Forward Day By Day – April 24, 2020

Friday, April 24, 2020

I await the Spirit of truth, remembering everything I can of what Jesus said to me. I sit, watching and waiting on this hillside. I see the sky. I see the earth and the sun and moon, rivers and raindrops, fields ripe with holy harvests. I remember Jesus...

Forward Day By Day – April 23, 2020

Thursday, April 23, 2020

From the Archives: February 12, 2014I’m not much, but I’m all I think about. So many decisions each day and most, if not all, of them are centered on self. Each of us has a set of scales constantly weighing the pros and co….(View this reading and more resources...

April 21 Clergy Conference Call Recap on COVID-19

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Dear friends, We were joined by Ms. Mary Munger, LCSW. She passed along helpful information regarding stress, anxiety and coping.  A copy of her presentation can be found here.  I hope that the questions at the end of the presentation are helpful and may provide some...

April 7 Clergy Conference Call Recap on COVID-19

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Dear clergy, Blessings as you enter into this Triduum. I am so grateful and impressed by the ways that you are working through this time with your congregations. It was also very meaningful for me to see you all on Tuesday for the Renewal of Vows. Again, if you need...

Forward Day By Day – April 22, 2020

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

I walk into the woods late one winter afternoon. Evening’s great sponge wrings out daylight quicker than I anticipate. Standing in a small clearing where the sun has just gone down, I hear the voice of a single star speaking softly. It is quite small, not...

Forward Day By Day – April 21, 2020

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Returning to the grave in which we bury the fear of losing love, we discover that even the dirt has risen. We dig furiously with our prayers, throwing shovels full of devout and faithful words in every direction. Only when all our words are gone, and our...

Forward Day By Day – April 20, 2020

Monday, April 20, 2020

If I could—and what a leap of faith—I would see sherbet in the sky and children running along the edge of their lives carrying bowls and spoons to taste heaven’s sweet love, sand kicking up behind their heels like exclamation marks. Love would have no ….(View...

Forward Day By Day – April 19, 2020

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Imagine your bones imagining themselves. Imagine them imagining flesh and blood; praying for eyes and ears, lips and a tongue, a voice, a song. And a soul. Imagine your bones having a dream and then waking up alive in your skin and discovering, at that moment, that...

Forward Day By Day – April 18, 2020

Saturday, April 18, 2020

My valleys of shadow recall nothing the darkness ever told me to believe. I have finally accepted the topography of my own soul, the beautiful meadows and rolling foothills of love and grace that Jesus shared. That is what I am doing on this morning, warming myself in...

Forward Day By Day – April 17, 2020

Friday, April 17, 2020

Imagine Jesus coming to breakfast. A star falling through the roof and into your bowl of cereal, splattering milk on your face, and there among the cornflakes, waiting for your spoon, the kingdom of heaven comes near. Maybe you’ve been a fisher of men...