Jan 13, 2026
Furman Buchanan is an Episcopal priest, author, and teacher. He serves a congregation in South Carolina and is committed to celebrating and sharing the gifts of God through worship, learning, and compassionate care and service. Furman’s latest book is Honest to Goodness, the latest Lenten offering from Forward Movement. Learn more about Furman and his work […]
Dec 31, 2025
Dear friends in Christ, Happy (almost) New Year – and happy Seventh Day of Christmastide! Here at Forward Movement, we have a lot to be thankful for as we look back on the past year. We’ve celebrated our 90th anniversary, launched a new website, and received gifts that have allowed us to grow. All these […]
Dec 24, 2025
Dear friends in Christ, The lessons for morning prayer today, the last day of Advent, begin with gorgeous prophecy from Baruch. “Look toward the east, O Jerusalem, and see the joy that is coming to you from God…” In these tumultuous times, it would be understandable if it were tough to muster joy this Christmas. […]
Dec 17, 2025
Dear friends in Christ: While Scott is on vacation this week, we bring you a cross-post from our team at RenewalWorks. This collaboration between RenewalWorks’ director Loren Dixon and contributor Adam McLain was originally posted on RenewalWorks’ blog. This Advent season, Forward Movement’s newest pocket-sized prayer book, The Booklet of Common Prayer, has quickly become one […]
Dec 16, 2025
Forward Movement seeks a highly collaborative, relational, and mission-focused church relations coordinator to support the new discipleship initiative funded by the J. C. Flowers Foundation, as well as the related ministry of RenewalWorks. This role will act as a primary connector between Forward Movement’s existing and emerging discipleship resources and the wider Episcopal Church—helping congregations, […]
Dec 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! As Richelle Thompson tells us […]
Dec 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 empowering evangelists all these years. […]
Nov 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 this epistle was written, things […]
Nov 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 celebrations. But for Sunday, we […]
Nov 12, 2025
Dear friends in Christ, This Sunday, our church prays one of my favorite collects. Composed by Thomas Cranmer almost 500 years ago, it invites us to savor and be transformed by the riches of scripture. Here’s the Rite II version: Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us […]