Thanksgiving

22 Nov 2025

  “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”                                                    ...

26 Nov 2024

So, there was an election recently. You might have heard about it. And here we are, careening to the holidays, almost to the Thanksgiving table. For some of us, this presents a challenge: We expect to count our blessings over a...

19 Nov 2023

I’ve seen this verse used quite a bit this time of year as one of the standard Thanksgiving verses. But what does it mean to offer a “sacrifice of praise?” This is unfamiliar terminology in today’s vernacular. ...

14 Aug 2023

I’ve pondered the power of praise and noted the various ways it benefits and fills me. Here are a few of them…...

20 Nov 2018

"The one who offers thanksgiving as His sacrifice glorifies me." Psalm 50:23b ESV   November has not been kind to California. We lament as stories of suffering and death and horror continue to assault us. Have mercy, Lord. Have mercy! As we roll into...

26 Nov 2017

The Practice of Gratitude: Part 8 Psalm 27:13-14 New King James Version (NKJV) 13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. 14 Wait on the Lord; Be of good...