Editorial

Gratitude.

It's not an easy virtue, even on a good day.

Far easier is an attitude of entitlement--that sniveling and singularly unattractive presumption that what's yours is yours by virtue of merit or morality or some other human achievement or distinctive.

While I've not seen any hard data to support the following claim, I feel confident in saying that gratitude has been, for most of us, an especially elusive virtue in the Year of Our Lord, 2020.

It's been a zany, crazy, twists-and-turns, tragic sort of year.

Together as a country, we've witnessed and, yes, had to endure a host of heartaches: a global pandemic with shelter-in-place orders, isolation from family and friends, job loss and financial hardship, missed graduations and deferred college enrollments, church closings, racial injustices and civic unrest, an increasing polarizing country and difficult election cycle, not to mention wildfires and celebrity deaths and impeachment proceedings.

2020 has indeed been an unforgettable year, and hopefully, one not to be repeated. This may lead us to ask: How can we give thanks in circumstances such as these?

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