We aren’t meeting together this Sunday as it is a long weekend for Canadian Thanksgiving and our habit is to pause our gatherings. This pause allows our community the freedom to explore, live, breathe, and have time with family and friends, however you choose to do that.
Let’s talk about gratitude as it is Thanksgiving (Americans consider this practice for next month.)
The world is tough, and there are hard stories at almost every turn and this is true. But it is also true that there is much to be grateful for and many reasons to give thanks.
The question for today is: What aspects of your city or neighbourhood are you thankful for?
Is it the people? Is it the physical place? Be specific, what do you love about where you live that you are thankful for.
I am thankful to be 100 paces from a waterfall and even less to a forest with beautiful ferns growing in seemingly impossible places. I am grateful for the foodbank and other organizations in our city that care for the marginalized and vulnerable. I am grateful for the people in our church who gather - from here and also fro beyond. I am thankful for the mountains that surround our city and the river that flows to the ocean. What would you add? What would you say about your place?