UPFRONT November 22, 2010 Issue

PLENTY OF GOOD TO GO AROUND

JENNY NELLES, STAFF EDITOR

"Let's all go around the table and say something we're grateful for." Sound familiar? Even for those who don't have the tradition of celebrating the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the US, giving gratitude is universal—much more than ritual or cloying sentiment, or as John Oguta from Kenya puts it, more than "an abstract exercise" (see p. 17).

Instead of the usual turkey and mashed potatoes meal, this week's Sentinel is another kind of feast. I like to think about all the readers and writers sharing the plenty of spiritual ideas that never run out.

Our focus on thanks this week begins with Christian Science practitioner Denny Colliver writing from Australia about Jesus' reliance on the abundance that only God can give. Her prayers at a time when she and her husband were farming olives show how spiritual understanding brings this abundance to light (p. 14).

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