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MAKE AMERICA GRATEFUL AGAIN

"Counting our blessings might be best done by counting what we have lost, like an authority that tells the truth, like leaders who serve the common good, like the sense of safety and blessed assurance that comes from being together. 2020 is the year when most of us wish not “to make America Great again”, but rather, make America Grateful Again. All the usual pieties of grace, what the preachers deliver today that we are so lucky, we are so rich with the gifts of freedom and faith, we might politely tell them to ‘shove it!’ If anyone is celebrating today as if life was a party, we would have to ask them ” Where have you been? Have you not been paying attention?’ Gratitude today verges on blasphemy.

ThanksGiving Reflection 2020- “Make America Grateful Again.” | Storywise-The Center for Narrative Studies At the very least, we can tell ourselves, “We are still here, still breathing, still with a pulse.” That might sum up our minimalist’s Thanksgiving. “Mask and 6 feet distant” is better than “Last Gasp and 6 feet under.” Though this is hardly a heart stopping sentiment, this might be th...