A Thanksgiving Reflection

This blog is about Thanksgiving. No, not about the history of the American holiday which is complicated and fraught. It is just about the importance and value of stopping and giving thanks and some of the obstacles in our way. For example, we live in a culture where...

A Reflection On My Time With BFJN

This past year interning for BFJN has been the most unexpected blessing. My start at BFJN was rather accidental. I had attended an event at Gordon College last spring that Elizabeth was speaking at. I went to hear about her experience as a lawyer and left with an...

Grateful Living

Thomas Merton (1915-1968), a Christian theologian who wrote in the twentieth century stated, “Gratitude is the heart of the solitary life, as it is the heart of the Christian life”. He taught that we as Christians can change the climates of our mind and shape it into...