1. The year was 1521. We remember Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici, aka Pope Leo. The reading is "Advent Calendar" by Rowan Williams.
  2. The year was 1892. We remember philologist and theologian Fenton John Anthony Hort. The reading is an excerpt from Psalm 119, verses 105-107, from the Scottish Metrical Psalter.
  3. The year was 1833. We remember the preacher Lemuel Haynes, with a reading recorded by a friend.
  4. The year was 1902. We remember Joseph Parker. The reading is a one-sentence quote from Joseph Parker.
  5. The love between David and Jonathan, and the suspicion of Saul.
  6. The year was 1095. We remember the First Crusade. Our reading is a selection from Isaiah, chapter 2.
  7. The year was 1731. We remember hymn writer William Cowper and read his "Light Shining out of Darkness."
  8. This episode focuses on healthy expectations of people, as well as our own insecurities going into friendships.
  9. In this episode, Blake sits down with painter, Mako Fujimura. They discuss his process of slow art, culture care, and his new book, Art & Faith: A Theology of Making.
  10. The year was 1935. We remember Korean Christian Sun Chu Kil. The reading is a poem "This Year" by Ku Sang, translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé.
  11. The year was 1703. We remember the first Lutheran pastor ordained in the New World, Justus Falckner. The reading is from Pamela Cranston, "Poem for Christ the King."
  12. The year was 1846. We remember the Missionary linguist James Evans. The reading is from E.H. Dewart and his "Out on Life's Dark Heaving Ocean."