2026 season

The Calendar

Getting StartedImprovementImportantImpairmentThanksgivingLeft OversThe PivotGenerosityHopePeaceJoyLove
By chapter

The season, one chapter at a time.

Every block in order, with its dates and days. Use it to look back at a theme, pick up where you left off, or see what's coming.

Getting ready

Getting Started

Read the first three chapters, then set up.
Nov 5 – Nov 8
  1. ThuNov 5PrefaceChapter 1 of 4 · Thankful Thursday #1You can't force fruit; you can only feed the root.→
  2. FriNov 6PremiseChapter 2 of 4Grace comes in, gratitude sees it, and graciousness passes it on.→
  3. SatNov 7PreludeChapter 3 of 4Every "Merry Christmas" names the birth of a king.→
  4. SunNov 8PrepareChapter 4 of 4Don't let the holidays happen to you. Design them.→
Practice

Improvement

Who made my life better?
Nov 9 – Nov 15
  1. MonNov 9Day 1 · Receive ItCoreThe good in your life didn't make itself.→
  2. TueNov 10Day 2 · Receive ItCommunityA job done with care deserves a thank-you.→
  3. WedNov 11Day 3 · Receive ItCosmosSome of the best things in life arrive on their own.→
  4. ThuNov 12Day 4 · Celebrate ItThankful Thursday #2Gratitude grows when you say it out loud.→
  5. FriNov 13Day 5 · Give ItCoreA thank-you that stays in your head hasn't done its job yet.→
  6. SatNov 14Day 6 · Give ItCommunityThe people who expect thanks least often need it most.→
  7. SunNov 15Day 7 · Give ItCosmosWrite the thank-you even when there's no one to send it to.→
Practice

Important

Who made me feel valued?
Nov 16 – Nov 22
  1. MonNov 16Day 1 · Receive ItCoreWhat someone gives up for you shows what you mean to them.→
  2. TueNov 17Day 2 · Receive ItCommunityAnyone who showed up for you gave something up to be there.→
  3. WedNov 18Day 3 · Receive ItCosmosEach morning is a gift you didn't earn.→
  4. ThuNov 19Day 4 · Celebrate ItThankful Thursday #3Every gift cost someone something.→
  5. FriNov 20Day 5 · Give ItCoreThe best thank-yous name what the gift cost.→
  6. SatNov 21Day 6 · Give ItCommunitySome of the costliest help is the quietest.→
  7. SunNov 22Day 7 · Give ItCosmosA free gift still deserves a thank-you.→
Protect and Plan

Impairment

What blocks my view of what I've been given?
Nov 23 – Nov 25
  1. MonNov 23Day 1 · Protect & PlanExpectationsExpectations can close the door on gratitude.→
  2. TueNov 24Day 2 · Protect & PlanInvisibleThe gifts we notice least are often the ones holding everything up.→
  3. WedNov 25Day 3 · Protect & PlanCapacityHurry is where worry usually comes from.→
Celebrate

Thanksgiving

The first harvest.
Thu, Nov 26
  1. ThuNov 26Day 4 · Celebrate ItThankful Thursday #4 · The first harvestWe have received enough. Now we are ready to give.→
Participate

Left Overs

Deliver the leftover thank-yous.
Nov 27 – Nov 29
  1. FriNov 27Day 1 · Give ItOne true sentence is enough for a thank-you note.→
  2. SatNov 28Day 2 · Give ItA thank-you isn't finished until it reaches the person.→
  3. SunNov 29Day 3 · Give ItA late thank-you still lands.→
Tree Transition

The Pivot

The Thanks Giving Tree becomes the Giving Tree.
Mon, Nov 30
  1. MonNov 30The PivotTree TransitionGenerosity is the overflow of gratitude.→
Advent

Generosity

Giving what you've been given.
Dec 1 – Dec 7
  1. TueDec 1Day 1 · Receive ItCoreReal generosity costs the giver something.→
  2. WedDec 2Day 2 · Receive ItCommunityThe best gifts hide the giver.→
  3. ThuDec 3Day 3 · Receive ItCosmosThe fullest gift a person can give is themselves.→
  4. FriDec 4Day 4 · Celebrate ItWhat you've been given is yours to pass on.→
  5. SatDec 5Day 5 · Give ItTimeGive your time when you'd rather rest.→
  6. SunDec 6Day 6 · Give ItResources · St. Nicholas DayGive something that costs you, and leave your name off.→
  7. MonDec 7Day 7 · Give ItWordsWords can be a gift that lasts.→
Advent

Hope

Dec 8 – Dec 14
  1. TueDec 8Day 1 · Receive ItCoreHope is a want that walks.→
  2. WedDec 9Day 2 · Receive ItCommunityHope keeps walking when the wait gets heavy.→
  3. ThuDec 10Day 3 · Receive ItCosmosChristmas begins with a young woman saying yes to a good she can't see yet.→
  4. FriDec 11Day 4 · Celebrate ItNobody keeps hope alive alone.→
  5. SatDec 12Day 5 · Give ItTimeWalk with someone whose hope is tired.→
  6. SunDec 13Day 6 · Give ItResourcesFund someone's maybe.→
  7. MonDec 14Day 7 · Give ItWordsYour words can lift a stalled hope.→
Advent

Peace

Dec 15 – Dec 21
  1. TueDec 15Day 1 · Receive ItCorePeace is wholeness, not quietness.→
  2. WedDec 16Day 2 · Receive ItCommunityPeace is how you know you're on the right path.→
  3. ThuDec 17Day 3 · Receive ItCosmosThe first Christmas announced a peace no emperor could force.→
  4. FriDec 18Day 4 · Celebrate ItSomeone helped make things right for you this year.→
  5. SatDec 19Day 5 · Give ItTimeStay with someone through a hard night.→
  6. SunDec 20Day 6 · Give ItResourcesA small gift can reach across a divide before words can.→
  7. MonDec 21Day 7 · Give ItWordsOne sentence can mend a relationship.→
Advent

Joy

Dec 22 – Dec 28
  1. TueDec 22Day 1 · Receive ItCoreJoy is hope fulfilled.→
  2. WedDec 23Day 2 · Receive ItCommunityJoy grows when it's shared.→
  3. ThuDec 24Day 3 · Receive ItCosmosGood news this big is hard to keep to yourself.→
  4. FriDec 25Day 4 · Celebrate ItChristmasChristmas celebrates the end of a long wait.→
  5. SatDec 26Day 5 · Give ItTimeBring your time, and your joy, to someone left out.→
  6. SunDec 27Day 6 · Give ItResourcesChristmas money can end someone's wait.→
  7. MonDec 28Day 7 · Give ItWordsSay "you made it" out loud.→
Advent

Love

Dec 29 – Jan 4
  1. TueDec 29Day 1 · Receive ItCoreAgape is love that chooses a cost.→
  2. WedDec 30Day 2 · Receive ItCommunityAgape is the work you were made for.→
  3. ThuDec 31Day 3 · Receive ItCosmosLove at its fullest comes near and stays, whatever it costs.→
  4. FriJan 1Day 4 · Celebrate ItNew Year's DayStart the new year by remembering who loved you.→
  5. SatJan 2Day 5 · Give ItTimeDo the job nobody wants, for someone else.→
  6. SunJan 3Day 6 · Give ItResourcesGive the best thing, not the spare one.→
  7. MonJan 4Day 7 · Give ItWords · Love LetterEnd the season with a letter.→