Oct 29, 2025
Dear friends in Christ: We welcome back Margaret Ellsworth, Forward Movement’s Content Marketing Manager, as our guest author this week. Greetings from Cincinnati! I’m pleased to share this blog post not from my usual home office in Idaho, but from Forward Movement HQ in Cincinnati, Ohio. For the second year in a row, my colleagues […]
Oct 23, 2025
Forward Movement is seeking a full-time Program Coordinator for the Discipleship Initiatives to lead the work of a new four-year discipleship project funded by the J. C. Flowers Foundation, including the creation of the Center for Discipleship & Renewal within Forward Movement. The Program Coordinator will serve as a strategic partner in the launch and […]
Oct 22, 2025
Ever wonder where the drawings on our Advent calendars come from? Or where the idea first began? Jay Sidebotham, Susan Elliott, and their team made their first calendar nearly thirty years ago, long before the calendars landed at Forward Movement – and they continue to collaborate on this project even today. Thanks to Susan for […]
Oct 15, 2025
Dear friends in Christ, As I have mentioned here before, each month I pray my way through the complete psalter as I say morning and evening prayer. This practice is a rich gift that I commend to each of you. (You can find the headings within the prayer book’s psalter so you know which psalms […]
Oct 8, 2025
Dear friends in Christ, As this message goes out, the Forward Movement board is finishing its semi-annual meeting in Cincinnati. Our board meets twice each year in person, and our meetings are steeped in prayer, rooted in scripture, and sustained by faith. Of course, the board does all the things they need to do in […]
Oct 1, 2025
Dear friends in Christ, Last Sunday I visited a church to hear a preacher. It turns out I’m married to the preacher, so I wanted to hear her! I thought the sermon was excellent, but that’s not the point of this week’s reflection. Sherilyn (my spouse) was preaching at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Terrace […]