When our country was young, we had a far different perspective on the end of November. I don’t know about you, but for the past couple of weeks, my inbox has been flooded with various appeals to take advantage of “Black Friday Deals.” Wasn’t too long ago that “black Friday”…
The stereotypical Thanksgiving celebration in America involves people—a lot of people. That’s why Thanksgiving weekend is the busiest travel season of the year—even more so than Christmas! So the vintage scene includes a large table overflowing with food with people seated all around. Through the years, many of our Thanksgiving…
I grew up in a home that celebrated Thanksgiving in the most traditional way. An early afternoon feast of turkey, stuffing, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, and dinner rolls—often Pillsbury crescents slathered in butter. Of course, pumpkin pie with whipped cream. After such…
Thanksgiving 1998 didn’t happen. At least, not in our home. It almost did, until…. Shelburne, Vermont was our home at the time. I served as the Pastor of the Baptist church located just north of the village, right off Rt. 7. The church held a traditional Thanksgiving Praise Service at…
If I wanted to simplify things greatly, I’d say the difference between Mrs. Hughes and Miss Case had to do with appreciation. Mrs. Hughes was my 6th-grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School in Niles, Ohio. When I walked into her classroom on the first day of school in September 1969,…
Aren’t you thankful you’re not a turkey living (for the moment!) on a turkey farm? Fortunately for them, I suppose, they’re clueless of their fate. Ever played the imagination game “What If…?” Ask yourself a series of questions and imagine the answers. Questions like: • “What if I were born…
