Gratitude - Print

Gratitude: Why Giving Thanks Is the Key to Our Well-Being

By Cornelius (Neal) Plantinga

Hard cover, 176pp
ISBN 9781587436222
Brazos Press (2024)

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What is gratitude? Where does it come from? Why do we need it? How does it change us?

Award-winning author Plantinga explores these questions and more. Celebrating the role of gratitude in our lives, Plantinga makes the case that it is the very key to understanding our relationships with one another, the world around us, and God.

Going deeper than mindfulness and positive psychology, Plantinga explores gratitude in a theologically informed and pastorally sensitive way. He shows that being grateful to God is not only our righteous duty but also the single best predictor of our well-being. Gratitude makes us more faithful, joyful, generous, healthy, and content.

“While reading this book I found myself mentally preparing the sermon series that I will no doubt be preaching on its account. It is a treasure, and all people – pastors and parishioners, people of faith and people not of faith – would be well advised to read it. Trust me, you’ll be grateful that you did.”
Austin Carty, pastor and author of The Pastor’s Bookshelf: Why Reading Matters for Ministry