{"id":80541,"date":"2019-11-28T17:24:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T00:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=80541"},"modified":"2019-11-28T21:22:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T04:22:45","slug":"gratitude-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/11\/gratitude-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80544\" style=\"width: 597px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2019\/11\/77195482_724328364734789_1987101580528189440_o.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-80544\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2019\/11\/77195482_724328364734789_1987101580528189440_o.jpg\" alt=\"Martin Harris being baptized\" width=\"597\" height=\"366\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The baptism of Martin Harris, in a still photograph by James Jordan from the set of the Intepreter Foundation\u2019s <em>Witnesses<\/em> film project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On this Thanksgiving Day, I\u2019m grateful for many things.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among them, I include those people who have made this year\u2019s achievements possible for the <a href=\"https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Interpreter Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow will mark the 384th consecutive week (out of its 385.5 weeks of existence) that the Interpreter Foundation has published at least one article in <a href=\"https:\/\/journal.interpreterfoundation.org\/journal\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Interpreter Radio Program is on the air between 7 PM and 9 PM every Sunday night. \u00a0We\u2019re gearing up for perhaps as many as three conferences next year. \u00a0Several new books are in the works. \u00a0We\u2019ve begun to post chapters from our prior books online, accessible at no charge. \u00a0We\u2019re serializing a yet-to-be-published book.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roughly half of the interviews for the documentary portion of the Foundation\u2019s <em>Witnesses<\/em> film project have been recorded, and the vast majority of the shooting for the dramatic portion of that project has been completed. \u00a0Raising the funds to do this was a daunting task, but we succeeded. \u00a0And completion of the script and the casting and the filming required a huge amount of labor, but, again, we succeeded. \u00a0I\u2019m nervous but excited to see how the effort will finally turn out. \u00a0(Negative reviews, mockery, and derogatory comments are already pouring in from the usual suspects, which, from my perspective, is a healthy sign.)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And so on and so forth.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m deeply grateful for all of the authors who have devoted untold hours to creating the articles that we publish. \u00a0They do so without compensation. \u00a0I\u2019m deeply grateful for the volunteers who give so very much time and effort so that the Interpreter Foundation can function. \u00a0There\u2019s a great deal of work that needs to be done \u2014 editing, source-checking, bookkeeping, financial advising, legal counsel, peer review, copyediting, managing websites, coordinating of proof-reading and peer review, tracking of donations, thanking of donors, preparation of tax returns, and the like \u2014 and the vast majority of it is done by unpaid volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are, nonetheless, unavoidable expenses. \u00a0So I want to thank all of those who have given financially \u2014 via small gifts or large ones \u2014 to make the Interpreter Foundation viable. \u00a0We literally could not have done what we <em>have<\/em> done, we could not possibly be planning the things that we\u2019re <em>going<\/em> to do, without their indispensable support. \u00a0This is a great work, and everybody\u2019s help is both essential and appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 On this Thanksgiving Day, I\u2019m grateful for many things. \u00a0 Among them, I include those people who have made this year\u2019s achievements possible for the Interpreter Foundation. \u00a0 Tomorrow will mark the 384th consecutive week 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