naged our time as well as we hoped. We did not avail ourselves of a Thanksgiving Service either in Kentucky or Georgia. O, yes, a dozen or so of our family will gather together here at Jackson Lake tomorrow, and in preparation June has been cooking and baking all day. I raked up the leaves this afternoon, and I'll be sticking the turkey in the oven sometime around 3:00 a.m. so that it'll be fully roasted by time we sit down around noon tomorrow. To my way of thinking, however, this more or less traditional Thanksgiving falls a good bit short of what Thanksgiving might mean. Somehow a big meal prefaced with a "holding-hands" grace doesn't seem up to the challenge of the Gospel.Some in my extended family will, however, be doing another sort of Thanksgiving. To them, I say "Thank you for your distinctly Christian witness and worship." If perhaps, you like to join them in spirit, listen and watch Pastor Ron Lewis as he invites us to consider stirring up our Kingdom imagination this and every Thanksgiving by focusing on the guests and not necessarily the menu.
Image: Fritz Eichenberg, The Last Supper
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Good thoughts here, as always, Andrew. Yes. A good challenge for us. Seems rather a thankless celebration, but hopefully a start for some, and a learning to walk in more baby steps- and hopefully in time beyond in Jesus- for others of us.
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