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Thanksgiving

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Fruit Pies, Popcorn, and Music
The Pilgrim legacy goes beyond Thanksgiving to a love of music still with us today.
By Richard D. Dinwiddie

Marching Farmers, Homeless Slaves
How Christianity's Jewish roots point us to a different kind of Thanksgiving.

From Christian History
The American Puritans
Perhaps the most influential Christian movement in American history.

My Top 5 Movies on Thankfulness

The Blessing of Gratitude
Why Jesus commands us to be thankful.

Throwing Inkwells
The Parent of All Virtues
Gratitude is also the one we are most likely to sabotage.

Quiz
Before Turkey and Football
Whether CCM was behind the Pilgrims' exodus, what the Mayflower Compact campaigned on, and more questions to test your knowledge of Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving at Fair Acres
A meal with my mother and other nursing-home residents opened a small crack in their stony detachment, and gave a brief glimpse of the kingdom of heaven.

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Two Kinds of Thanks
Three hours in a women's shelter taught me the difference.

Christian History Corner: Thanksgiving in the Midst of Fear
"Seriously ill in the days of the Black Plague, poet John Donne still celebrated God's goodness"

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