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For All the Stuff that Works…Thank You!

[email protected]2022-11-14T11:55:45-05:00November 14th, 2022|Sermons, Uncategorized|

(This Musing comes from a sermon preached in 2014 and that I re-publish every Thanksgiving) Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Obviously, the food has something to do with my love for the day. But, more importantly, the motive that runs under this holiday appeals to me. Thanksgiving is not a day for getting stuff. It is a day focused entirely on giving thanks. A.J. Jacobs is an editor with Esquire magazine, and quite a prolific writer on subjects that require him to take on the very interesting role of being a human guinea pig. For instance, A.J. once wrote an [READ MORE]

Morgan Freeman, God, and Living into the Moment

Years ago, I was flying through through Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C. Well, not exactly through. We were stuck. Bad weather resulted in the cancellation of the return flight to Knoxville. We were going to have to spend the night in the airport. Trust me when I say no one was enjoying life right then! We would all have loved to be happy and overflowing with the joys of life, but we were stuck and what can you say about that? Well, one woman was saying a lot about it. She was virtually accosting the airline people with the fact [READ MORE]