Thanksgiving is often recognized as an inter-cultural holiday, celebrating the cooperation of European Pilgrims and Native Americans, but it is also an interfaith holiday. After all the Wampanoag were not Christian. For American Reform Unitarians* the interfaith nature of Thanksgiving actually reinforces its Christian importance, for we see Christianity not as a religion defined against [...]
Posts Tagged ‘thanksgiving’
12th Day of Thanksgiving – Harvest Thursday
Posted in holidays, idiom, Thursday worship, tagged christian, christianity, harvest, idolatry, jesus christ, pilgrims, religion, thanksgiving, unitarian, wampanoag on 25 November 2010 | 1 Comment »
Over the River and Through the Wood, Unitarian Style
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abolition, african american, christian, lydia maria child, native american, slavery, thanksgiving, unitarian, women's rights on 21 November 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Many readers may recall the line “over the river and through the wood” as part of a song called A Merry Christmas at Grandmother’s, but the song was originally a Thanksgiving tune, with the ultimate destination Grandfather’s house. And, the song was originally a poem called “A Boy’s Thanksgiving Day” written in the 1840s by [...]
The Fifth Day of Thanksgiving – Remembrance Thursday
Posted in holidays, Thursday worship, tagged multiculturalism, pilgrims, thanksgiving, wampanoag on 18 November 2010 | 1 Comment »
Vital to the full vision of Thanksgiving, as we remember that good things come to our lives through meetings, is the risk involved in such meetings. Human beings need to mix and mingle — not only to make life worth living, but also to grow and adapt to our changing environment. Still, this exchange is not without [...]
The First Day of Thanksgiving – Diversity Sunday
Posted in holidays, tagged christianity, diversity, harvest, thanksgiving, unitarianism on 14 November 2010 | Leave a Comment »
REPOSTED FROM 2009 Today is the first of the Twelve Days of Thanksgiving: Diversity Sunday! While Diversity Sunday may not be as important as Remembrance Thursday or Harvest Thursday itself, this introduction to the celebration is vital to the full vision of Thanksgiving, as we remember that good things come to our lives through meetings. [...]
Liturgical Calendar Graphic Added
Posted in holidays, Thursday worship, tagged advent, ascension, carnival, christian, christmas, declaration of independence, easter, holidays, independence day, liturgical calendar, pentecost, thanksgiving, unitarian on 22 December 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new graphic depicting the American Unitarian Reform liturgical calendar has been added to AUR’s LC page. The chart shows the 10-Day Gap, and the rough dates for the Four Great Thursdays: Harvest (or Thanksgiving) Thursday, Garden (or Gethsemane) Thursday, Ascension Thursday, and Declaration Thursday. Please note, of course, that the seasons from Carnival through Pentecost can vary broadly from [...]
Thursday Observance
Posted in Thursday worship, tagged america, ascension, christianity, declaration of independence, easter, gethsemane, jesus, sabbath, seventh day adventist, thanksgiving, thursday, unitarian on 5 March 2009 | 2 Comments »
AUR views itself as a particularly American and Unitarian Christian expression of the universal search for Truth. Just as the earliest Christian communities struggled with the question of Saturday or Sunday worship (the outcome of which is disputed even today by Seventh Day Adventists) and Muslims took Friday as their Day of Gathering, the Reform [...]
Reform Unitarian Thanksgiving
Posted in holidays, teachings, Thursday worship, tagged centurion, christian, interfaith, justin martyr, pagan, pilgrim, samaritan, sectarianism, st. paul, thanksgiving, unknown god, wampanoag on 27 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thanksgiving is often recognized as an inter-cultural holiday, celebrating the cooperation of Pilgrims and Native Americans, but it is also an interfaith holiday. After all the Wampanoag were not Christian. For American Reform Unitarians* the interfaith nature of Thanksgiving actually reinforces its Christian importance, for we see Christianity not as a religion defined against others, [...]
Liturgical Calendar Added as a Page
Posted in holidays, tagged advent, all hallows, all saints, calendar, christmas, liturgical, thanksgiving on 18 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rather than republishing the liturgical calendar posts from last year as each holiday approaches, we are going to combine them all as a single page, title appropriately “Liturgical Calendar.” So far the Calendar includes the All Hallows, Thanksgiving (one of the Four Great Thursdays), Advent, Christmas, and Interval seasons.
