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They weren’t strangers to a struggle, but that Thanksgiving, they didn’t know how they’d make it to Christmas.
In 1978, author Loren Eiseley published an essay called “The Star Thrower.” It recounts a beach walk by a narrator...
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They weren’t strangers to a struggle, but that Thanksgiving, they didn’t know how they’d make it to Christmas.

It’s only fitting, writes guest blogger Diana Aydin, that as we celebrate the season of wonder, we receive surprise blessings.

In this guest blog, staff editor Meg Belviso says that the only rule of the holiday is to get together with people you love…

It’s pretty easy to be thankful when things go right, but what about when things look like they’re going wrong?


Don’t treat this Thanksgiving like any other—it’s a very rare blessing.

When counting your blessings, be sure to give thanks for what God has done for you…and for who He is.

Just before Thanksgiving, this grieving police officer received a message of comfort loud and clear.

A waitress’s prayers help heal her customer’s rocky marriage.

Just when it appeared that Thanksgiving would be snowed out, the most amazing things happened.

In a moment of darkness, on the night before Thanksgiving, a daughter finds comfort in the unlikeliest of places…

Many people are anxious in this hectic holiday season leading up to Christmas. But there is another option, through prayer.
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