1. Today on the Christian History Almanac, we remember the 7th century’s “most interesting man” and a link between the East and West.
  2. Today on the Christian History Almanac podcast, we remember J.F. Oberlin and his Utopian parish.
  3. Are We Just Rats in a Maze? In this episode, we discuss grief, mourning, death, and hope while reading C.S. Lewis’s book, A Grief Observed.
  4. Dr. Paulson introduces chapter 5 of Luther's Outlaw God and what it means that Luther will try to "preach to Erasmus."
  5. The year was 1851. We remember John Pye-Smith, the theologian, headmaster, and geologist. The last word for today comes from Sarah Maitland, from her "A Joyful Theology."
  6. The year was 1846. We remember the Missionary linguist James Evans. The reading is from E.H. Dewart and his "Out on Life's Dark Heaving Ocean."
  7. Like the Israelites of old, Naomi enters into the Promised Land, but she does so grumbling with bitterness. Is she wrong to blame God? What is God doing?
  8. In this episode, Blake sits down with writer & poet, Tanner Olson AKA Written To Speak. Tanner shares about his journey to becoming a writer & poet, his creative process, and in small ways, how basketball played a role in the journey. You can order Tanner’s new book at WrittenToSpeak.com. Music in this episode is from Chris Ellis and Praise & Warships.
  9. On this day, we remember librarian and confessor Martin Chemnitz, born 1522. Today is the feast day for the author and mystic Margery Kempe. The reading is "Put on the new self" by Tania Runyan.
  10. Gabriel appears to Mary with the shocking announcement that she is to be the mother of the Son of God. How should we view Mary?
  11. The Heidelberg Disputation represents the first time that Reformational theology emerges as a whole.