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Some Thoughts on Gratitude
There’s this wonderful tradition built into the tapestry of American culture: Thanksgiving. Every year on the last Thursday in …Continue reading →
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Robynn and I were recently texting about Thanksgiving. This year both of us will fill our houses and hearts with people who are hurting. These will be the tables of the broken-hearted, chairs of the...
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Sacred Meals and Invitations
This morning I slowly opened my eyes to bright sunlight. As I lay in bed, still sleepy, I reflected back on the last few days and on Thanksgiving, just hours before. A dear friend arrived on Tuesday...
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Winter Fruit Pie and the Taste of Memory
My father was not a cook. While my mother’s early journals record his cautious steps into baking cookies and occasional cakes, he was far more comfortable asking “What’s for dinner?” than he was...
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Gratitude and Grace
It’s the day before American Thanksgiving and I’m sitting in my mom’s living room looking out at the quickly fading daylight. Soon it will be twilight and lights around the city of Rochester, New York...
View ArticleYet Still We Give Thanks
It’s early here in Boston. The house smells of Thanksgiving – the genuine goodness of pumpkin and winter fruit pie, of cranberry sauce and mac ‘n’ cheese, of candles and home, of memories and...
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