In Everything Give Thanks
Thanksgiving. Family. Turkey. Football. Pie bellies… So many times we rush through holidays and never take the time to contemplate their meaning and intent. Thanksgiving was first celebrated in 1621 when the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaim