One Thousand Gifts

'How,' bestselling author Ann Voskamp wondered, 'do we find joy in the midst of deadlines, debt, drama, and daily duties?' When your days are filled with the mundane, disappointment, or even darkness, how can you break the bondage of self-hatred and fear that has white-knuckle control on your life and instead embrace the everyday blessings that will immerse you in Christ's fullness? How can you live your life with a heart overflowing with delight? In this six-session, video-based study, Ann encourages participants take on the life-changing discipline of journaling God's gifts---to really look at life and find the good in it. It's only in this expressing of gratitude for the life we already have, we discover the life we've always wanted ... a life we can take, give thanks for, and break for others. We come to feel and know the impossible right down in our bones: we are wildly loved --- by God. Embark on this personal, honest and fresh exploration of what it means to be deeply fulfilled, wholly happy, and finally fully alive. Participants in this this study can use this Participant's Guide to further explore the topics discussed in the One Thousand Gifts video.

Ann Voskamp is a farmer's wife, the home-educating mama to a half-dozen exuberant kids, and the author of the New York Times bestseller One Thousand Gifts. A columnist with DaySpring, a contributing editor to Laity Lodge's The High Calling, and a writer of articles featured in World Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Christianity Today, Ann partners with Compassion International as a global advocate for needy children. Ann can be found writing about messy grace and a magnificent God at her daily online journal: www.aholyexperience.com.