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Feb 20, 20211 min read

Feb 20 Frederick Douglass

The story of a slave, who learned to read and write by reading the Bible, and when he escaped became one of the greatest campaigners for...

Feb 15, 20211 min read

Feb 16 - Carnival, Mardi Gras and Pancake Tuesday

Today Christians around the world are preparing to enter Lent with one last blowout. Today we look at the traditions that mark this...

Feb 8, 20211 min read

Feb 8 Anti slavery Quaker Benjamin Lay

Todays marks the death of remarkable man, Benjamin Lay. I am not aware of any other 4ft hunchback who has changed the world in quite the...

Feb 6, 20213 min read

Feb 6 Cristeros War

Today we go back to year 1927 and remember the death of Matteo Correa Magallanes an innocent Victim of Mexico's Cristeros War. An...

Jan 30, 20213 min read

Jan 21- The Pilgrim Fathers pray on US Soil

Today in 1621 the Pilgrims from England left their ship the Mayflower and gathered on shore at Plymouth, Massachusetts, for their first...

Jan 29, 20213 min read

Jan 15 - The invention of Basketball

Today in 1892 the chaplain and teacher James Naismith published the rules of basketball. This is the story of how he invented it at the...

Jan 29, 20214 min read

Jan 14 - Albert Schweitzer Born

Today in 1875, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Theologian and Missionary, Albert Schweitzer was born. We look at his remarkable life and mixed...

Jan 26, 20212 min read

Jan 10 John Paul II & Ronald Reagan

On Jan 10 1984 The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations for the first time in 117 years. This was mainly...

Jan 25, 20211 min read

Jan 6 - Building of Washington National Cathedral

Today we remember how in 1893 the Washington National Cathedral was chartered by congress and the charter was signed by President...

Jan 21, 20212 min read

Jan 1 - Amazing Grace

On Jan 1 1773, the Anglican priest and former slave trader, John Newton, was delivering his new year sermon in the town of Olney,...

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