Robert Tracy McKenzie, The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving and God and Learning from History (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2013). Paperback / Kindle This Thanksgiving, like millions of other Americans, I will sit down with family around a beautifully … Continue reading Review of ‘The First Thanksgiving’ by Robert Tracy McKenzie
Several years ago, I suffered a bout of deep depression. It lasted for months. And I don’t want to experience it ever again. But I learned something out of that depression that has proved invaluable to my mental—and spiritual—health: Giving thanks is good for the soul. During my depression, I kept a journal in which I monitored my feelings and their causes in minute detail. The more I analyzed my depression, the more depressed I became. So one day, I tried something different. I wrote a list of everyone and everything I was thankful for. To my surprise, it was … Continue reading Thanksgiving Is Good for the Soul (1 Corinthians 1:4)
Nearly 400 years ago, a small band of Pilgrims fled persecution and violence and came to this land as refugees in search of opportunity and the freedom to practice their faith. Though the journey was rough and their first winter … Continue reading Barack Obama’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
[New York, 3 October 1789] By the President of the United States of America. a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his … Continue reading George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
Johan Norberg, Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future (London, OneWorld, 2016). “Nothing is more responsible for the good old days,” wrote Franklin Pierce Adams, “than a bad memory.” The good old days, in other words, weren’t so … Continue reading Review of ‘Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future’ by Johan Norberg
Michael Connelly, The Wrong Side of Goodbye: A Bosch Novel (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2016). Harry Bosch is back in this just-released novel by Michael Connelly, with an assist from his half-brother Mickey Haller. This time Bosch is … Continue reading Review of ‘The Wrong Side of Goodbye’ by Michael Connelly
Check out my podcast with Frank Macchia, who gives a Pentecostal perspective on the Protestant Reformation… This is cross-posted at InfluenceMagazine.com. Continue reading What Does Wittenberg Have to Do with Azusa Street? #InfluencePodcast
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