gratitude

Thankfulness in 2020 – part four

This blog post is part of a four-part series where our team shares how they're finding gratitude in 2020. If you'd like to read parts one, two or three click the corresponding links. Addison The pages of my 2020 planner were all filled in until about mid-March; now…

Thankfulness in 2020 – part three

This blog post is part of a four-part series where our team shares how they're finding gratitude in 2020. If you'd like to read parts one or two click the corresponding links. Christina What 2020 has taught me is the importance of relationships. Minus my parents, my family…

Thankfulness in 2020 – part two

This blog post is part of a four-part series where our team shares how they're finding gratitude in 2020. If you'd like to read part one, you can do so here.  Taylor In September, my pastor gave a sermon about our perception of time, and one thing that…

Thankfulness in 2020 – part one

In a year when we have lost so much (from the irreplaceable to the inconvenient and everything in between), writing a seasonal post about thankfulness seems, at first thought, like an arduous affair at its worst and an irksome one at its least.  But after more reflection, it’s…

Stop. Give thanks, 2020 edition.

If you reflect on every holiday season you’ve had in your life, some memories are sweeter than others. Our lives oscillate between times of feast and famine, and the holiday season has a way of exacerbating the overall sentiment of the year.  Last year around this same time,…

Stop. Give thanks, 2019 edition.

This blog post was originally written by Lauren Hannford in 2013. In honor of Thanksgiving 2019, Taylor Jolley gave it new wings (RIP, turkey friends).  When asked to write a blog about thankfulness six years ago, Lauren poetically laid out a case for the beauty of Thanksgiving and…