Who celebrated the first Thanksgiving in the USA? The traditional story relates that in 1621, the governor of the Pilgrims at Plymouth colony, William Bradford, declared a harvest festival of Thanksgiving, celebrating with the local Wampanoag native tribe who had helped them survive the previous winter. http://www.ushistory.org/us/3b.asp But when I lived in Texas, my friends … Continue reading Bragging rights for Thanksgiving
Home for the Holidays – Light of the World
Why don’t Christians celebrate Hanukkah? I think they should. Here’s why. During the 400 “Silent Years” between the Old Testament and the New Testament, God did not send a prophet to speak to Israel, but that doesn’t mean He was absent. In the middle of the second century BC, the land was ruled by the … Continue reading Home for the Holidays – Light of the World
Lines from Lynn 