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Give thanks | Clergy Corner

As the commercialism of Christmas begins earlier each year, it’s important to pause in November and focus on giving thanks and generating the inner quality of gratitude.
Guest columnist Greg Asimakoupoulos is a former chaplain at Covenant Living at the Shores in Mercer Island.
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