Last week we practiced being heralds of good words. This week, we continue growing living out Advent with another simple, daily action. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/04/simply-daily-advent/

This is part 1 of the Making Advent Simple series. I have been searching for a way to make advent a simple, daily practice that will cultivate new habits of thoughtfulness and encouragement for myself that will spread like a light to all around me. If you are looking for some simple but powerful ways you can brighten your corner of the world, I hope you’ll join me. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/11/27/practically-simply-daily-advent/

As we break bread together let us do so with thanksgiving and joy. Hear the hymn selected on my blog. Share you favorite Thanksgiving traditions. Hear about the advent “challenge“ in this episode. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/11/21/the-call-to-thankful-people/

Our influence ripples out from us, touching the lives of everyone we have contact with us. Shine the light of hope by cultivating a heart of gratitude. This episode is also available as a blog post where you can hear a selection of the hymn of the week, “God of Our Father’s”: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/11/14/grateful-to-affect-my-small-sphere/

Today we go back in time to ‘There is Blessing’ first published August 28, 2015. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/why-there-is-blessing/

In honor of Armistice Day, now known as Remembrance or Veteran’s Day, I share one of my favorite poems, ‘In Flanders Fields.’ This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/11/11/no-greater-love/

“What makes something a blessing?” Even the storms of life wash pearls to the shore. Let’s count our blessings together. This episode is also available as a blog post where you can find links and video mentioned: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/11/05/count-your-blessings/ I’m so glad you visited today!

In this episode we go back in time to consider smelling. We take our noses for granted. This unique appendage and its function impact our lives everyday. This episode, first published August 26, 2015, is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2015/08/26/ol-faction/

No one knows when their last day is. It is good for us to live everyday to the fullest, while keeping our end in mind. In this episode we consider one man’s last October 31st. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/10/30/one-mans-last-october-31st/

Sometimes we just need a reminder that we don’t have to face the storms alone. This episode was first published on my blog August 23, 2015. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/new-again/