Oct 25, 2023
Dear friends in Christ, In a few weeks, we will begin our annual walk through the season of Advent. On the first Sunday of the season, we pray a lovely collect in which we ask God to give us grace to âput on the armor of light.â This phrase comes from Romans 13, which sets […]
Oct 18, 2023
Dear friends in Christ, Today the church commemorates St. Luke the Evangelist. We give thanks for Luke for many reasons. He is remembered for having written the Gospel of Luke and its sequel, the Acts of the Apostles. He is commemorated for his healing work as a physician. And for many Christians, he is venerated […]
Oct 16, 2023
The Rev. Laurie Brock, rector of St Michael the Archangel Episcopal Church in Lexington, Kentucky and author of God, Grace, and Horses, recently reviewed our new release, Devotions for People who Don’t Do Devotions. Here’s what she had to say: The world really doesn’t need one more devotional book. We have devotional books for people who […]
Oct 11, 2023
Dear friends in Christ, In the last two weeks, Iâve been traveling quite a bit. As I mentioned in last weekâs Forward Today, I went to Vancouver to talk with folks about how our church does well to get back to basics. In this post-Christendom era, we shouldnât assume that people magically know how to […]
Oct 4, 2023
Dear friends in Christ, As I write this, Iâm returning home from a wonderful weekend with Anglicans and ecumenical friends in Vancouver. While I was there, I offered a workshop at Vancouver School of Theology, entitled âThe Gates of Hell Will Not Prevail: Why We Donât Need to Save the Church.â I also preached and […]