Thursday, March 31

"For the Mahometans" by Charles Wesley

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Hymn #443 in the 1875 Wesley Hymnal (or #431 in the Collected Works of John Wesley ) is a remarkable call for faithful intercession for the...
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Monday, March 28

Jon Amos Comenius

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Pioneering educator, John Comenius was born in Prague on this day in 1592. Like most of the other followers of John Hus, he was forced into...
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Sunday, March 27

So, Which Will It Be?

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N. D. Wilson, author of Leepike Ridge and 100 Cupboards, has a new novel due out this summer. According to the Random House online press ...
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At the Final Four: Underdog Is Here

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Just thinking about the VCU and Butler match-up in the NCAA Final Four brings a smile to my face--and these lyrics to mind: There's no n...
Saturday, March 26

On the Nightstand

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Friday, March 25

Arthur St. Clair

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Born on this day in 1734 in Edinburgh, Scotland during the tumultuous days of the final Jacobite Rising and the Tartan Suppression, Arthur S...
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Sunday, March 20

Belloc's Elegy

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"When I am dead, I hope it may be said, though his sins were scarlet, his books are read." Hilaire Belloc
Thursday, March 17

Thomas Chalmers

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The great Scottish pastor, social reformer, educator, author, and scientist Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) was born on St. Patrick's Day 17...
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Sunday, March 13

A Child's Blessing

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The meat and bread Thou didst supply, The more to provoke us to rely. From Thy blessed, bounteous coffer We do receive, and so now offer: Al...
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Thursday, March 10

Calendars and Creeds

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There are about forty different calendar systems currently in use in the world. Some of these systems replicate astronomical cycles accordi...