Grace for Freedom, Justice, Pie

“Before we’re served, shouldn’t we say grace?” asks Peppermint Patty. It’s a good question. Linus Van Pelt responds with a semi-historical account of the first Thanksgiving in American where the minister prayed, “We thank God for our homes and our food and our safety in a new land. We thank God for the opportunity to create a new world with freedom and justice.” In our daily life and work, we are being served by others. We ought to say grace. In our daily life and work, we are serving others. We ought to say grace. In our daily life and work, whether we are receiving pay or not, we are creating new worlds of freedom and justice. We ought to say grace. I know not everyone in our community is American, but many countries have a thanksgiving holiday of their own. Whatever our traditions, whatever pie we eat and whenever we eat it, let's be thankful and grateful for the good things in the world. We ought to say grace. By the way, what kind of pie do YOU eat? Give me pecan pie with a cup of dark, black coffee. And, please, pronounce it "pe-KAHN." However you pronounce it, though, I won't have any trouble saying grace for pie. (Who better to help us say grace than the peanuts gang?)