Just a few days and it will be Thanksgiving Day once again. Is the menu planned? Do you have all the fixings on hand? Has everyone received their invitations and replied? What else? Maybe something (or someone) has been left … Continue reading
Have you found some time over the last few weeks to “prepare” for Thanksgiving Day this year? You know I don’t mean making your menu and buying the “fixings” for the big day, don’t you? Those things are important but … Continue reading
I think it would be good as we approach Thanksgiving Day to have a chance over the next several weeks to exercise our “thankfulness” muscles. Let’s take time this week to hear Albert Schweitzer, At times our own light goes … Continue reading
I receive David Lose’s blog posts in email (and find so much in his writing worth reading) and last week a post came that seems just right for today. I was already a fan of e. e. cummings and this … Continue reading
Tomorrow is celebrated as Thanksgiving Day in the USA. I am sure that is no big surprise to you. And many of you will be involved in preparing food for your family and friends (and others perhaps) and enjoying the … Continue reading
Gratitude as a spiritual practice. Since tomorrow is “celebrated” as Thanksgiving Day by so many, are you surprised to see me remind us that gratitude and thankfulness is often included in a list of spiritual practices? How many emails have … Continue reading
This past week I had occasion to turn to Living in the Presence: Spiritual Exercises to Open Our Lives to the Awareness of God by Tilden Edwards. One chapter is entitled, “Appreciating.” He speaks of appreciation as “a natural gift … … Continue reading
This past Sunday the minister mentioned the “spiritual discipline of thankfulness” in his sermon “Choose to Be Thankful” (1 Thessalonians 5:18), so this seemed an opportune time to add Thankfulness/Gratitude to our list of spiritual practices. “Gratitude is a loving … Continue reading
