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<div style="font-weight:normal;">Last Sunday, Thanksgiving Sunday (also the Reign of Christ in the Christian Liturgical Calendar), I led Second Presbyterian Church's (St. Louis) Sunday Forum Group, reflecting on Giving Thanks, the Spirit of Gratitude. During the week before the participants were invited to write down/keep a mini journal (list, words, poetry, art, etc.) of their experiences of gratitude each day. </div>
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<div style="font-weight:normal;">The first 15 minutes of the session was prayer and context and the rest was conversation reflecting on our experiences of gratitude.</div>
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<div style="">As we participate on this nation's observance of Thanksgiving, I thought I would share this session with you for your own refection and observations of your experiences of gratitude. So, <span style="font-weight:bold;">attached</span> is a synopsis of the session.</div>
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<div style="font-weight:normal;">Giving deep thanks for all of you and our years of collegiality. Hope you all have a beautiful day. </div>
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<div style="font-weight:normal;">Blessings!</div>
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