November 19, 2022
Thanksgiving week is here and we hope you will make time to reflect on the many reasons you have to be grateful. We face many challenges in our lives and in our world, it is true, but gratitude does not deny that or turn away from it. Rather, gratitude helps us put things into proper perspective, reminds us of the goodness of our faithful Shepherd and calls us to put our thanks into action. In the words of the old hymn by Johnson Oatman Jr.: “When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, when you are discouraged thinking all is lost, count your many blessings — name them one by one — and it will surprise you what the Lord has done!” God has done so much — way more than we ever notice or realize. Here are just five brief examples of things God has done at St. Mark’s in the past year:
