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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
Tag Archives: Gratitude
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