Geoffrey W. Sutton PhD, Psychology and Culture

12 Facts About Grateful People The American Holiday of Thanksgiving is a good time to focus on gratitude. Gratitude is a common human emotion and a virtue among adherents of many religions. Christians are encouraged to count their blessings and offer thanks each day. In psychology, gratitude is a positive emotion expressed toward those who have given some gift or benefit. In the case of religious people, the gift can come from God. It’s no surprise that there is a positive correlation between religiosity or spirituality and gratitude. The Grateful Living 12 --What’s true about grateful people— compared to those who are low on gratefulness? 1.  Higher positive feelings 2.  Higher life satisfaction 3.  More vitality 4.  More optimism 5.  More generous 6.  More helpful 7.  More likely to attend religious services 8.  More likely to practice their faith 9.  Less interested in material goods 10. Less ...

Millennials are this and that and want this and that. And they are so different from generation xyz. I was 19 when Neil Postman delivered a talk about BS and the art of Crap-Detection to the National Convention for the Teachers of English (NCTE). Postman credited Ernest Hemingway for that wonderful concept, the  crap  detector . So why am I writing about crap?   Well, I have seen several online comments referencing posts by Rachel Held Evans  in the last couple of weeks ( July 27 , August 2 ). She writes about culture and religion from the perspective of a progressive millennial. No wonder she got push-back from conservative Christians (e.g., Trevin Wax ). And support from Progressive Christians (e.g., Christopher Smith ). She appears quite popular. After all, who doesn't care about religion, faith, justice, morality, sexual orientation, and other life-affecting topics? Perception . I like that Rachel refers to research and included links...