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  1. Wednesday, August 12, 2020

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    08/12/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1859, and we remember missionary Ashbel Green Simonton. The reading is a poem from Sir Walter Raleigh.
    Wednesday, August 12, 2020

  2. Tuesday, August 11, 2020

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    08/11/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1519, and we remember Johann Tetzel. The reading is the first stanzas of Psalm 46 from the Metrical Psalter.
    Tuesday, August 11, 2020

  3. Monday, August 10, 2020

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    08/10/20
    11 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 258, and we remember the martyrdom of St. Laurence. The reading for today comes from St. Cyprian, a word on the connection between martyrdom and the Lord's Supper.
    Monday, August 10, 2020

  4. Sunday, August 9, 2020

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    08/09/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1516, and we remember the dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. The reading is a stanza from “Christ is Risen” by Nicolas Martinez.
    Sunday, August 9, 2020

  5. Saturday, August 8, 2020

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    08/08/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1909, and we remember Mary MacKillop. The reading is from Les Murray's "Poetry and Religion."
    Saturday, August 8, 2020

  6. 156: Pastoral Debrief on Civil Disobedience and the Christian

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    08/07/20
    5 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley
    What’s So Civil About Disobedience? A pastoral debrief that lays the foundation for a discussion about the theological implications for civil disobedience and rebellion.
    156: Pastoral Debrief on Civil Disobedience and the Christian

  7. Friday, August 7, 2020

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    08/07/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1847, and we remember George Rapp. The reading is from Walter Brueggemann, “The Prophetic Imagination.”
    Friday, August 7, 2020

  8. Thursday, August 6, 2020

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    08/06/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1221, and we remember St. Dominic. The reading is from Aquinas' famous hymn, "Pange Lingua."
    Thursday, August 6, 2020

  9. Wednesday, August 5, 2020

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    08/05/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1912, and we remember Henri-Antoine Groues. The reading is “Dominus Illuminatio Mea” by Richard Doddridge Blackmore.
    Wednesday, August 5, 2020

  10. Tuesday, August 4, 2020

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    08/04/20
    9 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 1708, and we remember Francis Makemie. The reading is an excerpt from "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
    Tuesday, August 4, 2020

  11. Should You Baptize an Alien?

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    08/03/20
    2 mins
    By Joel Hess | Paul Koch
    God Bless the pandemic! Unfortunately, no one is going to learn from it. The preachers tackle issues others are afraid to even speak out loud! This time - Aliens! Do they exist and if so, would you baptize one?
    Should You Baptize an Alien?

  12. Monday, August 3, 2020

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    08/03/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    The year was 2008, and we remember Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The reading is a poem from Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelago."
    Monday, August 3, 2020