Dan Dick, well respected colleague, formerly of our United Methodist General Board of Discipleship, in Disciplines 2022 (published by The Upper Room), page 372, wrote the following paragraphs while commenting on Isaiah 12:1-2. As usual here, the highlights are mine —- My third-grade Sunday School teacher was a dedicated but scary woman named Miss Hack.…

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Come as you are See what you become That’s part of an ad for St. Louis Community College. Sounds to me like an invitation to the good news of the Gospel that you could also use to bring someone with you to church. Come as you are See what you become How about you?

Wrapping this up, again all still from the Harvard School of Medicine — PREVIOUSLY Write a thank-you note. You can make yourself happier and nurture your relationship with another person by writing a thank-you letter or email expressing your enjoyment and appreciation of that person’s impact on your life. Send it, or better yet, deliver and read it…

No, we’re not finished. And yes, these still come directly from the Harvard School of Medicine — PREVIOUSLY Write a thank-you note. You can make yourself happier and nurture your relationship with another person by writing a thank-you letter or email expressing your enjoyment and appreciation of that person’s impact on your life. Send it, or better yet,…

Picking up where we left off last week in the Health Letter from the Harvard School of Medicine — PREVIOUSLY Write a thank-you note. You can make yourself happier and nurture your relationship with another person by writing a thank-you letter or email expressing your enjoyment and appreciation of that person’s impact on your life. Send it, or…

Here are some ways to cultivate gratitude on a regular basis, again directly from The Harvard School of Medicine — PREVIOUSLY IN THIS SERIES Write a thank-you note. You can make yourself happier and nurture your relationship with another person by writing a thank-you letter or email expressing your enjoyment and appreciation of that person’s impact on your…

Same source, ways to cultivate gratitude on a regular basis. FROM YESTERDAY:Write a thank-you note. You can make yourself happier and nurture your relationship with another person by writing a thank-you letter or email expressing your enjoyment and appreciation of that person’s impact on your life. Send it, or better yet, deliver and read it in person if…

Here’s one way to cultivate gratitude on a regular basis, again straight from The Harvard School of Medicine — Write a thank-you note.  You can make yourself happier and nurture your relationship with another person by writing a thank-you letter or email expressing your enjoyment and appreciation of that person’s impact on your life. Send it, or…

I’m lifting several things straight from The Health Letter that comes from The Harvard School of Medicine. Let’s jump in with both feet — Gratitude is a way for people to appreciate what they have instead of always reaching for something new in the hopes it will make them happier or thinking they can’t feel…