Thanksgiving Eve
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Thanksgiving Eve

Lord, Have Mercy

[Machine transcription] Brothers and sisters, looking at the Gospel reading tonight, the healing of the lepers, please be seated. And especially on Thanksgiving, when this Gospel lesson is read, the usual focus is on the one thankful leper, fitting with the Thanksgiving theme. But my focus tonight, I want to look at that request that the lepers made of Jesus, Lord Lord…

Remember to Thank God

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Tomorrow we celebrate Thanksgiving Day. It’s not—strictly speaking—a church holiday, but rather a day the United States sets aside, purportedly to remember to give thanks. Much of our culture now denies the existence of a creator and sustainer of life, and many more…

Blessed to Be Thankful

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. So, which of the two miracles in tonight’s Gospel lesson from St. Luke do you consider the more amazing? The first one? Or the second? It’s not a trick question; there really are two—maybe even more. We just have to move our eyes and thoughts away from our obsession…

Give Thanks for All

Let’s face it: By and large, we American Christians can be rather arrogant sometimes. We come upon a national holiday like Thanksgiving, and in some ways we puff ourselves up all the more. After all, we’re still the dominant religion in the most dominant military, political, and economic power in history. We’re sitting on top of the world, and we like it there. We…

Our God Gives Us the Words of Thanksgiving

Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this evening comes from all three lessons you've heard read. When I first got out of the seminary, an older pastor told me, "Keep all the cards people send you that are positive, tuck them away in a file folder, and when…