Tag Archives: Thanksgiving
Why I’m Grateful for Dependence
Posted on 21. Nov, 2012 by Lutheran World Relief.
by Daniel Lee, LWR’s Vice President for External Relations “What I fear most is despair for the world and us: forever less of beauty, silence, open air, gratitude, unbidden happiness, affection, unegotistical desire.” – Wendell Berry, Given: Poems, Sabbath 1998, IX Is “dependence” a dirty word? I’ve met quite a few people who seem to [...]
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Why I’m Grateful for My Vocation
Posted on 20. Nov, 2012 by Lutheran World Relief.
by Oumou Dicko, LWR’s President’s Office Assistant “The place God calls you to is where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” – Frederick Buechner I always have been the kind of person who is unusually disturbed by the suffering of the others. I, myself, have passed through much physical and emotional suffering, [...]
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Why I’m Grateful for God’s Guidance in my Work
Posted on 19. Nov, 2012 by Lutheran World Relief.
by Roderick Valones, LWR’s Program Manager in the Philippines “God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in [...]
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Why I’m Grateful for the Community of Faith
Posted on 16. Nov, 2012 by Melanie Gibbons.
If you’re anything like me, there are times when you look up and realize you haven’t thanked God in a while (usually when things seem to be going either really well, or really poorly, in my case). That’s one reason I love the LWR value of gratitude — what a great reminder! In the face [...]
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Why I’m Grateful for a Great Team
Posted on 15. Nov, 2012 by Emily Sollie.
I remember as a kid, overhearing my dad, a small business owner, quoting the oft-repeated maxim that the key to management was to “hire smart people, then get out of their way.” At the time, I didn’t really understand what that meant, but by the time years later when I reached a point in my [...]
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Why I’m Grateful for Community
Posted on 14. Nov, 2012 by Chandler Carriker.
I had the joy of attending my brother’s wedding just a few weeks back. Surrounded by family, old friends and communities that have all played an important part in my life and my faith journey reminded me of the importance of gratitude as a practice of Christian discipleship. Gratitude for the ways that God has [...]
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Why I’m Grateful for Those who Support our Work
Posted on 13. Nov, 2012 by Lutheran World Relief.
by Heather McGinness, LWR’s Associate Director for Philanthropic Engagement The words “thank you” often seem woefully inadequate to express the powerful — even overwhelming — feeling of gratitude. I have the blessing of being part of Lutheran World Relief’s Philanthropic Engagement team. I am humbled and inspired on a daily basis, both by the life-changing [...]
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