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Emulating Indigenous People in Giving Thanks
We’re about to partake in Thanksgiving, an annual event that typically involves a traditional collection of relatives and people you know together with a turkey, a lot of food, and occasional overeating. For some, it’s not Thanksgiving without a communal…
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Rethinking Thanksgiving Turkey
As we come upon Thanksgiving, I find myself asking: “Why turkey?” After all, the traditional feast was built around mythology; authentic records don’t exist. Historians actually surmise that the 1621 colonists viewed the large birds as hard to prepare. Hmmm.…
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Memories of My Faraway 1970 Thanksgiving, and a Prayer
Long ago and far away (50 years ago and on the other side of the world), my Thanksgiving 1970 was spent in the Central Highlands of Vietnam in an Army mess hall. It had the classic elements: turkey, dressing, potatoes,…
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Talking Turkey About Thanksgiving 2020
O.K. I get it. We can’t have the usual Thanksgiving get-togethers, and it’s the right thing to do. Everyone I know is recalibrating even from where we were two weeks ago. On the other hand, we count our blessings through…
