The Gratitude Path
The Gratitude Path

Author: Kent Millard

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2015-08-18

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 1630883204

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The Gratitude Path is a five-session study designed for use by churches, leadership teams, and small groups. This step-by-step guide helps congregations grow in generosity by focusing on gratitude for God’s blessings. Chapters conclude with questions for personal reflection and devotion. The book includes a 12-step plan for pastors and other leaders to successfully conduct their own Gratitude Campaign in a church of any size or denomination. If you have ever cringed at the thought of the annual giving campaign, this is the book for you. With practical instruction for conducting a gratitude campaign, it will not only bring about positive stewardship but may very well shift the culture of your community to walk and live that path of gratitude. --Carolyn Scanlan-Holmes, Senior Minister, Avon Christian Church, Avon, IN This is a practical and accessible tool for developing generous givers, and an invitation into relationship with our bounteous God. --Bruce R. Ough, Bishop of the Minnesota Conference, UMC Kent Millard has helped countless other pastors and congregations conduct ‘Gratitude Campaigns’ with spectacular results. With this book his plan is now available to everyone. I hope many church leaders read and follow this pathway to improved stewardship. --Michael J. Coyner, Bishop of the Indiana Conference, UMC This wonderful resource helps us move stewardship from fundraising to an experience of God's transforming grace. --Rob Fuquay, Senior Pastor, St Lukes UMC, Indianapolis, IN The first five chapters of The Gratitude Path are spiritually energizing, personal, and thoughtfully devotional. Pastors could preach sermons based on each one of them. Chapter six is a pivotal organizational chapter for pastors and lay leaders. Here, Millard outlines his Gratitude Campaign step by step. This is a resource that we are happy to recommend to congregations. --Bill Enright, Senior Fellow, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University This book demonstrates how to develop an attitude of gratitude in each facet of the local church. Every leader in our church will read this book. --Jacob Williams, Jr., Senior Pastor, First Valparaiso UMC, Valparaiso, IN

The Way of Gratitude
The Way of Gratitude

Author: Galen Guengerich

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2020-05-26

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0525511423

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A leading minister offers an inspiring guide to living a meaningful life by embracing the power of gratitude. “Galen Guengerich’s wise and tender words about belonging, connection, and gratitudeare like keys to unlock our hearts, give us courage, and call us into the kind ofrelationships and community we are all longing for.”—Elizabeth Lesser, bestselling author of Broken Open Galen Guengerich, the charismatic, brilliant leader of one of the nation’s most prominent Unitarian Universalist congregations, All Souls in New York City, shares with readers his wisdom on how to lead a purposeful and joyful life through the practice of gratitude. When Guengerich was in his midtwenties, he left the Conservative Mennonite Church, the faith of his upbringing. The prospect of venturing out on his own was daunting, but he needed to find the way of life that was right for him. For Guengerich, transcendence is not limited to experiences of the divine; it can also be reached through gratitude’s ability to take us beyond ourselves and create connection to others and the universe. Through his personal story, poems that resonate with his spiritual message, and guided spiritual practice, including “gratitude goals,” this book helps readers discover how the way of gratitude can make them happier and healthier, and provide a new sense of belonging, not only to the universe as a whole but also to themselves.

Thanks!
Thanks!

Author: Robert A. Emmons

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780547085739

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A scientifically groundbreaking, eloquent look at how we benefit -- psychologically, physically, and interpersonally -- when we practice gratitude. In Thanks!, Robert Emmons draws on the first major study of the subject of gratitude, of “wanting what we have,” and shows that a systematic cultivation of this underexamined emotion can measurably change people’s lives."--

The Gratitude Diaries
The Gratitude Diaries

Author: Janice Kaplan

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2022-01-04

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0593184831

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In this New York Times bestseller, Janice Kaplan spends a year living gratefully and transforms her marriage, family life, work, and health. On New Year’s Eve, journalist and former Parade editor in chief Janice Kaplan makes a promise to be grateful and look on the bright side of whatever happens. She realizes that how she feels over the next year will have less to do with the events that occur than her own attitude and perspective. Getting advice at every turn from psychologists, academics, doctors, and philosophers, Kaplan brings readers on a smart and witty journey to discover the value of appreciating what you have. Relying on both amusing personal experiences and extensive research, Kaplan explores how gratitude can transform every aspect of life, including marriage and friendship, money and ambition, and health and fitness. She learns how appreciating your spouse changes the neurons of your brain and why saying thanks helps CEOs succeed. Through extensive interviews with experts, and lively conversations with real people, including celebrities like Matt Damon, Daniel Craig, and Jerry Seinfeld, Kaplan discovers the role of gratitude in everything from our sense of fulfillment to our children’s happiness. With warmth, humor, and appealing insight, Kaplan’s journey will empower readers to think positively and start living their own best year ever.

