When I received the writing schedule for this month, I realized I had November 24 the day after Thanksgiving aka Black Friday. Black Friday is about profit and deals. According to retailers, Black Friday marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. I actually started my shopping awhile ago. For…
Read morePraise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! – Psalm 106:1 (ESV) Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States. But why would we be thankful just one day of the year? I think that being thankful is an…
Read moreWould you agree with me that this year has gone by incredibly fast? It seems as if one moment I was in church counting down to the New Year, I blinked and here I am November 22nd, the day before Thanksgiving and just weeks away from another New Year. 1 I…
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Recently I opened an email that came from a popular cooking newsletter. In the subject line, it said, “Thanksgiving Essentials.” They were trying to convince me that their recipes were essential for a great Thanksgiving. And if I’d just buy their gravy separator I’d have no grease in my gravy.…
Read moreLove is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes…
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