Scripture tells us that John the Baptist is born a half year before his cousin Jesus, so we celebrate John’s nativity six months prior to Christmas. John the Baptist seems to hold little in common with most of us. I don’t know many people who live in the woods, eating locusts and other insects, ….

(View this reading and more resources for prayer at Daily Prayer: A resource of Forward Movement.)

This post appeared here first: Forward Day By Day – June 25, 2018

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