
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
The year was 1434. Today we consider the Nantes Cathedral. The reading is from R.S. Thomas's "In A Country Church."

Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The year was 2014. Today we remember Mahay Choramo and the story of Christianity in Modern Ethiopia. The reading is from the book of Acts. #OTD #1517 #christianhistory

Monday, April 12, 2021
The year was 1624. Today we hear about the curious history of Christianity in Tibet. The reading is “Jesus Was a Healer” by Les Murray.

Sunday, April 11, 2021
The year was 1816. Today we remember the ordination of the first Black Bishop in America, Richard Allen. The reading is from Phyllis Wheatley.

Saturday, April 10, 2021
The year was 1997. Today we remember Betty Greene and the Mission Aviation Fellowship. The reading is from Malcolm Guite.

Friday, April 9, 2021
The year was 475. Today we remember the Eastern Emperor Basiliscus and the splintering of the church. The reading is from Siegfried Sassoon.

Thursday, April 8, 2021
The year was 1725. Today we remember John Wise and his contributions to the church and state in colonial new England. The reading is from Edward Shilito.

Wednesday, April 7, 2021
The year was 1942. Today we remember the founding of the National Association of Evangelicals. The reading is from Henry Vaughn.

Tuesday, April 6, 2021
The year was 1956. Today we remember Daniel Gee Ching Wu and his ministry to Chinese Americans in California. The reading is from C.S. Lewis.

Monday, April 5, 2021
The year was 1811. Today we remember Robert Raikes and the birth of the Sunday school Movement. The reading is from Samuel Taylor Coleridge #OTD #1517 #christianhistory

Sunday, April 4, 2021
Today we celebrate Easter with John Updike’s “7 Stanzas At Easter,” and we conclude the show with a special announcement about the new season.

Saturday, April 3, 2021
The year was 1771. Today we remember Hans Nielsen Hauge. The reading is from a Norwegian Hymn.

Friday, April 2, 2021
The year was 1877. Today we remember the peculiar ministry of Mordecai Ham, Jr. The reading is from William Willimon.

Thursday, April 1, 2021
The year was 1868. Today we remember the founding of Hampton College by the American Missionary Association. The reading is from Psalm 47 in the Scottish Metrical Psalter.

Wednesday, March 31, 2021
The year was 1717. Today we remember the Bangorian Controversy and the questions it raised about church authority. The reading is from John Newton.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021
The year was 1735. Today we remember the Welsh Methodist Revival and the conversion of Howell Harris. The reading is from the Welsh poet William Williams.

Monday, March 29, 2021
The year was 1638. Today we remember the establishment of the Lutheran colony of New Sweden on the Delaware. The reading is from Swedish theologian Gustav Aulen.

Sunday, March 28, 2021
The year was 1987. Today we remember “the real” Maria von Trapp. The reading is a Palm Sunday poem from G.K. Chesterton.

Saturday, March 27, 2021
The year was 1329. Today we remember "In Agro Dominico" and the "problem" of mysticism in the church. The reading is from Martin Luther.

Friday, March 26, 2021
The year was 1861. Today we remember Uchimura Kanzo, a member of Japan's Non-Church movement. The reading is from N.T Wright.

Thursday, March 25, 2021
The year was 1917. Today we remember the Georgian Orthodox Church and their call for independence. The reading is from Sergei Bulgakov.

Wednesday, March 24, 2021
The year was 1638 (and 1726). Today we remember the enigmatic latitudinarian Daniel Whitby. The reading is from a 4th-century hymn by Aurelius Prudentius.

Tuesday, March 23, 2021
The year was 1198. Today we remember the mysterious Waldensians and their expulsion from Spain. The reading is John Milton's reflection on them in his "On the Late Massacre in Piedmont."

Monday, March 22, 2021
The year was 1621. Today we remember the 17th century’s “Most Interesting Man”. The reading is from John Calvin’s Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew.

Sunday, March 21, 2021
The year was 1557. Today we remember Anne Howard (nee Dacre) and the Elizabethan persecutions. The reading is from Robert Southwell's "The Nativity of Christ."