Guess Who’s Coming to Visit
Guess Who! What do you think about when you hear this question, “Guess who’s coming to visit?” Just a few days ago I got to ask my kids this question….
We Need a Little Joy
What is Joy? Has everyone turned in their Christmas lists to the grandparents yet? Everyone updated their Amazon wish list? There’s only 21 more shopping days until Christmas! It seems…
We Need a Little Forgiveness
Forgiveness What do you need to let go of this Christmas? We typically think about giving and receiving during this time of year. And that’s the way it should be!…
We Need a Little Hope
Hope + Expectation How many of you already have your Christmas decorations up? I think all the stores had the Christmas stuff on display as soon as Halloween was over….
We Need a Little Christmas
Why do we celebrate Christmas? Did you know that Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Christ by the church, didn’t start until the fourth century? There’s a sense in…
The 4 Cups of Passover: Gratitude for the Bread of Christ and the Cup of Salvation
Gratitude + Communion My friend Jon Grottis once said, “Gratitude is like a mosaic. If you step back and look at it you see the face of God. When we…
Why Expressing Gratitude for One Another Matters
Let us be grateful It’s November which means thanksgiving is coming! This year we’ve got family coming to our house for Thanksgiving. Each year at Thanksgiving our family shares why…
What if you Gravitated toward Gratitude?
Microgravity What if you gravitated toward gratitude? According to our friends at NASA, gravity can be found everywhere in space. Sometimes we think there is no gravity in space but…
How Do You Say, “Thank You?”
Thank You How do you say, “Thank You?” In virtually every language there is a word or an expression that communicates gratitude. That’s because we were wired for gratitude. We…
Gratitude: Jesus + the Power of Giving Thanks
The Discipline of Gratitude It’s about this time every year that you start to see more and more people talking about what they’re grateful for, about the things in their…