A guest post written by Diana Colarossi Is Thanksgiving, a day, a holiday, or a state of mind? Does it matter if we celebrate Thanksgiving among friends, family, or alone? Thanksgiving isn’t a day. It’s a state of mind giving gratitude to God. Thanks to God shouldn’t be confined to one special day of the year. Nor is it a
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A guest post written by B. B. Prest Ready for that turkey dinner this year? And what about giving thanks – will that be on the menu? For many of us it will be. But for others, it may not. In thinking about giving thanks, I am reminded of the Biblical account from Luke about the ten lepers who were
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A guest post written by Sheila Kelly On a blustery afternoon six days before Thanksgiving I was serving in my local Christian Science Reading Room when I was introduced to a lady near the sales counter who was listening to hymns on earphones. As she asked for a CD called Jubilation, we discovered that we had a mutual interest
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A guest post by Kay Stroud, the Christian Science Media Representative and Legislative Liaison (or Christian Science Committee on Publication) for the State of Queensland, Australia There were many stories of heroism, compassion and selflessness coming to light last week on Remembrance Day. Similar accounts have been shared in the wake of the Queensland floods and cyclones earlier this year,
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A guest post written by Anne Stearns Condon (originally published in the Ventura County Star) Our dinner tables will soon be spread with the bounty of our perennial harvest. It is the great day of shared abundance known to all as Thanksgiving. Plates will be piled high with favorite dishes amid the usual traditional fare. This is a holiday that
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A guest post written by Valerie Elliott (originally posted November 2010) With the Thanksgiving season upon us, it is easy for me to give thanks! But it hasn’t always been that way for me. I was an agnostic for many years of my adulthood, and pretty much felt if there was a higher power, He wasn’t particularly interested in
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by Don Ingwerson Thanksgiving is almost here and Christmas has already made it onto the stores’ shelves. For some this means extra stress and pressure to create that perfect holiday experience. How do we avoid past holiday mistakes and create a healthy and happy holiday? I was reading a few of the research studies on the topic of health and
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A guest post written by Valerie Elliott With the Thanksgiving season upon us, it is easy for me to give thanks! But it hasn’t always been that way for me. I was an agnostic for many years of my adulthood, and pretty much felt if there was a higher power, He wasn’t particularly interested in me. I felt I was
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