What is thankfulness? Here’s my definition. If you’re taking notes, get ready. Got your pen? All right. Thankfulness is . . . a thing that cannot be defined in a simple sentence at the beginning of a sermon. In fact, I’m thinking about a multi-week sermon series for next year on the subject, so I’m not even going to try. But here it is the Sunday before Thanksgiving and I should probably say something about it. So let’s start chipping away at a definition of this vast and complex thing by asking a preliminary question: What is the opposite of Thanksgiving? Think about that for a moment, and before you say anything, let me just specify that “un-thankfulness” and “ingratitude” are not acceptable answers.
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