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  • The Online Etymological Dictionary informs that the word “gratitude” comes from the Latin gratus(thankful, pleasing) and from the Proto-Indo-European gwere (to favor). Related terms include: agree, congratulations, graceful; gratis, gratuity, ingratiate. I agree that congratulations and even a gratuity should go to the internet for knowledge that comes gratis. My father worked as a janitor for the MTA. He…

  • Grateful for Finding a Church Home

    “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.”   Philippians 4: 6 Finding a church in New York City that I, as a transplanted Ohioan, felt at home in was a request I made known to God. I must confess I felt anxious that I…

  • My Gratitude Statement

    Music nourishes my soul. Music was my first love. Music is why I first came to Marble. I belonged to another congregation, sang in the choir there, but at Christmas and Easter I came to the early service at Marble to be bathed in such exquisite harmonies from the choir and musicians. I now sing…