Are you afraid of your imagination? Do you imagine you’ll get yourself into trouble if you dream too much? The church and imagination The Church has historically discouraged imagination out of a fear that we will violate the second commandment, “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven […]

You’ve heard the phrase, “Fake it ‘til you make it.” Does that apply to gratitude? Does that feel inauthentic to you? Maybe even like you’re lying? Raised as a Christian, I was taught to never lie. So to suggest that I fake gratitude feels counter to my moral fabric.  But researchers suggest that faking it […]

Did you grow up singing the Doxology every Sunday in church? Did it help you be thoughtful and thankful in your worship? In many liturgical churches, the Doxology is sung immediately prior to the offertory. In essence, we remind ourselves to “Praise God, from whom all blessings flow” before we return our gifts to him. […]