More Thanks

by on November 30, 2024 at 12:01 am
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Another thing I’m thankful of this weekend, and should remember to be more thankful of every day, is all the friends I’ve met over the Internet and never seen in real life. People I’ve written stories with over the years, or helped make programs that I and many other people have used over the years. People I’ve talked to or gamed with over BattleTech, Transformers, Star Trek, Star Wars, and all the other things I geek out about. The people I met on old forums and still connect with via social media or old school texting. I was doing some BattleTech stuff again this week and brought up the old faithful HeavyMetal programs by Rick to check my numbers. Good times and good friends.

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Giving Thanks

by on November 29, 2024 at 12:01 am
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In this season, I’d like to give thanks for having many family and friends nearby. I’ve had more invitations for joining people for dinner than I can shake a stick at. And that is an awesome problem to have. It beats the alternative by a country mile. But we should never forget to also give thanks for all the brave soldiers who can’t spend time with their family this weekend because they are deployed far from home. They make it safe for us to celebrate and give thanks.

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First Thanksgiving

by on November 27, 2024 at 12:01 am
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As we’re approaching Thanksgiving, we should remember the First Thanksgiving. The Pilgrims came to the New World to create a new community where they would share everything equally and work equally. And promptly spent the winter starving to death because the best of them worked as little as the least of them, and so they didn’t harvest enough food for all of them. They chose to give up their social equality plan after that and apportioned both the land and the harvest thereof to each family. After that, they brought in more food than they knew what to do with. And so they had a great big party with the local Indians and gave thanks to God for the bounty of food that would see them through the winter without starving. That was our First Thanksgiving.

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Two Thousand Years

by on November 26, 2024 at 12:01 am
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Two thousand years ago, Jesus was born, lived, ministered, and then was killed for preaching things that the local religious institution didn’t agree with. And two thousand years later, we still talk about it. In languages at least four deviations away from what he spoke. Even on the other side of the world. That’s how much He changed the world. It’s Thanksgiving Week, and remember to give thanks for the world His word helped us build two thousand years later.

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