Habitual Gratitude, with B.T. Harman

The Evolving Faith Podcast

Sarah Bessey

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 939 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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B.T. opens by acknowledging all of the understandable reasons we have to be angry—racism, homophobia, misogyny, the damage caused by nonaffirming Christians, and so much pain all around us. But B.T. realized that there came a time where his anger turned into what he calls “doom rehearsal,” which is the habitual consumption of presumed despair based on the assumption that everything is only getting worse and love won’t win in the end. To combat the toil that doom rehearsal was taking on himself and his art, B.T. decided to reinvest his emotional energy with the discipline of habitual gratitude. He reminds listeners that the call for gratitude is pervasive in Scripture and is correlated with greater happiness, improved health, and better relationships, and it is an antidote to materialism and negative emotions. After sharing some of his own practices of gratitude, B.T. concludes with this encouragement: “As you work through your pain, leave some room for gratitude.” Following B.T.’s talk, Jeff and Sarah discuss healthy and unhealthy forms of gratitude practice and what they are grateful for in their own lives.

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0:55.0	As you work through your pain, leave some room for gratitude. And when the bleeding stops and the wounds turn into scars,
1:00.0	I would ask you to attempt to embrace the full power of gratitude, knowing that the God of heaven and the
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1:35.0	as folks may have guessed from the title,
1:37.0	we are talking a wee bit about gratitude today.
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1:42.0	I know we'll be getting into a deeper conversation
1:43.8	about this in a few minutes, but right now Jeff, I'm feeling pretty grateful for actual
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