November 19, 2001
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From the Editors
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the fall of 1621, 90 Native Americans of the Wampanoag tribe shared a Thanksgiving celebration with a group of Pilgrims along the New England coast.
I loved opening the Sentinel to read "Prayers from around the world" [October 15].
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Burns Strider, staffer for Representative Ronnie Shows of Mississippi's Fourth District, discusses his thoughts on the closure of Congressional offices due to the anthrax scare.
"What is there to be grateful for?" you might ask. Yes, it's Thanksgiving time on the calendar. But the world looks chaotic. For some, so do their personal lives. Here's what one woman learned about the power of gratitude to lift us up and lead us on ... especially when times are tough.
Not long before Thanksgiving my mother found herself stranded away from home in North Carolina, because my dad was struggling for his life in a nearby hospital.
When terrorism overshadowed opening night—and threatened to keep the show from going on—the cast of Strange Kind of Hero found they already had a gift to give in response. A healing gift. A "most precious gift."
In time for National Bible Week in the US ... selected replies to our invitation for stories and pictures of family Bibles.
Here's a sampling of what some members of the youngest generation are saying as they look at the world they live in.
Whether you are concerned about avoiding the flu—or want to be healed of it—have you considered the possibility of getting help from God?
I felt embraced and surrounded by the presence and warmth and comfort of God.
I thought deeply about the provable spiritual fact that there could never be an accident in all of God's creation.
I felt I could rise from the couch I was lying on and be free of the difficulty.
I no longer need to use contact lenses or glasses.
I think of the Bible as a book containing God's thoughts.
