Thanksgiving Roots (Probe)
We live in an uncertain moment in history when everyone is looking for "Roots." November, especially, is a time to reflect upon family and traditions. Curiously, we Christians tend to be strangers to what is best in our own tradition. I refer to the Puritans, the historic source of our Thanksgiving heritage and much of what is still good about America.



We can still feel today the impact and the echoes of this robust community upon our own lives--in family, in work, in education, in economics, in worship, and in national destiny. But let them speak for themselves:...