February 2025

Forward Today: Greetings from Kansas City

Dear friends in Christ, I’m writing to you from Kansas City, where I’m attending the Episcopal Parish Network conference. It’s inspiring to hear about all the wonderful things happening across the Episcopal Church these days. In many places, lives are transformed, and the Good News of Jesus is shared in word and deed. Here at […]

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Forward Today: Getting ready for Lent

Dear friends in Christ, Just two weeks from today, Lent begins. Maybe you love Lent, and this is good news for you. Or maybe you dread Lent, and you can’t imagine the burden of this season when the world seems to be coming apart. If the second one sounds like you, I invite you to […]

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Forward Today: The steadfast courage of Absalom Jones

Dear friends in Christ: We welcome back Margaret Ellsworth, Forward Movement’s Marketing Coordinator, as our guest author this week. Tomorrow, the Episcopal Church remembers the holy life of Absalom Jones. He may not be one of the most familiar saints in our church, but if you follow Lent Madness, you’ll likely remember his name. A […]

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Forward Today: What are your gifts?

Dear friends in Christ: We welcome back Margaret Ellsworth, Forward Movement’s Marketing Coordinator, as our guest author this week.  During the last few weeks of the Sunday lectionary, we’ve traveled through 1 Corinthians 12: Paul’s discussion of the Body of Christ, with its many members and their many gifts. These verses are rattling around in […]

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