I love this season of Thanks & Giving! Giving and gratitude go hand in hand. Each builds the other, leads to the other, circling upward into a wonderful whirlwind of lifting. It is not by accident that the lifting draws us closer to God. We can truly make the holidays holy days as we shift our […]
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Grateful Hearts, Giving Hands take two
As you know Autumn (don’t call it fall!) is my favorite season of the year. I love the bountiful harvest, the colors changing, the gathering of family together, the spicy smells, etc. But this quote got me thinking. What if we, like nature, also made this time of year a time of sowing, of scattering […]
I Don’t Know What to Say
Today’s guest post comes from Dana who originally wrote this post earlier this year. It is a touching read about the service rendered to her family at the sudden death of her son-in-law. My response to death has been forever changed. It isn’t that I haven’t done appropriate things in the past, but now I […]
To Infinity and Beyond! by Jane Payne
I think we learned about infinity in the third grade. It felt so Newton- or Einstein-like to use the word that could not be counted. Infinity held such power and from then on many childhood conversations were trumped with it; “I hate spinach infinity,” “I love arithmetic infinity.” However, when “powers” were introduced in seventh grade, infinity nearly […]
How Can I Keep From Singing?
At church today we sang one of my favorite hymns, How Great Thou Art. What a glorious list of blessings from the Lord is contained in that hymn! Music is so intertwined in our lives. I am certain one reason is because when we are filled with gratitude to God we cannot be kept from […]
Living Eucharisteo
For a little over a year I have been on a personal journey. I’ve realized this is the only real goal I want to carry forward in my life. Not because I don’t want to accomplish other things or better myself but because this one thing has the power and capacity to be the catalyst […]
The Gift of a Grateful Heart
This is a post I wrote for Latter-day Homeschooling earlier this month. I am reposting it here. You will notice some repetition from earlier posts I have written but that’s okay! Some things are worth repeating. ☺Interspersed in the post are photos of some of my blessings from this past week. (via pinterest) Have you […]
Counting More Blessings
I know you have been in undated with posts this week. It’ll be the same next week too! That’s what happens when I have two different series – Grateful Hearts, Giving Hands, and 10 Days of Creative Writing – going on at once. Who’s responsible for double booking that anyway? I just want to highlight […]