Editor’s Note: As we say thank you to Rev. Gantt as he concludes his volunteer service on the United Church Homes’ Blog Team for the past five years, we felt like this was a good time to be reminded of the importance of gratitude--especially in the midst of uncertainty and chaos. Rev. Gantt wrote this first blog for the November 13, 2020 blog—in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read it now and sing EXUBERANTLY, “Thanks be to God!”
I recently heard someone celebrating the millions of times people have used the designation of #blessing or #blessed on social media. The conclusion they were making is..
Every home should have a “Harvest Room”: A sanctuary of lives lived and love shared: a hallowed space where God resides and time flows freely and memories are made of..
My all-time favorite Christmas hymn is “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” and the poem by Phillips Brooks. I stood in awe and delight when I spotted his statue in Copley..
When I was growing up, my mom always made a fuss over my dad when he came home from work on a pay day. My dad was very proud to be working full time and was vigorous..
Some of my fondest childhood memories are of my grandmother and my mother, sitting at the piano, playing and singing their favorite hymns. For my grandmother it was “How..
O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.
The most profound blessings we will ever know meet us in the place of our deepest loss and inspire us to choose to live again. Jan Richardson, Circle of Grace: A Book of..
I spent some time with my sister, our mom, and her two cousins recently. We went to visit the town that was home to multiple generations of my mothers’ extended family...
The Root of the Matter Gardening is not my forte. I have the flower beds to prove it. Only one in ten of the 42 plants, roots, and bulbs I put in the ground this spring..
