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
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.
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
Grateful in and for Community
An attribute of gratefulness is that it can't be practiced alone, not to its full extent. By its nature, it is a reciprocal activity. There is (a) an acknowledgment that we've received something outside of ourselves, and (b) a fulfillment of gratefulness by its outward expression to whom we are grateful. Here's an example. As … Continue reading Grateful in and for Community
Thankfulness or Blessing, Which Comes First?
The post reflects on finding gratitude in everyday moments, even amidst a challenging day in a bustling city. A chance encounter with a kind young girl highlights the transformative power of thankfulness, inspiring a shift in perspective and recognizing the abundance of goodness around us.
Known For Their Gratefulness
There are saints known for their gratefulness. In scripture, you'll see that Daniel had a habit of giving thanks to God three times a day (Daniel 6:10) and the Apostle Paul's epistles are full of instructions to give thanks and include thank you letters to other believers right within them. I think of Christian leaders … Continue reading Known For Their Gratefulness
Starting your day with gratefulness is an act of faith
True gratefulness is courage to give thanks for a gift before unwrapping it.–Br. David Steindl-Rast Starting your day with gratefulness is an act of faith. We are more inclined to start the day arming ourselves for what we anticipate is to come. For some of us, that's a sigh and resignation (especially on a bleak, … Continue reading Starting your day with gratefulness is an act of faith
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