While most of America celebrates Thanksgiving, my calendar will mark the fifth week since my son committed suicide. What do I have to be thankful about?Last Thanksgiving, I was thankful that my beloved son had survived one more year with his crippling depression. He'd lost his job, yet ... Continue reading
Giving thanks for the mundane
November 21, 2007 By
I was going to write something about Thanksgiving, but this post by Matthew Lee Anderson of Mere Orthodoxy is better than anything I would have written. Tomorrow, we will give thanks for the many blessings in our lives by indulging ourselves with food, family and football.And in doing so, we ... Continue reading
A season of thanksgiving
November 12, 2005 By 5 Comments
When you arrive in the land I am giving you and you harvest your first crops, bring the priest some grain from the first portion of your grain harvest. On the first day after the Sabbath, the priest will lift it up before the Lord so it may be accepted on your behalf. ... This is a permanent law for ... Continue reading
Maryland renames Thanksgiving ‘Lucky Thursday’
November 27, 2004 By
(2004-11-24) — Faced with the constititional prohibition against teaching about the Christian origins of Thanksgiving in public schools, the Maryland State Department of Education has rewritten its curriculum, and renamed the holiday 'Lucky Thursday'. Scott Ott of ScrappleFace with his usual ... Continue reading
Thanksgiving and gratitude
November 25, 2004 By
It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men, all lepers, met him. They kept their distance but raised their voices, calling out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" Taking a good look at them, he said, ... Continue reading
In gratitude for Swallowtails
April 3, 2004 By 1 Comment
Some time ago someone brought me a large, green caterpillar on an ash leaf. I raised the caterpillar until it pupated, and then I kept the chrysalis until this butterfly emerged from it. People that know about these things call this a Three-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio pilumnus). Those of you who ... Continue reading
