Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we discuss the scandalous publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1991.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we talk about the color, the fruit, and the house of Orange.
Monday, September 20, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about celebrities and the church.
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember Elling Eielsen and the contribution of Norwegians to American Lutheranism.
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we examine the curious case of Therese Neumann and the Stigmata.
Friday, September 17, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we commemorate the feast of Hildegard von Bingen.
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we tell the curious story of Bob Schuller and his Crystal Cathedral.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we consider the encyclical Spiritus Paraclitus (1920) and the Catholic doctrine of Scripture.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember Holy Cross day and discuss the origins and development of the Cross/Crucifix.
Monday, September 13, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about a German Christian community persecuted by the Nazis.
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember Barton Stone and the beginning of the Disciples of Christ/Christian Church “denomination.”
Saturday, September 11, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember the controversial first meeting of the World’s Parliament of Religions in 1893.
Friday, September 10, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we tell the tale of the legend that was Isaac K. Funk.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember the conversion of Victorian England’s most famous Christian.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we look back at TIME Magazine’s Cover story on C.S. Lewis in 1948.
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember the unfortunate fate of a man whose name has come to mean things he didn’t believe.
Monday, September 6, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about saints in the history of the church.
Sunday, September 5, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember the story behind one of the church’s most beloved hymns.
Saturday, September 4, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember the founding of El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles in 1781.
Friday, September 3, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember Richard Niebuhr and his schema for understanding Christianity and Culture.
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we learn about a monk who lived on a stone pillar for over 30 years… for Jesus?
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember a pivotal figure in the history of Christianity and science.
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember two smaller characters in the Gospels and the development of their legends in church history.
Sunday, August 29, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question about Scandinavian Pietism.
Saturday, August 28, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we talk about the first of the “Big A’s”: St. Augustine.
