Apr 17, 2024
Dear friends in Christ: While Scott is traveling this week, we bring you an excerpt from his book of meditations for Eastertide, Easter Triumph, Easter Joy. In this meditation, Scott reflects on the scripture texts for this coming Sunday, the Fourth Week of Easter. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of […]
Apr 10, 2024
We welcome The Rev. Ryan Fleenor, member of Forward Movement’s board, as our guest author this week. Dear friends in Christ, I served for many years alongside an organist who taught me a great deal about what it means to serve Godâs people and to gather them for prayer and praise. He was a deeply […]
Apr 3, 2024
Dear friends in Christ, Happy Easter! I hope your Easter season has begun with raucous joy. I donât think itâs possible to have too much Easter joy. This Sunday, we hear the story of St. Thomas the Apostle asking to see Jesusâ wounds. Sometimes we pejoratively call him Doubting Thomas, but I wish weâd call […]
May 10, 2023
Dear friends in Christ, Weâre just about two thirds of the way through the Easter season. So let me wish you a Happy Easter! By my count, we have about 18 more days to celebrate the glory of Jesus Christâs resurrection with special intention this season. How are you celebrating? If you stopped celebrating, itâs … Continue reading Forward Today: Happy Easter⊠still!
Apr 19, 2023
Dear friends in Christ, This coming Sunday, we hear the story of Emmaus, when Jesus met his disciples on a road. Of course, they didnât recognize him until he broke bread with them. As they reflected on their experience, the disciples said to each other, âWere not our hearts burning within us while he was … Continue reading Forward Today: Meeting Jesus
Mar 29, 2023
Dear friends in Christ, Starting Sunday, we begin our journey through Holy Week. That means Easter Day is almost upon us. As it does every year, our Lenten journey through the wilderness ends with the dawning light of ultimate joy in the promised land of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. I suspect that many readers … Continue reading Forward Today: Joy will soon dawn upon us
Mar 23, 2022
Dear friends in Christ, Our prayer book says that Lent is a time to âprepare with joy for the Paschal feastâ among other things. This season of repentance helps us to bask in the radiant light of Christâs resurrection, as we turn away from earthly things and toward things heavenly. Lent still seems new, but if … Continue reading Forward Today: Prepare with joy
Apr 7, 2021
Dear friends in Christ, Happy Easter to you! Iâve celebrated Holy Week and Easter all over the world, and I donât think Iâve ever been more excited to celebrate Easter Day than this year. After what seemed like an endless Lent and an interminable winter (at least here in Cincinnati), I was greatly heartened by … Continue reading Forward Today: 50 Days of Hope, Joy, and Reflection
Apr 15, 2020
Dear friends in Christ, Like most of you, I spent Easter morning at home, saying prayers and watching a service elsewhere online. It was not like any other Easter in my lifetime. And while it wasn’t an Easter I would have hoped for, I was still able to celebration the resurrection of Jesus Christ. While … Continue reading A good Easter with the Good Book Club
Apr 24, 2019
Dear friends in Christ, We are only a few days into this radiant, joyous Easter season. I hope your celebration is off to a good start and that it continues for the full 50 days. I’ve been to Israel several times, and on one of my visits I was able to visit a first century … Continue reading Forward Today: What does an Easter life look like?