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…
Pay It Forward
Giving vs. Receiving St. Francis of Assisi once prayed… “For it is in giving that we receive…” Which is really interesting because we live in a world where we think…
Giving, Worry, and God
Worry Much? How much would you give to God if you were not worried about money? Can I make a confession, from time to time, I worry about money. I’m…
Are You Rich?
What does it mean to be truly rich? A few weeks ago I had a Saturday where I got to spend almost the entire day with my daughters. Alisha and…