December 12, 2025
December 10, 2025
Dear friends in Christ: We welcome back Margaret Ellsworth, Forward Movement’s Content Marketing Manager, as our guest author this week. At my house this week, my kids are practicing for lighting the Advent wreath at church – and they are excited to be the one to light the pink candle!...
December 3, 2025
Dear friends in Christ, This year marks the 90th year of Forward Movement’s ministry. We’ve been celebrating low key, because our aim is always to point to Jesus and to his church, not to ourselves. But I also want to acknowledge God’s presence in our ministry of inspiring disciples and...
November 26, 2025
Dear friends in Christ, The epistle reading for Thanksgiving Day comes from Philippians. It begins, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone.” In a world that seems overrun with chaos, violence, greed, lies, and division, how can we rejoice? When...
November 19, 2025
Dear friends in Christ, This Sunday, our readings focus on the kingship of Jesus Christ. It’s always like this on the Last Sunday after Pentecost, pointing us toward Advent as we prepare to greet Jesus Christ when he comes in glorious majesty and when we meet him in our Christmas...
