The year was 1734, and Pastor George Weiss led the first service of the Schwenkfelders in America. The reading is "The Magdalene's Mistake" by Angela Alaimo O'Donnell.
The year was 1950. We remember the oldest and longest-running radio drama made its debut, "Unshackled!" The reading is from Ernesto Cardenal, "Behind the Monastery."
The year was 1566. We remember a tempestuous theologian, Johann Agricola. The reading is a stanza from the hymn “Lord Hear the Voice of My Complaint” by Agricola.
The year was 1982 when Lutheran pastor Christian Führer held the first of his “prayers for peace” meetings. The reading is a poem from A.K. Tolstoy, “A Peal of Bells.”
The year was 1692. We remember Giles Corey, the patron saint of those afflicted by church politics. The reading is an excerpt from Dr. Rod Rosenbladt, “The Gospel Broken by the Church.”
The year was 1884. We remember Irish born American and convict turned missionary Jerry McCauley. The reading is an excerpt from “The Missionary” by Charlotte Bronte.
The year was 1824 and we remember apologist for the papacy and Ultramontanist Joseph Hergenröther. The reading is from Robert Farrar Capon, an excerpt from his “The Astonished Heart.”