Harvest Home

Here in Saskatchewan the trees are bare, the flowers have died, geese are migrating and most of the combines are parked. Garden produce has been gathered in and the long, plump, white grain bags lying in many fields are silent evidence of a bountiful harvest. Monday will be Thanksgiving. The custom of giving thanks for … Continue reading Harvest Home

Things I am thankful for

I know that it is still three weeks until Thanksgiving Day, but there are many things to be thankful for every day and I want to tell you about the things that I am thankful for right now. My wife arrived home Thursday from a nine day stay in Edmonton where she was helping an … Continue reading Things I am thankful for

Thanksgiving meditations

Today is Thanksgiving Day here in Canada.  Members of our congregation  will be gathering at church this evening for a big Thanksgiving meal, joined by relatives of some members who have come from a distance, and some of our neighbours.  There will be lots of visiting and a time for singing and testimonies after the … Continue reading Thanksgiving meditations

Thanksgiving

The book of Leviticus describes three major festivals for which every adult male was to be present in Jerusalem.  The first was the Passover, observed the fourteenth day of the first month, roughly equivalent to April in the Julian calendar.  This was a celebration of their deliverance from bondage in Egypt.  Grain was seeded in … Continue reading Thanksgiving