Jun 6, 2019
Hebrews 10:37 For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised. A friend of mine is recovering from a serious injury. She spent months in physical therapy, learning first to stand and sit again, to walk with a walker and then with a cane. … Continue reading Flashback Friday: November 15, 1994
May 23, 2019
This meditation, originally published in Forward Day by Day in 1995, was featured in our 75th Anniversary edition in 2010. Luke 17:11-17 He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. I remember the importance my mother put on writing thank-you letters and saying “Thank you” after a party. I recall thinking as a youngster … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: 1995
May 16, 2019
Luke 18:9-14. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income. We all have our yardsticks for judging others’ faith: “I heard that they tithe;” “He was a senior warden;” “They go to church every day;” “She’s a priest.” Measurements can either make us feel superior or guilty; you can always … Continue reading Throwback Thursday Meditation: June 8, 2001
May 9, 2019
Luke 13:31-35. Jesus said, I must be on my way today and tomorrow and the next day. There is about Our Lord a sense of continuous travelling. It is not a frantic restlessness but a controlled and purposeful journeying. Again and again we read of him in terms of “the way.” There is very little … Continue reading Throwback Thursday Meditation: November 5, 1982
Apr 25, 2019
This was the Forward Day by Day meditation on July 8, 1965. It is titled What Draws People to Christ. A great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. People were drawn in droves to Jesus, not by the charming stories He told, but by the “great things he … Continue reading Throwback Thursday Meditation: July 8, 1965