<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/westmont-news/finding-thanksgiving-everyday-grace.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>11/25/2025</pubDate><title>Finding Thanksgiving in Everyday Grace</title><excerpt>Thanksgiving is more than a holiday marked by turkey, pumpkin pie, and family gatherings—it is a reminder that gratitude begins the moment we recognize we are not owed anything, yet we have been given everything. In my Moral and Spiritual Psychology class at CS Lewis, I invite students to practice gratitude not as a fleeting habit but as a way of being, encouraging them to keep a weekly gratitude journal that thanks God for five things each week.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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