Live Your Way Fit
Live Your Way Fit

Author: Mike Dodier

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-02

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1440191719

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We are in a constant struggle of social, political and economic pressure with people trying to tell us how to look, eat, think, and feel. LIVE YOUR WAY FIT presents a guide to help you make your own conscious choice. Create your own dream and vision. That is how you get your personal power back. Be aware and choose for yourself. That is how you will have a more fulfi lling life. To become positive and develop self-esteem, every one of us should have a life plan that includes a fi tness regimen and a vision of what we want to do with our life. A fi tness plan includes an exercise routine, diet program, and life goal. Your goal might be to improve your health and fi tness, create a company, raise a wonderful child, graduate from college, or help someone get elected to public offi ce. Whatever the goal, you will have greater success if you are healthy, fi t, organized, and positive. With over thirty-fi ve years of business and fi tness experience, Mike Dodier presents an easy to follow guide that will help you to create an attitude of gratitude. He is a business executive, fi tness consultant, Tai-Chi teacher, and entrepreneur. This treasure trove of information combines business and fi tness knowledge, along with the stories of those who accomplished success under his guidance. Mike explains how he kicked his own addiction to sugar, advanced from computer engineer to sales executive, created a software company in New York City and took it public. This book will guide you to the development of mind, body, and spirit and place you on a path of improved health and self-discovery.

Note to Self
Note to Self

Author: Laurie Buchanan

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781631521133

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Transforming intention into action, Note to Self equips you to shed your baggage, bridging the gap between where you are and where you want to be--body, mind, and spirit--and empowering you to step into joy-filled living now!

The Gratitude Project
The Gratitude Project

Author: Jeremy Adam Smith

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1684034639

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In our fractured, “me-first” world, the science and practice of thankfulness could be just the antidote we need. Gratitude is powerful: not only does it feel good, it’s also been proven to increase our well-being in myriad ways. The result of a multiyear collaboration between the Greater Good Science Center and Robert Emmons of the University of California, Davis, The Gratitude Project explores gratitude’s deep roots in human psychology—how it evolved and how it affects our brain—as well as the transformative impact it has on creating a meaningful life and a better world. With essays based on new findings from this original research and written by renowned positive psychologists and public figures, this important book delves deeply into the neuroscience and psychology of gratitude, and explores how thankfulness can be developed and applied, both personally and in communities large and small, for the benefit of all. With contributions from luminaries such as Sonja Lyubomirsky, W. Kamau Bell, Arianna Huffington, and many more, this edited volume offers more than just platitudes—it offers a blueprint for a new and better world.

Everyday Gratitude
Everyday Gratitude

Author: A Network for Grateful Living

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2018-04-03

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1635860466

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A Network for Grateful Living curates this collection of quotes and reflections aiming to help you discover that the roots of happiness lie in gratefulness. Inspiration from well-known minds such as Maya Angelou, Confucius, and Anne Frank is combined with original reflections and practices that will help you recognize the abundance of everyday opportunities for gratitude and joy. Hand-lettered art makes this beautifully designed collection a gift to treasure, regardless of whether you keep it for yourself or give it to a loved one.

Living a Life of Gratitude
Living a Life of Gratitude

Author: Sara Wiseman

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0738737534

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Sharing uplifting stories that travel from the beginnings of life to the end, Living a Life of Gratitude shows you how to open your heart to a journey of reflection that will help you slow down and appreciate life for what it is. Whether you use it as a source for discovering inspiration or for strength in times of struggle, this book is a guide to finding light and love, even when you least expect it. --Publisher's description.

The Gratitude Book Project
The Gratitude Book Project

Author: Donna Kozik

Publisher:

Published: 2013-12

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780615924861

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Celebrating 365 Days of Gratitude is brimming over with appreciation and inside you will find evidence that the power of gratitude can be a life-changing force. These stories are about more than the polite "thank you" we so casually exchange every day. They're testimonials to the people and things we so often take for granted. Need a pick-me-up? How about a gratitude adjustment? Look inside-you'll be grateful you did. Be warned: Cultivating and expressing gratitude puts you in the driver's seat of your life.