Latest Research on Happiness

More than 60 scientists have been given millions of dollars in funding to help humanity find happiness. A popular movement among psychologists called ...

Wife Taken for Granted Too Long

A man accompanied his friend home for dinner and was impressed by the way he entered his house, asked his wife how her day went, and told her she looked ...

Very Short Gripe Session

A party of pioneers on the Oregon Trail suffered for weeks from a scarcity of water and grass for their animals. Most of the wagons had broken down, causing ...

A Marine's Astonishing Thankfulness

Retired U.S. Marine Corps General Charles Krulak tells of the time when he as a nonbeliever was first confronted with the testimony of a person committed ...

Good Manners and Gratitude

I don't think I'll ever forget an incident a few years ago while I was helping a friend plant a tree at the local park. She had planted 23 trees ...

Don't Waste the Pain

Author and speaker Jill Briscoe writes:

I was grateful and excited. My daughter, Judy, agreed to accompany me to Australia where I was to speak at a conference. ...

Gratitude Is Enriching

Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it.

There's Always Enough Left

Many years ago, I went to hear Doctor Martin Luther King, Sr. King said his mother had told him to always thank God for what was left. And that was something ...

We Give Thanks--But to Whom?

It must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular. Christians in public institutions often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving ...

Reasons to Worship God

Let me recite some lines from some ancient prayers from the black church. We have some people in every tradition who pray pretty much the same prayer ...