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Today’s Thanksgiving feast has its origins in an English Reformation tradition carried on by the pilgrims who arrived at Plymouth in1620. In an affront to the Catholic ...

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Thankful for the Bad: Upside Down Gratitude This Thanksgiving

Upside down gratitude is the ability to give thanks even for the parts of our lives which lead us to sadness and struggle and suffer.

Laurie Nichols|November 27, 2019

Give Thanks: US Christians’ Top Thanksgiving Verse and Hymn

We’re called to offer our thanksgiving in all circumstances—but we're especially likely to when it’s a national holiday.

Kate Shellnutt|November 27, 2019

This Thanksgiving, I’m Thankful for Difficult People

The surprising context for the holiday Lincoln instituted is a good reminder to us today.

Chris Pappalardo|November 22, 2018

Fostering an Attitude of Gratitude

Changing our posture towards God’s goodness in our lives will begin us on the path towards a changed heart.

Ed Stetzer|November 22, 2018

Give Thanks for What Others Have That You Don’t

This Thanksgiving, praise God for other people’s blessings—even the ones you wish for.

Megan Hill|November 20, 2018

One Simple Step To Create A Year-End Giving Bump In Your Church

This is a great way to thank everyone for their generosity, while providing a helpful reminder to make up for any unintentional shortfall for the year.

Karl Vaters|November 12, 2018

Power in the Plate

The history of our food speaks of injustice— and invites us to redemption.

Kendall Vanderslice|October 19, 2018

Quick to Listen | 42 min

Q2L’s Listener Appreciation Episode

Morgan and Mark take on audience questions.

CT Editors |November 21, 2017

Jesus Wants an Awkward Thanksgiving Dinner

Why extending the table involves an uncomfortable hospitality.

D.L. Mayfield|November 23, 2016

Thanksgiving Gets the Hallmark Treatment

How sentimentalism distorts the holiday’s past and present.

Robert Tracy McKenzie|November 22, 2016

Quick to Listen

How to Redeem Thanksgiving

It starts with acknowledging the whole truth.

CT Editors|November 22, 2016

A Thanksgiving Prayer From Old

Life may be tough, and the world may be broken, but God is faithful.

Ed Stetzer|November 26, 2015

The First Thanksgiving We Don’t Remember

Bad fortune, divine chastisement, and mercy after the Pilgrims feasted with the Wampanoag.

Robert Tracy McKenzie|November 26, 2015

The Colonists’ New Religious Mystery

Sorry, Pilgrims: Jamestown’s spiritual life is suddenly much more fascinating.

Thomas S. Kidd|November 25, 2015

A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Prayers of thanksgiving are an overflow of a renewed heart.

Ed Stetzer|November 27, 2014

Full Bellies, Thankful Hearts

God designed your stomach and your heart to be intimately connected.

Rob Moll|November 27, 2014

Thanks For the Shibboleth

It's a 'West Wing' episode worth revisiting on Thanksgiving.

Alissa Wilkinson|November 26, 2014

This Odd American Holiday

What the strange beauty of Thanksgiving has taught us about dependence

Amy Julia Becker|November 26, 2014

Even on Thanksgiving, It’s Okay to Ask for More

How our requests to God can actually fuel our gratefulness.

Megan Hill|November 26, 2014

Waiting on Thankfulness

How God works in us during times when we can’t muster gratitude.

Sara Hagerty, guest writer|November 25, 2014

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