Welcome to the first season of Good News and Gratitude, a podcast from the United Thank Offering. Our host, Erin Jean, introduces herself and invites listeners to start thinking about what gratitude means to them. In this episode, Erin sets the stage for the rest of the season filled with mindful messages and a few good laughs. 

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Don’t forget to grab Kate Bowler’s book, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved. 

The Rev. Erin Jean Warde (she/her) is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director, recovery coach, and writer. She is the author of Sober Spirituality: The Joy of a Mindful Relationship with Alcohol. She offers a course, Discerning Sobriety, which helps participants bring spiritual practices and mindfulness into their relationship with alcohol. Check out her offerings around coaching, spiritual direction, and more at http://www.erinjeanwarde.com. You can explore her Substack, Gather the Inklings, which includes weekly posts and a community. In her free time you can find her watching comedy, thrift or vintage shopping, making new friends, and hanging out with her cats in Nashville.