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SECOND THOUGHT
Looking again at news and commentary
The Boston Globe
By Linda Weltner in The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), November 25, 1983
"Thanksgiving. Sometimes words become so familiar we forget their meaning. We lose sight of the holy in holiday, the Christ in Christmas, the memories in Memorial Day. Is Thanksgiving any different?
"[A few years ago] I felt inundated with news reports of armed conflict, violent crime, economic crisis, and pollution. At dinnertime my family added its own share of woes to the pot: problems at school, at work, with friends, with members of our extended family. It seemed clear that without attention, our communication was about to degenerate into one uninterrupted whine.
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November 19, 1984 issue
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Church is the place where hungry hearts are fed
MARTHA SAGE VANG
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Gratitude to whom and why?
MARGUERITE E. BUTTNER
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Keep your thinking above the clouds
WILLIAM WALTON SAUNDERS
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"A light unto my path"
FEROL AUSTEN
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What about the prodigal's brother?
KAY R. OLSON
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Take refuge behind the wall
EDMONDE L. ST. JOHN
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Thank you, Father
E. MARIAN MORRISON
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A celebration that heals
DAVID L. DEGLER
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SECOND THOUGHT
Linda Weltner
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Meeting the moral demands of true Christianity
CAROLYN B. SWAN
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Religion that isn't selfish
WILLIAM E. MOODY
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A few years ago I was held hostage by a gunman...
Name withheld
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It is with gratitude to God that I write this testimony
WILLIAM SANDERSON
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I had just completed my grocery shopping and was driving out...
IRENE LOUISE ALLEY
