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  1. Wednesday, July 31, 2019

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    07/31/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day in 1541, the failed conference in Regensburg seeking reconciliation between Rome and the Lutherans ended. And on this day 1970, the New American Standard Bible translation was released. Our reading is from Martin Luther from his "Sermons on the Gospel of St. John."
    Wednesday, July 31, 2019

  2. Tuesday, July 30, 2019

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    07/30/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Robert Barnes, the English reformer who also studied in Wittenberg. We also remember the endorsement of "In God We Trust" as the official motto of the US in 1956. Our reading is by AE Housman, "Easter Hymn."
    Tuesday, July 30, 2019

  3. Monday, July 29, 2019

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    07/29/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the feast of Lazarus, Mary, and Martha of Bethany. On this day in 1793, the Bethel American Methodist Episcopal church was dedicated. Our reading is "Blind Bartimaeus" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
    Monday, July 29, 2019

  4. Sunday, July 28, 2019

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    07/28/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember J.S. Bach, who died in 1750. We also remember Jesuit priest and preeminent posthumous poet G.M. Hopkins. Our reading is "Pied Beauty" by G.M. Hopkins.
    Sunday, July 28, 2019

  5. Saturday, July 27, 2019

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    07/27/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    We remember The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, whose rarely recognized feast is today. On this day, notable Anglican and evangelical John Stott died in 2011. Our reading is from Stott, "the Cross of Christ."
    Saturday, July 27, 2019

  6. Friday, July 26, 2019

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    07/26/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the death of William Jennings Bryan. It is also the feast of Jesus' grandparents, Anne and Joachim. Our reading is from Steve Brown, "Radical Grace."
    Friday, July 26, 2019

  7. Thursday, July 25, 2019

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    07/25/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today is the feast of St. James the Greater, son of Zebedee and brother to John. Today is also the day that Thomas A Kempis died in 1471. Our reading is "The Kingdom of Heaven Compared to a Mustard Seed" by Christopher Smart.
    Thursday, July 25, 2019

  8. Wednesday, July 24, 2019

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    07/24/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the birthday of once slaveowner and later abolitionist John Newton, and also the death of C.I. Scofield, famous for his reference Bible. Our reading is "The Old Testament Gospel" by William Cowper.
    Wednesday, July 24, 2019

  9. 67: John of Damascus "An argument directed against the Nestorians"

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    07/24/19
    2 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    There's Something About Mary — Gillespie and Riley dive deep into an early church argument about Mary, why a bishop named Nestorius, and Mohammed, rejected the virgin birth, and why it's important to discuss the topic today.
    67: John of Damascus

  10. Tuesday, July 23, 2019

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    07/23/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we recognize the feast of St. Bridget of Sweden. We also remember John Day, 16th century English printer, who died in 1583. Our reading is by George MacDonald, "The Holy Thing."
    Tuesday, July 23, 2019

  11. Monday, July 22, 2019

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    07/22/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Today is the feast day for St. Mary Magdalene, the apostle to the Apostles. We also remember the death of Richard Cameron, leader of the Covenanters. Our reading is an excerpt from Robert Farrar Capon's "Between Noon and Three."
    Monday, July 22, 2019

  12. 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