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Thanksgiving Day Prayer | Walter Rauschenbusch

Nov 15, 20241 min read

A photo of a wave in the ocean with text overlayed. The text is a poem titled "Thanksgiving Day Prayer" that reads: "For the wide sky and the blessed sun, / For the salt sea and the running water, / For the everlasting hills / And the never-resting winds, / For trees and the common grass underfoot. / We thank you for our senses / By which we hear the songs of birds, / And seethe splendor of the summer fields, / And taste of the autumn fruits, / And rejoice in the feel of the snow, / And smell the breath of the spring. / Grant us a heart wide open to all this beauty..." Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) Rauschenbusch's work influence, among others, Martin Luther King Jr., Desmond Tutu, Lucy Randolph Mason, Reinhold Niebuhr, Norman Thomas, James McClendon, and his grandson, Richard Rorty. Even in the 21st Century Rauschenbusch's name is used by certain social-justice ministries in tribute to his life and work, including such groups as the Rauschenbusch Metro Ministries in New York and the Rauschenbusch Center for Spirit and Action in Seattle.

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