Only two remained. As I sat on my old antique porch glider, I watched as two hummingbirds fought over the lone feeder, hanging just outside my den window. Just a few days before, I had
Read moreGratefulness Through the Seasons
Tag: Thanksgiving
Cultivating Grateful hearts with the Gratitude Dare
It’s that time of year. We know how the season is supposed to go down. Besides pumpkin pie and turkey, we are encouraged to cultivate attitudes of gratitude and to have grateful hearts. Such as
Read moreCultivating a Sense of Gratitude During Seasons of Loss
Cultivating a sense of gratitude may come a little harder in 2020. My husband did not plan to retire this year. However, like so many other Americans, he lost his job last March due to
Read moreSavoring Our Blessings Just a Little Bit More
I wonder how many times we don’t fully appreciate something until it’s gone. Said another way, we often realize how much we value people, abilities, and even things after we lose them. And sometimes the
Read moreThe Mystery of the Great Fullness of the Holy Spirit
The mystery of what and who? There’s a mysterious, uneasy stirring deep within my soul these days. I search for clues—hunt for answers. Uncommon questions remain. One piques my brain: Is gratefulness and great fullness
Read moreLike a Shower of Leaves
I had forgotten the sound, but I remember it now. Standing in a New England woods, watching the autumn leaves drift through the canopy, I flash back. I remember tumbling through giant piles of leaves,
Read moreThe Gathering
The annual gathering happened two days before Thanksgiving. Each year, most of the churches in the small town where I pastored gathered for a community Thanksgiving service. A different church hosted the event each year,
Read moreThankful in All Things
The sound of a dentist’s drill is the most frightening sound to me. Right up there with the sound of a velociraptor breathing down my neck. Thanks to family genes, my teeth tend to fall
Read moreAn Attitude of Gratitude
There’s a saying traveling the internet these days that goes something like this: “What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for yesterday?” (Was that as convicting for you as
Read moreWith Thanksgiving
Every once in a while I find myself ruminating on a piece of scripture in a curious sort of way. Not that ruminating on scripture is curious, rather I mean that I get curious about
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