I’m thankful for…

• A fuller house than usual with the arrival of my parents from Michigan
• Sixteen years of marriage to a wonderful woman
• A brilliant and bubbly little girl who still lets me read her bedtime stories
• Friends and acquaintances who know more than I do (and answer my pestering emails)
• Zicam
• The Blind Boys of Alabama
• Google Books
• A church that doesn’t demand (moral or doctrinal) perfection of its members
• Oreos
• Students who tell me they’ve signed up for my class next semester
• Joseph Marie Jacquard
• The Didache
• Blue skies
• The First Amendment
• The Christian witness of Archbishop Malkhaz Songulashvili
• Turning, falling, and fallen leaves
• Velcro
• Ricks Institute in Liberia
• The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit

What are you thankful for?