The Need for Thanksgiving

Stuart Jeffries, in The Guardian, explores the reason why too much choice is stressing us out. We all know the debilitating feeling one can get when you ...

Learning Gratitude the Hard Way

Imagine you are in a small underground chamber, no bigger than a prison cell. The door is locked and the lights are switched out. It is not just dark; ...

Employers Are 'Thankers' or "Thank-Nots'

As part of National Thank-You Week, research revealed that British businesses were split between "thankers" and "thank-nots." The ...

Gratitude Is the Natural Response of a Rescue

Imagine you fall off the side of an ocean liner and, not knowing how to swim, begin to drown. Someone on the deck spots you, flailing in the water and ...

Survey Says Children Don't Know Source of Food

A poll taken by the British Nutrition Foundation questioned 27,500 children and youth aged five to sixteen about the origins of food. According to a summary ...

Japanese Writer Wowed By What We Take for Granted

In 1900 a Japanese writer named Natsume Soseki visited England for the first time. While he was there he was surprised to discover that few of the locals ...

Denzel Washington to Grads: 'Put God First'

In a 2015 commencement speech at Dillard University, Denzell Washington urged graduates to put God first and thank him constantly:

Put God first in everything ...

Couple Gets More Thanks at Hospital than Church

Gordon MacDonald tells a story about a husband and wife team who are three-day-a-week volunteers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The wife ...

Research Shows Gratitude Reduces Impatience

You've probably heard the humorous prayer of the impatient person: "Lord, please give me patience—right now!" Most of us struggle ...

The 'Right Instructions'—Giving Thanks

Wendell Berry's novel Hannah Coulter focuses on the life of a simple but wise Kentucky farm mother. She and her husband Nathan have been talking about ...