Rev. Danny Fisher

A few Thanksgiving-themed offerings for today:

• Over at the Buddhist Military Sangha, Lt. Jeanette Shin showcases drawings and letters from young students at the Ekoji Buddhist Temple Dharma School in Fairfax County, Virginia, to our service men and women overseas.  (One of those letters is posted to the right.)
• Our buddy Waylon Lewis at elephant journal ponders Thanksgiving as a practicing Buddhist.
• Over at Shambhala Sun Space, John Tarrant Roshi offers an exploration of “practices of gratitude.”
• For those Buddhist vegetarians out there, Slate rates the best vegetarain turkey alternatives.  (Thanks, Phil!)
• Lastly, Faithful Progressive offers a look back at a post of his from 2007 about interfaith prayers for the holiday.

In addition, our friend Maia Duerr at the brand new, super-cool blog The Jizo Chronicles offers suggestions for “Black Friday” on ways to “give a gift that does more than gather dust and may make a difference in someone’s life.”