[The response to our recent fund-raising effort has been heartening. The letter we sent to subscribers is reprinted here for those readers who don’t subscribe. We invite your response as well.]
“Thou hast given so much to me,” George Herbert wrote. “Give one thing more — a grateful heart.”
As The Sun enters its fifteenth year of publication, it seems appropriate to pause, and give thanks. Regrettably, I rarely do. Instead, in the service of getting out another issue — always, another issue — I neglect to appreciate the miracle that sustains us. I focus on what doesn’t get accomplished, how many unchecked items remain on my list. If I pause, I’m more likely to be thankful for the troubles that didn’t befall me — not exactly a hymn of praise.
