Tag Archives: Thankfulness
An Ordinary Grace
Ordinary Grace is a novel that begins: “It was a summer in which death, in visitation, assumed many forms. Accident. Nature. Suicide. Murder. You might think I remember that summer as tragic and I do but not completely so. My … Continue reading
Posted in Prayers
Tagged Awful Grace, Gratitude, Ordinary, Ordinary Grace, Thankfulness, The Terrible price of Wisdom, William Kent Krueger
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Flash Floods of Tears
Annie Dillard said, “I think that the dying pray at the last not, “please,” but “thank you” as a guest thanks his host at that door.” She knew some secret about a life of gratitude at the moment of mourning; … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged Erosions, Flash Floods of Tears, Gratitude, Mercy, Pick and Shovel Prayers, Sorrow, Suffering, Thankfulness
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