Thankfulness is one of many virtues we find hard to cultivate. We are “curved inward” thanks to sin, and our desires are disordered. We find it easier to complain about life and how difficult our situation is. When someone points out how others have it worse, we bristle like an animal caught in a trap….
The General Thanksgiving: A Rookie Anglican Guide
The General Thanksgiving is an extended prayer of thanks to God and one of the riches of our Anglican tradition.
A Family Liturgy of Thanksgiving
I found them in her dining room tucked into a lowboy drawer: a sandwich sized Ziploc bag of corn kernels. I looked around at the china hutch still full, her table shrunk small. She had passed away just a week before. She was red-haired spunky but always full of welcome. We had driven to Akron…
Is Fundraising Really That Hard? #GivingTuesday
In 2012, in response to the so-called consumer holidays “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday,” New York’s 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation partnered to create Giving Tuesday. This November 28, organizations, influencers, and individuals will reach out across their platforms to encourage people to give generously to worthy causes. As I wrote in Giving…
In Praise of All Medical Workers
I am laying in a hospital bed for my first full day of recovery from back surgery. I woke up in recovery-room yesterday to sounds of nurses, technicians, doctors, and assistants giving me the best medical care I could have hoped for. I first thanked God for even waking up. The medical release forms you have to sign the…
Thanksgiving Prayers (Not Just for Thanksgiving Day!)
Thanksgiving is one of the most important kinds of prayer. It’s natural to make petitions, asking God to give us something we lack. But in thanksgiving we thank God for the things we have, acknowledging him as the source of all our blessings. Here we share a number of wonderful Thanksgiving prayers from the Anglican…
