Tag: Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving in Threes
A prayer for thanksgiving. O Living God, you who are Three-in-One and One-in-Three, we give thanks and praise for your abundant gifts—your mercy and grace. We give thanks… For friends who challenge, bless, and care.For books that confound, enlighten, and teach.For scriptures that nourish, correct, and upbuild.For Jesus, who heals, forgives, and saves.For ancestors of…
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Wishing life away?
My latest column in the Christian Courier. ______________________ There’s a temptation to wish life away—to wish that pandemic days, months, or even years would rush to oblivion. That from some bright future these mournful days would become as an Autumn mist burned away by the late morning sun. Forgotten; banished from memory. Exhaustion of online…
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My garden won’t save the world…
My latest column in the Christian Courier. ______________ My front-yard garden measures 12 feet by 11 feet and so represents a modest effort in terms of urban agriculture. It certainly doesn’t compete with the larger plots tended by some Portuguese seniors in west end Montreal, or with the wide-open community gardens that flourish here. But…
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thanksgiving letter
My letter to the congregation of Kensington, for this Thanksgiving. Click the image to the right for the letter.
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creation, prayer, thanksgiving
Our God, we remember before you the astonishing gifts of creation – this morning we think especially of the variety of sea creatures. There is the bulky and wizened walrus, immediately recognizable with its tusks and whiskers – an ancient creature that looks its age. We think of whales, from the massive, deep-diving Blue Whale,…
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say thank you (or not…)
What does gratitude look like? How should gratitude be expressed in our lives? For most of us, one of the earliest things we were taught by our parents was to say “Thank you.” When someone paid you a compliment: “Did you say thank you?” When someone was giving you a gift: “Remember to say thank…
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Daily grind – sharing
It goes without saying – toddlers find it difficult to share. Have you ever tried to convince a 2 or 3 year old that they need to share something? Sometimes they are willing – very often they are not. Just this past week, Becky had two of our kids with her picking up vegetables just…
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Thanksgiving Letter
My Thanksgiving letter to the congregation of KCKF: _____________________________ In the name of Jesus Christ, warm greetings to you, members and friends of Knox Crescent Kensington and First Presbyterian Church, as we approach the celebration of Harvest Thanksgiving. I confess that I have mixed emotions each year as this special holiday approaches. There are feelings…
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