Short and sweet.
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Thanksgiving
[Joke: The Woman and the Obscene Parrot. ]
I like Thanksgiving. It’s our last national religious holiday.
But in a world that is increasingly secular nature, I wonder to whom does an atheist give thanks
And why?
Let’s get philosophical for a moment…why do we give thanks?
For what we have worked for?
That is called justice
For what is owed to us?
That is called a payment of debt.
No, we give thanks for that which we could not have obtained on our own.
That which is given to us, by no merit of our own. We give thanks for gifts.
To be a disciple of Jesus Christ is to understand that in the end, all that we have and all that we are is a gift from Almighty God.
– our lives,
– our families
– our faith,
– our Church
– and our country
None of us in this room can claim ownership on any of one of these.
But we can be grateful.
Ultimately, slowly, we come to realize that all is gift.
Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God
For it is right and just.