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Thanksgiving
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 liturgical calendar, Puritans celebrated days of fasting and days of feasting—notably the day of feasting at the end of the fall harvest—in gratitude for God’s provision. In an age where consumption of food is often far removed from fields where it is produced, a growing number of evangelicals have reinterpreted the holiday as a time not only to thank God for abundance, but to examine where abundance comes from and the ethics of food, hunger, and environment.
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The Bulletin
Coming Around Again
The Bulletin recovers from Thanksgiving by talking about family estrangement, Black Friday and gratitude, and turkeys.
News
Food Banks Thank God for Bacon, Buying in Bulk, and Local Support
With grocery prices up, ministries across the country stretch to feed millions of hungry families during the holidays.
I Give Thanks in the Bright Darkness
These brilliant, painful days are all before God.
Happy Thankless Thanksgiving
Paul hardly ever thanked anyone directly. What can his refrain “I thank God for you” teach us about gratitude?
Being Human
Thinking Thankful Thoughts with Steve and Lisa Cuss
The couple provides guidance for gratitude and gathering at the holidays.
Can We Consume Character? How to Learn Justice by Feasting
Deuteronomy offers a surprising method for becoming just disciples.
My Unlikely, Cross-Cultural Friendsgiving
A tea date with a Middle Eastern stranger led to friendship with women from nearly 20 countries—and changed my perspective on the world.
News
Loaves and Casserole Dishes: Will Church Cookbooks Survive?
The spiral-bound tomes guarding the secrets of the best sugar cookies, sheet cake, and seven-layer salad are disappearing—but not completely.
Gratitude Changes Our Desires
Christians worship a strange Giver who gives strange gifts in strange ways.