EPISODE · Feb 18, 2024 · 27 MIN
Episode #217 - How do you practice gratitude when life is hard?
from Conversations Beyond the Pew with the Rev · host Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church
How do you practice gratitude when life is hard? Sunday, February 18, 2024Matthew 15:21-39 Quotes Henri Nouwen: “The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.” “Perhaps nothing helps us make the movement from our little selves to a larger world than remembering God in gratitude. Such a perspective puts God in view in all of life, not just in the moments we set aside for worship or spiritual disciplines. Not just in the moments when life seems easy.” Eckhart Tolle: “It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.” Karl Barth: “Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.”
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How do you practice gratitude when life is hard? Sunday, February 18, 2024Matthew 15:21-39 Quotes Henri Nouwen: “The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.” “Perhaps nothing helps us make the movement from our little selves to a larger world than remembering God in gratitude. Such a perspective puts God in view in all of life, not just in the moments we set aside for worship or spiritual disciplines. Not just in the moments when life seems easy.” Eckhart Tolle: “It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.” Karl Barth: “Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.”
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