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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Thu, Nov 27 2003
Wishbone: Grab A Handle On Life And Pull!
Troops in Iraq (and similar places) miss their families, mourn lost companions, and are inventing desert versions of home traditions. Orbiting NASA personnel are feasting on a space-age version of a traditional holiday meal. I hear they heard some sort of strange noise that sounded like a tin can. Emptied of cranberry sauce, perhaps?
And the Bush family celebrates with Pecan Pie With Homegrown Nuts. I am not touching that headline.
Teachers are still trying to explain what really happened on the first Thanksgiving, and folks are still trying to reconcile warped modern traditions (like roast turkey) with Native American religious beliefs. And the Native Americans? Well, the ones in Southern California are trying to recover from the recent wildfires and are inviting you to come and have a traditional (including roast turkey) Thanksgiving dinner at places like Valley View Casino.
There's a battle going on about a box that might or might not "affirm" the existence of Jesus. Will American scientists pronouce the box authentic, and if they do, will it make a real difference to those who believe? It's a funny world we live in, and a lot of universal themes seem to loop back on themselves this time of year. We use the spiritual to affirm our physical nature, and we look to physical things as evidence that we have a place in the spiritual world. We seem to enjoy reminding ourselves that we have a foot in both places in the universe. Maybe Thanksgiving is as good a day as any to think about the juxtaposition and blending of the two, and to be thankful for an eclectic, serious, funny kind of existence.
posted at: 08:23 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
Troops in Iraq (and similar places) miss their families, mourn lost companions, and are inventing desert versions of home traditions. Orbiting NASA personnel are feasting on a space-age version of a traditional holiday meal. I hear they heard some sort of strange noise that sounded like a tin can. Emptied of cranberry sauce, perhaps?
And the Bush family celebrates with Pecan Pie With Homegrown Nuts. I am not touching that headline.
Teachers are still trying to explain what really happened on the first Thanksgiving, and folks are still trying to reconcile warped modern traditions (like roast turkey) with Native American religious beliefs. And the Native Americans? Well, the ones in Southern California are trying to recover from the recent wildfires and are inviting you to come and have a traditional (including roast turkey) Thanksgiving dinner at places like Valley View Casino.
There's a battle going on about a box that might or might not "affirm" the existence of Jesus. Will American scientists pronouce the box authentic, and if they do, will it make a real difference to those who believe? It's a funny world we live in, and a lot of universal themes seem to loop back on themselves this time of year. We use the spiritual to affirm our physical nature, and we look to physical things as evidence that we have a place in the spiritual world. We seem to enjoy reminding ourselves that we have a foot in both places in the universe. Maybe Thanksgiving is as good a day as any to think about the juxtaposition and blending of the two, and to be thankful for an eclectic, serious, funny kind of existence.
posted at: 08:23 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
