Point 3: Before Our God
The book Pollyanna has both irritated and intrigued me. For those of you who don’t know the story, it is an American book written about a girl named Pollyanna who delights a rather depressed village with her “glad game” where she thinks of all the blessings that come from every day [...]
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Reflections on Pastor Nick’s Sermon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Pastor Nick, thankfulness on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reflections on Pastor Nick’s Sermon: What and How
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Pastor Nick, thankfulness on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I have been thinking more about thankfulness and what struck me was how unique being thankful is. Take for example the difference between a compliment and thankfulness. At first being thankful for someone seems rather similar to giving a compliment to someone but they are really radically different.
Imagine if I were to say to [...]
Reflections on Pastor Nick’s Sermon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Pastor Nick, thankfulness on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Point 2. Thankful for Others in Christ
Being Thankful When It Is Hard
The two most difficult things to happen in life are to watch yourself fail and watch someone succeed, especially in an area that you are failing in. And yet, this is Pastor Nick’s second point – we must learn to be thankful for others [...]
Thoughts on Pastor Nick’s Sermon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Pastor Nick, thankfulness on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Point 1 in the Sermon – Paul is Mr. Thanksgiving
I have never thought about the Apostle Paul as “Mr. Thanksgiving”, somehow it kind of felt irreverant to say that, but in reality, thankfulness seems to be as much of a core to his being as being “Mr. Apostle” or ”The Artist Formerly Known as Persecutor of [...]
