Make this small tweak in your gratitude practice and discover how thankfulness connects you to others.
Try a full immersion into gratitude this Thanksgiving
I'd like to offer a small exhortation for this Thanksgiving weekend. That is, to saturate it with gratitude. I mean, let everything fall under the category of grace and allow yourself a syrupy gladness to cover everything you set eyes on. Don't just try to find one or two things, but, even for one day, … Continue reading Try a full immersion into gratitude this Thanksgiving
Curbing “the drift” in your gratitude practice
If you're attempting a gratitude practice, you can probably find something to be grateful for with very little prompting. Right now, I can look around me and give thanks for the low hanging gratitude fruit of: sunshine, a comfortable room to write in, and good health. But I can very quickly qualify my gratitude for … Continue reading Curbing “the drift” in your gratitude practice
4 Gratefulness Fallacies
Ingratitude often results from misunderstanding the nature of thanks, failing to see the bigger picture of our lives, or forgetting to nurture a spirit of gratefulness.– Diana Butler Bass, Grateful As with any spiritual practice, gratefulness has its pitfalls. We might call these fallacies, where people can use the concept of gratefulness loosely to justify … Continue reading 4 Gratefulness Fallacies
Join the 40-Day Gratefulness Experiment This Lent
I'm excited to offer a 40-Day Gratefulness Experiment during Lent! The Gratefulness Experiment is a small group experience where you engage your gratitude muscles as you practice solo and group spiritual disciplines, which helps us access the realities of God's goodness in everyday life. The 40-day Gratefulness Experiment goes from March 5 (Ash Wednesday) to … Continue reading Join the 40-Day Gratefulness Experiment This Lent
One practice to give up this Thanksgiving
Gratitude can be experienced by anyone, anywhere, without permission and without restraint… It is, perhaps, the most immediate and most primal of all spiritual affections - one that makes every human being a priest. –Diana Butler Bass I would like to make an appeal to remove one practice from our thanks-giving this weekend and, ideally, … Continue reading One practice to give up this Thanksgiving
The 700 Club Canada Interview
Loreli Cockram is interviewed by 700 Club Canada about the story behind The Gratefulness Experiment and why it's important for us as believers to grow in gratefulness.
Join the Next Gratefulness Experiment
Here's the short story: In the fall of 2022, I was on the verge of burnout. I was tired, short-fused, and had a stunning lack of compassion, even though I worked in a compassion ministry. Friends, family, and co-workers were noticing I wasn't myself. I could chalk it up to over-working or the stresses of … Continue reading Join the Next Gratefulness Experiment
3 reasons why a gratefulness practice is difficult
Gratitude is having its day in the sun as a simple yet immensely helpful lifestyle discipline. I have yet to find a study that counters its benefits for our mental, emotional, and physical well-being, but I've been curious about what the studies don't show. When I look at the attrition rate for a fairly uncomplicated … Continue reading 3 reasons why a gratefulness practice is difficult
Book Review: Can I Tell You About Gratitude?
Book Title: Can I Tell You About Gratitude?: A Helpful Introduction for EveryoneBy: Liz GullifordThis book is part of the Can I Tell You About book series for older children and adolescents (7-13 years) In my last post, 4 Things Gratefulness is Not, I talk about where we can go wrong in the practice of … Continue reading Book Review: Can I Tell You About Gratitude?
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