Oct 27, 2021
Dear friends in Christ, I’m looking forward to Advent Word again this year. In case you haven’t heard of it, Advent Word is an international community of prayer through the Advent season. For the eighth year, Christians around the world are joined together as each day of Advent invites a focus on a particular word … Continue reading Forward Today: Advent and beyond
Oct 21, 2021
For the eighth year in a row, #AdventWord will gather prayers via a global, online advent calendar. Forward Movement, the new home of AdventWord, will offer 28 daily meditations and images during this holy season beginning Sunday, November 28. Gathering a worldwide community, #AdventWord provides a daily meditation, visual image, and invites your personal reflections … Continue reading 2021 AdventWord prompt words announced
Oct 20, 2021
Dear friends in Christ, A couple of days ago, we celebrated the major feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist. Sometimes he is known as Saint Luke the Physician. I love the way the collect for the day ties together the themes of healing and evangelism: Almighty God, who inspired your servant Luke the physician to … Continue reading Forward Today: Becoming evangelists
Oct 13, 2021
Dear friends in Christ, This Sunday brings another challenging Gospel reading from Mark. This time, Jesus is talking with his disciples about status and role. Who is called to what role? Who is important? As usual, his disciples don’t get it right. I find the ineptness of the disciples strangely comforting. It makes me feel … Continue reading Forward Today: Living as those who serve
Oct 6, 2021
Dear friends in Christ, We publish a lot of books at Forward Movement, and I’m excited about each one of them in their own way. But I am especially excited about a book that will officially release tomorrow, Seek and You Will Find: Discovering a Practice of Prayer by Rhonda Mawhood Lee. Over the last … Continue reading Forward Today: Discovering a deeper practice of prayer