Read the full story: Word&WayGrowing up, I was taught the importance of two words or phrases: “please” and “thank you.” In other words, I learned that it was important to show gratitude when you receive something, whether a gift or something similar. But what about showing gratitude to God? Is that something we are apt to do, even as devout believers? It might not be as easy or natural as we would like to believe; at least that is the view of Kent Dunnington, a philosophy professor at Biola University.