The words of the hymn “For All That Is Our Life” remind us that “all life is a gift which we are called to use.” Many of us are especially focused on gratitude during the month of November, some of us practicing by acknowledging one gratitude per day. This hymn wants us to do more than just be grateful for life’s gifts. We are called to use the gifts to, in the words of the hymn, “build the common good and make our own days glad.”
Reverend Lora Brandis is a Unitarian Universalist community minister who provides preaching to mostly local congregations and serves as an on-call hospital chaplain. She is also a certified spiritual director. Two days a week she and her husband Frank take care of twin grandchildren Rose and James. Lora previously served congregations in Utah, Idaho, California, and Texas.

Topics: Gratitude, Guidance, Transformation