Category Archives: Be Thankful Thursdays

Be Thankful Thursdays – Blagojevich Is Not Business as Usual

Thursday’s posts are about things that help us keep perspective in life. OK, there’s corruption in government — I think most of us pretty much assume that. But I read a fair amount of international news, and it could be much, much worse. As jaded as we might get sometimes about political lobbying and other…

Be Thankful Thursday – We Usually Get Second Chances

Thursday’s posts are about things that help us keep perspective in life. Last weekend I went to a volunteer orientation session for the Seattle Union Gospel Mission.  A lady who works there now gave some pretty moving testimony about how she spent ten years on the streets, addicted to drugs and committing crimes to support her…

Be Thankful Thursday – The Life of a Child Quarry Worker

The posts I’m doing on Thursdays are about things that help us keep perspective in life and appreciate what we have. Earlier this year I read an article in the New York Times that really stayed with me.  It was about child labor in sub-Saharan Africa, and they focused on a nine year old called Alone who…