Giving what gift pleases you most?
Results for "Gratitude First"
Costly Grace for the Rest of Us
What cross are you called to bear?
My Loneliest Birthday Became a Blessed Christmas Eve
Why I pray for the lonely today.
Receive the Gift Like Beasts and Children
Let the children and animals teach you this Christmas.
Thanksgiving Every Day
How will you celebrate Thanksgiving today?
Lord, Have Mercy
A common but powerful healing prayer…
Hope after the Debates
Do presidential debates sap your hope? Let’s go where it’s raining hope.
Re-membering
How does mourning find its way to gratitude? Take a clue from Psalm 22, Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, or your ongoing life story.
Suffering for Love
Do you think you are too privileged to accept Jesus’ blessing of the persecuted? Think again.
A Grateful Contemplative
Read about the practice that matters to me most and how it brings me joy.
Top Posts for 2014
In July 2014, I started the Beatitudes Blog to encourage people in emotional pain. Every brief post sheds light on the Beatitudes and invites readers to let the blessings flourish amid their suffering. Whether you have been following all along or...
Share the longing
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness’ sake, for they will be filled (Matthew 5:6). A subscriber to this blog, Patty Hunter, recently introduced me to Emanuel Woods. When he and her son wrestled for Rome High School, she met the looming...