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thanksgiving

Yes, It’s that time of year.  The start of Christmas shopping?  NO!  Emphatically no! This is the week we pause, if we have the will, to be thankful. Thankful.  Grateful.  Appreciative.  Blessed. To the degree we are truly aware of the fact that we are blessed; to the degree we make the time to be thankful; [...]

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GRATEFUL FOR HIS GIFTS…

by Martha on November 21, 2011

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I don’t know about you, but I have learned that gratefulness does not come naturally to me.  Yes, I have had definite influences from the south…a southern mother…high school spent in the south…many of my ministry years spent in the south where manners are placed very high on the priority list…VERY high. Of course that [...]

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THE FORGOTTEN HOLIDAY?…

by Martha on November 26, 2010

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Do you ever get the feeling that Thanksgiving is the forgotten holiday?  You know, the one jammed in between Halloween and Christmas?  The one that is more concerned with eating, football and planning for Christmas sales?  And why is it named Thanksgiving?  Do you even know much about the history of how it was started? [...]

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