Daily Prayer: a resource of Forward Movementhttp://prayer.forwardmovement.org/This is the RSS feed for the Forward Day By Day Meditationsen-usForward Day By Day - June 11, 2026Rain is refreshing, especially in summer. A peaceful summer shower nourishes and encourages the crops in the field. Hail, on the other hand, is not good for crops. It batters and damages—the opposite of encouragement. Saint Barnabas, whom we remem....

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]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - June 10, 2026“The sunrise is beautiful,” my husband said. We were on the balcony, watching the sky brighten from burgundy into magenta.  “Yes,” I agreed, “But you know what they say: red sky ....

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]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - June 9, 2026A six-day silent retreat. No talking, no computing, no looking at my phone. There would be a 45-minute session with a spiritual director each morning, but 98.2% of my time would be spent in silence. Just me and God and my little yellow copy of The Spiritual Exercises of Sain....

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]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - June 8, 2026A few years ago, my husband and I wrote down our “Principles,” a set of values that we try to live by. We review them every few weeks, going down the list and discussing how we’ve lived up to—or fallen short of—these aspirations. ....

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]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - June 7, 2026God doesn’t need us to make dinner. That might be a slight paraphrase, but in Psalm 50, the Israelites’ sacrifices are becoming perfunctory. They’re going through the motions, serving up bull-calves and he-goats to cross the “offering” task off thei....

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]]>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - June 6, 2026Feierabend is a German term for the end of the day, between getting off work and going to bed. Made up of feiern, to celebrate, and Abend, meaning evening, it’s a time for leisure: maybe enjoying a Feierabendbier with friends or picking ....

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]]>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - June 5, 2026It was late, and I was tired, and I hadn’t seen a single other car on the drive up the mountain pass. There was no moon, but the stars were bright, silhouetting the mountain peaks against the Milky Way like a stock photo on a motivational poster. I pulled over and jumped o....

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]]>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - June 4, 2026On the western tip of Wales, outside the city of St. David’s, there’s a windswept ruin of an ancient chapel dedicated to Saint Non. The stones still hold the semblance of structure: remnants of walls and a holy well. It’s so close to the ocean that the wind cat....

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]]>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - June 3, 2026My husband is hard on socks. He wears holes in them abnormally often, so once every few months, I gather up the torn ones and sit down to darn them. I’m not a gifted seamstress; in most cases, after I’m done, the socks look worse than they did before. Everything is m....

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]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - June 2, 2026Life would be easier if we could make decisions once and for all. It would be great if we could resolutely determine that this is how we live our lives, that this is what we’re called to do. But we know life doesn’t work like that. Paul knew....

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]]>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - June 1, 2026I grew up near Lake Superior, and even now, even though I live in landlocked Switzerland, I still love lighthouses. My favorite, the Split Rock Lighthouse, guided ships from 1910 to 1969, first by kerosene lamp and then by a thousand-watt bulb. While its official range was twent....

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]]>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 31, 2026Some of us may be tempted to see the Trinity as a mystical description of God that is far beyond our understanding. But we cannot label God as a thing or an idea or merely part of a mythic story. God is just as much a verb as a noun. Indeed, I think it’s impossible to defi....

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]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 30, 2026Sometimes, we get lost living in a capitalistic economy. Our temptation is to think we are what we do, what people say about us, or what we own. We become seduced by power, prestige, and possessions. However, Timothy reminds us that “those who wan....

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]]>Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 29, 2026Ember Days occur four times a year: on the Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays after the First Sunday in Lent, the Day of Pentecost, Holy Cross Day, and December 13. The name comes from the Latin title Quattuor tempora, meaning “four times....

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]]>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 28, 2026About a month after I was elected bishop of the Diocese of Western North Carolina, a member of the Presiding Bishop’s staff visited my wife and me. He handed me a notebook full of upcoming events scheduled. I asked, “What is this?” and he answered, “It&rs....

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]]>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 27, 2026The Lord’s Prayer offers the words: “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Even on the cross, some of Jesus’s last words were about forgiveness: “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing&rdquo....

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]]>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 26, 2026A spiritual director once said to me words I needed to hear but didn’t want to: “At some point, success has nothing to teach you.” I had heard similar advice from my mother when I received my doctorate in literature and theology. She looked at my diploma and wr....

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]]>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 25, 2026One of the most renowned writers of the early Middle Ages, Bede was a monk, historian, and teacher. He wrote more than 60 books, including the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, a seminal work that detailed early English Christianity. I had t....

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]]>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 24, 2026When I think of the divisions in this world, I pray that the day of Pentecost will come to all people, starting with me. The scripture says that Galileans and Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents from Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, and more were together speaking th....

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]]>Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 23, 2026In Dante’s Inferno, hell is a place where punishment is perpetual and never-ending. It is the destination for those who remain determinedly unrepentant. The bleakness of this afterlife is inscribed on the entrance gate to hell: “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.&r....

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]]>Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 22, 2026Born in 246 CE, Helena, the mother of Constantine, is credited with discovering the True Cross of Jesus. According to various accounts, Helena discovered the hiding place of the three crosses that were used at the crucifixion of Jesus and the two thieves in the Church of the Hol....

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]]>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 21, 2026Today’s reading from Ephesians instructs us on how to be part of a community of people. By holding our tongue from evil talk and instead speaking what is useful for building up, we practice being “kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving” (Ephesians 4:32).....

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]]>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 20, 2026Our baptismal liturgy calls us to keep our minds open to spread the Good News— even if we think we already know everything. Alcuin, whom we remember today, was part of Charlemagne’s advisors and the teacher of Charlemagne’s family in t....

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]]>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 19, 2026Today, we commemorate Saint Dunstan, a bishop in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury. An advisor to several kings, he restored monastic life in England and is credited with reforming the English Church. Dunstan offers an example of the im....

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]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 -0700Forward Day By Day - May 18, 2026In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, he introduces himself as “a prisoner for Christ Jesus,” and later, he says, “Of this gospel I have become a servant according to the gift of God’s grace that was given me.” American ....

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