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  1. Monday, August 24, 2020

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    08/24/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1968. Pope Paul VI opened the Second Episcopal Conference of Latin America in Medellin, Columbia. The reading is from Martin Luther, an excerpt from his 1521 Defense written to the Pope.
    Monday, August 24, 2020

  2. Sunday, August 23, 2020

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    08/23/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1838, and we remember Gideon Blackburn. The reading is from Luci Shaw, “The Foolishness of God.”
    Sunday, August 23, 2020

  3. 159: Zempel - Churches Aren’t Avoiding Death By Keeping Their Doors Closed. They’re Ensuring It

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    08/22/20
    4 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    This Little Light of Mine... When we allow feelings of fear and insecurity about our health and well-being dominate discussions about churches opening their doors, are we thereby complicit in the spiritual death of our churches?
    159: Zempel - Churches Aren’t Avoiding Death By Keeping Their Doors Closed. They’re Ensuring It

  4. Saturday, August 22, 2020

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    08/22/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1433, and we remember Pavel Cravar. The reading is from Rainer Maria Rilke, "Death."
    Saturday, August 22, 2020

  5. Yeah . . . but is it church?

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    08/21/20
    1 min
    By Troy Neujahr | Craig Donofrio
    What is the church and why do I need to go there? Craig and Troy open up a discussion on gathering at the Lord's house, wherever that may be.
    Yeah . . . but is it church?

  6. Friday, August 21, 2020

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    08/21/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1724, and we remember Alexander Natalis. The reading is an 18th-century Welsh hymn by William Williams.
    Friday, August 21, 2020

  7. Thursday, August 20, 2020

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    08/20/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1384, and we remember Geert Groote. The reading is from John Walton, "God, the Port of Peace."
    Thursday, August 20, 2020

  8. Wednesday, August 19, 2020

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    08/19/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1886, and we remember the formation of the Church of God. The reading is a brief excerpt from C.S. Lewis' "The Dawn Treader."
    Wednesday, August 19, 2020

  9. Tuesday, August 18, 2020

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    08/18/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 849, and we remember Walafrid Strabo. The reading is the 9th-century hymn, “Dawn Reddens with Light.”
    Tuesday, August 18, 2020

  10. Church & State with Rev. Graham Glover

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    08/17/20
    1 min
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    How big can you build your cross? Or maybe that's not what Jesus wants from his followers. I guess you should listen to find out...
    Church & State with Rev. Graham Glover

  11. Monday, August 17, 2020

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    08/17/20
    8 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1957, and we remember Alice Stebbins Wells. The reading is from Gregory Boyle’s “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.”
    Monday, August 17, 2020

  12. Sunday, August 16, 2020

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    08/16/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1794, and we remember Jean-Henri Merle D'Augbine. The reading is a maxim from Swiss theologian, Karl Barth.
    Sunday, August 16, 2020