1. On this day, we remember Reginald Pole, b. 1500, and Damaskinos of Athens, b. 1891. The reading is from Stanley Hauerwas, an excerpt from his "Resident Aliens."
  2. On this day, we recognize St. Chad's Day and the forming of Howard University for training black preachers. The reading is from Phyllis Wheatley, "On Being Brought From Africa to America."
  3. On this day, we recognize St. David's Day and the founding of Unitas Fratrum in 1457. The reading is from Richard Wilbur, "Matthew VIII, 28ff."
  4. On this day, we recognize the legend of St. Bridget proposing to St. Patrick. We also remember the Shaker, Mother Ann Lee, b. 1736. The reading is from Fleming Rutledge, "And God Spoke to Abraham."
  5. Gideon gets some reassurance from an interpretation of a very strange dream. He and his reduced force go into battle with trumpets and jars. Why are all these victories so lopsided and how does Isaiah talk about this battle when speaking of the coming Christ?
  6. On this day, we remember Michel de Montaigne, b. 1533, and Samuel Simon Schmucker, b. 1799. The reading is from T.S. Eliot, "Ash Wednesday."
  7. On this day, we remember William Alabaster, b. 1567, and Lewis Sperry Chafer, b. 1871. The reading is from William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming."
  8. Anxiety, big barns, and the folly of assuring your own soul.
  9. On this day, we remember Antoine Augustin Calmet, b. 1672, and Johnny Cash, b. 1932. The reading is a poem from Richard Crashaw, "Two Went Up To the Temple to Pray."
  10. On this day, we recognize the feast of St. Matthias and remember Oscar Cullman, born in 1902. The reading is from Francis Thompson, "Love and the Child."
  11. On this day, we remember two Holy Roman Emperors: Charles V, born in 1500, and Matthias, born in 1612. The reading is by Samuel Wesley, "The Sun of Righteousness Appears."