Faith,
Family & Community
In church on Sunday, I joked that if you have been in a store recently, you might have noticed that we went directly from Halloween to Christmas. It feels as if Thanksgiving is getting the shaft. That seems to happen every year. Consumerism drives this. And I understand that since COVID many folks have wanted to be in the Christmas spirit. I don’t begrudge anyone this feeling. As a minister, I’m kind of fond of the Christmas spirit. We can have both gratitude and the Christmas spirit in one moment, though. I also think we need to safeguard the holiday of Thanksgiving, the idea of giving thanks. Gratitude and thankfulness need to be part of our every day, not just the 4th Thursday of November.
Let’s face it. For many of us, there seems to be little to be thankful for. Especially this year. For many good reasons.
And yet, we must not let the politicians and wars and violence and scarcity and arguments overtake and overwhelm our gratitude. Especially this year.
