Who Died."
    Friday, July 12, 2019

  12. Thursday, July 11, 2019

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    07/11/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the Wittenberg Articles of 1536, a failed attempt at a common confession for the churches of the Reformation. Today is also the feast day for St. Gangolf, who died on this day in 760. Our reading is from Charitee Lees Smith, "The Advocate," published in 1863.
    Thursday, July 11, 2019