Building healthy churches begins with building healthy church members.
That’s the thinking behind Forward Movement, a 1930′s initiative of The Episcopal Church, which is best known for its ‘Day by Day’ daily devotional pamphlet, but also includes tract, and book publishing.
Scott Gunn is the gifted, energetic, and new face behind Forward. He’s a popular blogger and innovator who aims to take Forward Movement, well, forward. Be inspired by the wisdom from this bright, young leader.
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Synopsis
More than 300,000 people subscribe to Forward Movement’s ‘Day by Day,’ their most popular publication. It’s part of FM’s mission to improve the spiritual lives of Christians. Here are my notes from the interview:
Headed Online
Day by Day is headed to Kindle and Nook – and is actively engaging other platforms – to help Christians connect with God whenever and wherever. Daily meditations are free online, and you can now have them emailed for a small fee.
Lent Madness
If you missed this innovative way to bring the lives of the saints into daily discourse, click here. Scott says this Forward-sponsored endeavor is one example of the innovation the Church needs to embrace to spread the Gospel.
Day by Day Wants You!
Not just Day by Day, whose authors include clergy, lay people, and even prison inmates, but any talented spiritual writer who has something to say – Forward is listening.
About Scott Gunn
The Rev’d Scott Gunn is executive director of Forward Movement, a churchwide ministry of The Episcopal Church, known widely for its flagship publication Forward Day by Day. Fr. Gunn works “to reinvigorate the life of the church,” which is the historic charter of Forward Movement dating from 1934. A self-confessed church geek, Scott has served in a wide range of ministries, and he is currently a Deputy to General Convention. Before his call to Forward Movement, Fr. Gunn was a parish priest in the Diocese of Rhode Island. Prior to that, he worked in information technology at a range of places including the MIT Media Lab, The Atlantic Monthly, and Education Development Center. He was educated at Yale Divinity School, Brown University, and Luther College. Fr. Gunn is married to Sherilyn Pearce and lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Books Scott Recommends
The Hunger Games and the Gospel – Julia Clawson
The Innovator’s Dilemna – Clayton Christensen
Axiom - Bill Hybels
Sponsors I Mentioned
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