Dan van Voorhis

  1. Thursday, February 20, 2020

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    02/20/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember John Williamson Nevin, b. 1803, and St. Leo of Catania, d. 789. The reading is from Malcolm Guite, "Our Burning World."
    Thursday, February 20, 2020

  2. Wednesday, February 19, 2020

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    02/19/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember how Empress Theodora restored the icons of Hagia Sophia in 842. We remember Melchior Klesl, b. 1552. The reading is a quote Jacques Ellul, "Holy Troublemakers."
    Wednesday, February 19, 2020

  3. Tuesday, February 18, 2020

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    02/18/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day Germantown Quaker petition against slavery was published in 1688. And it is the birthday of Nikos Kazantzakis, b. 1883. The reading is from Francis Daniel Pastorius, his "Epitaph."
    Tuesday, February 18, 2020

  4. Monday, February 17, 2020

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    02/17/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Mesrop Mashtots, d. 440, and Giordano Bruno, d. 1600. The reading is "Atonement" by Sofia M. Starnes.
    Monday, February 17, 2020

  5. Sunday, February 16, 2020

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    02/16/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Philip Melanchthon, b. 1497, and Gaspard de Coligny, b. 1519. The reading is "The Spirit searches everything" by Tania Runyon.
    Sunday, February 16, 2020

  6. Saturday, February 15, 2020

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    02/15/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Lutheran musician Michael Praetorius and American Baptist preacher William Miller. The reading is a quote from "Surprised by Hope" by NT Wright.
    Saturday, February 15, 2020

  7. Friday, February 14, 2020

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    02/14/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Valentine and Frederick Douglass. The reading is "Jesus Praying" by Hartley Coleridge.
    Friday, February 14, 2020

  8. Thursday, February 13, 2020

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    02/13/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Sister Julia McGroarty and Bruce Metzger. The reading is "Arbor Vitae" by Siegfried Sassoon.
    Thursday, February 13, 2020

  9. Wednesday, February 12, 2020

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    02/12/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Julian the Hospitaller and Cotton Mather, b. 1663. The reading is "Eternal God, How They’ve Increased" by Mather.
    Wednesday, February 12, 2020

  10. Tuesday, February 11, 2020

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    02/11/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Hugh of St. Victor and William Carstares. The reading is “Christians, come, in sweetest measures” by Adam of St. Victor.
    Tuesday, February 11, 2020

  11. Season 2, Chapter 2, Episode 4 with R.J. Grunewald

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    02/10/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis | RJ Grunewald | Debi Winrich
    In this chapter's "bonus" episode, both Debi and Producer Dan talk with a guest from Chapter One of this Season, R. J. Grunewald. R.J. is writing a book about those who have left the church for one reason or another, and are, as he puts it, "left for dead." We discuss R.J.'s research and how we might talk about the faith and the church for those who think they've had enough.
    Season 2, Chapter 2, Episode 4 with R.J. Grunewald

  12. Season 2, Chapter 2, Episode 3 with Ed Killian

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    02/10/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis | Edward Killian | Debi Winrich
    In this episode, you hear one of the more dramatic and exciting stories we found. Michael is someone who has indeed left the church, but only for a season, and now is the pastor of a church in Louisiana that is especially sensitive to the plight of those who think they have nowhere left to go. Despite a ministry and church that is flourishing, sometimes Michael feels as if the message might be "too good to be true" and other times feels the loneliness of one trying to stand up for the lost.
    Season 2, Chapter 2, Episode 3 with Ed Killian