Happy Thanksgiving!

So much to be thankful for! This year it's just the four of us at home. We had our afternoon feast, cleaned up, took the obligatory nap, and then drove the Colonial Parkway to see the colors. Last night we had a multicultural, three-church worship service of Thanksgiving, held at our church this year (it rotates year to year). I could certainly echo the first couple paragraphs of Douglas Wilson's Thanksgiving message: Thanksgiving is about really understanding who God is.

And then there's that other Thanksgiving tradition. We can all be thankful that the Pilgrims came to America so we could establish the real meaning of football here.

I grew up in Michigan, where being a Detroit Lions fan was pretty much expected. It wasn't easy. Other than one anomalous victory in 1992, the last time they won a post-season game was when Dwight D. Eisenhower was President. But they are a Thanksgiving staple: every Thanksgiving football game since I-don't-know-when has been a home game in Detroit or Dallas. They lost today. But they've still won more than they've lost this season, which is quite remarkable, given their history.

Today the L.A. Times took advantage of the Thanksgiving football tradition to highlight what many are claiming is the reason for their improving performance: spiritual leadership, by a strong Christian at quarterback. He knows what he's thankful for, and to whom he should give thanks--even if they didn't win today.

Posted: Thu - November 22, 2007 at 05:25 PM |

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Thinking Christian by Tom Gilson