1. C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season
  2. Lincoln's Thanksgiving Day Proclamation
  3. Sunshine and rain, food and harvests, family, friends, and health, love and joy. All these things and more he gives, not because of what you do or don’t do, but because he is generous and gracious.
  4. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  5. It all starts with God; and it all ends with God. He is the alpha and omega of giving and generosity.
  6. We ache in eager anticipation as we see Christ in action and as we take in the snapshots of his life, death, and resurrection.
  7. Our children are not our own, but even more, our children are born in need. They are sinful, from conception and from birth.
  8. Christ has received the mark of law that we might be marked with the gospel, with the sign of his holy cross on our heads and hearts as redeemed children of God.
  9. While the world and other religions might be fine with considering him everything but, the foremost thing our Jesus came to be and still remains is Jesus, Savior.
  10. Buried deep in our human psyche, there seems to be more than a need—almost a necessity—to celebrate the arrival of a new year. It’s like an unspoken, unlegislated cultural demand, as instinctual as moving to music or smiling at a newborn. Why? What deep human need is at work here?
  11. Is it possible to celebrate Thanksgiving every time we come together as God’s people as well?
  12. We give thanks to the Father who has made a way for us to sit at his table.