Thanksgiving is a perspective. Not a set of circumstances. This year at SureHope we have focused on the spiritual and psychological benefits of lamenting. The amazing aspect about lamenting is when we practice lamenting, we are never far from expressing thanksgiving. A big piece of lamenting ...
Avoiding Gratitude Clichés
The fall season comes with its many clichés on its own, does it not? Pumpkin spice everything, sweater weather, and if you live in the south, kids dressed up for pumpkin patch photos in cold weather outfits when we still have highs in the 80s in October. Don’t get me wrong, I love all of these ...
Grow in Gratitude
Grow in Gratitude Thanksgiving time is here. Perhaps you are struggling to find something to be grateful for this year. It would be easy to write 2020 off as a loss, and not find anything redeemable about it. Below is an exercise taken from the book Less Fret More Faith by Max Lucado. He ...
GRACE AND GRATITUDE
GRACE AND GRATITUDE I have the honor of sitting with people who have suffered much harm and trauma. The work is hard and the path to healing and hope is not linear and usually quite messy. The people I see are in various places and stages with all manner of hard things. Holding space for ...
