Autumn & Thanksgiving Archives

I’m grateful not only for good things but for blessings in disguise. In everything, for everything, good or bad, my prayer today brings an attitude...

Here are six tips for having good conversations around the Thanksgiving dinner table despite different worldviews.

Can you sing in the middle of your pain? If you cannot—if everything has to be perfect before you can give thanks—let me tell you about a sweet...

Wondering if your prayers of thanksgiving are from a heart of faith? Here are 3 dos and don'ts of thankfulness.

Christmas preparations can overshadow Thanksgiving. Soon Thanksgiving turns into a day to relax and watch football. Or it’s a time to plan...

When we know loss or pain or unfulfilled hopes, thanksgiving feels impossible. There are seasons where thankfulness seems effortless and other...

God is good all the time. The Bible says so. God cannot be good one moment and not the next. He cannot be good in one situation and not another.

Every single one of us has something to be grateful for, no matter how grim things look in our individual lives.

While Thanksgiving Day is special, for the Christian it is only a starting point. Thanksliving is so much grander.

King David, who wrote many of the Psalms, understood the ebb and flow of life seasons.

Although we feel our own positivity might not make a difference, one small act of kindness can spark a change more significant than we could ever...

The table is set. Everything looks perfect, the aroma coming from the kitchen permeating the house. Ah, there’s nothing like the holidays. But...

Thomazeau is one of the poorest regions in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. And yet, as I approach Thanksgiving each year, I ponder...

A look into various biblical celebrations of thanks reminds us of many reasons to be thankful.

I love Norman Rockwell paintings as much as the next red-blooded American, but there are years when gathering around a fancy table just doesn’t...