Tag: thankfulness

  • Gratitude on a Sliding Scale

    Gratitude on a Sliding Scale

    You may have noticed I’ve been posting every day this week, leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. Well, despite the name of my site, I’ve rediscovered sharing daily is no easy task! Hat’s off to my excellent blogger friends out there who regularly do this. Kind reader, I’m fresh out of…

  • Paying it Forward with Pancakes

    Paying it Forward with Pancakes

    It was the winter of 1991, and everything I owned was packed into my little car for the drive to Fort Worth, Texas. My seminary tuition was covered and I had a place to live, but that was it. I soon found a part time job that paid $425 per month. However, my car payment…

  • Too Many Coats

    Too Many Coats

    When the weather starts to turn cold it happens –the students at my elementary school start losing their coats and hoodies. Most of the time it’s innocent enough; kids get too hot on the playground, or in the gym, and the coats come off. Sometimes they remember to pick them up. Sometimes they don’t. The…