Forward Blog | Following the Fire

Rise Up and Build

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The books of Ezra and Nehemiah are about exiles returning to a ruined Jerusalem and rebuilding the...

What is it about houses? These floors know the first tentative steps of infancy. The stampede of...

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Yesterday evening… candles flickering, lively chatter, warm embrace of old friends. The scene? -...

Every now and then it's important to take stock, to properly process lessons as they come and...

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“We’ve come to join!” said the young Iranian as he cheerfully burst into the tiny training room at...

Have you ever had a mundane conversation that left you unsettled, in a good way? I’ve just had one...

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They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles;...

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“I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless...

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In every generation of Christians, there have been those who have thrown away their inherited...

God loves a sticky wicket. It seems He loves to stack the odds against Himself, and often, it...

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“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” – Autumn, described famously by John Keats, seems to...

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Every culture or group have traditions that grow over time; some of them good, some of them...