In This Day and Age...

"In this day and age, it would seem odd to celebrate Thanksgiving at the time of year when the world around us is settling in for a prolonged slumber, rather than at the first buds of Spring, when all is becoming new again... It is fitting, however, that we should pause to give thanks for God's blessings throughout all the seasons of our life, even upon the annual reminder of the inevitable end of all things, for even there remains a promise of life yet to come."