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    Thanksgiving: Let’s Actually Give Thanks

    A number of countries set aside one day every year for their people to gather and give thanks. I live in the USA, where we will celebrate Thanksgiving this Thursday. But no matter where we live, we are called in everything to give thanks (1 Thess. 5:18). So let's actually take time to do what the day is set aside to encourage—give thanks. That may seem like a no-brainer, but often we're so caught up in turkey and gravy and pumpkin pie and football and family togetherness and Macy's parade-watching that we actually forget to give thanks beyond the table blessing. Here are some prompts to get us started. Even…

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    Are You Rich or Poor?

    Rockefeller. Vanderbilt. Kennedy. These are the names of the rich and famous, leaders of dynasties—the “old money.” Looking beyond U. S. shores, consider the House of Windsor or Mughal Emperor Shahjahan, who built the Taj Mahal. Members of these families inherit the earth, right? They have certainly inherited some prime real estate. Add to these old-money names all the new-money tycoons such as Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, and the late Sam Walton. To land my own name on the list of the world’s twenty richest—of whom about half are Americans—’I would need a net worth of at least $15.5 billion. Am I materially wealthy? Not if I compare myself with…