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Found this on another site. The story of Squanto is the story of God’s providential hand in history in saving the pilgrims…

There is a book called Squanto and Miracle of Thanksgiving written for kids that talks about it:

This entertaining and historical story shows that the actual hero of the Thanksgiving was neither white nor Indian, but God. In 1608, English traders came to Massachusetts and captured a 12-year old Indian, Squanto, and sold him into slavery. He was raised by Christians and taught faith in God. Ten years later he was sent home to America. Upon arrival, he learned an epidemic had wiped out his entire village. But God had plans for Squanto. God delivered a Thanksgiving miracle: an English-speaking Indian living in the exact place where the Pilgrims land in a strange new world.

So for this thanksgiving… remember, if it wasn’t for the Squanto being at the right place at the right time… (God’s providential hand in history) then we probably wouldn’t be here today… or things would be a whole lot different.

Just wanted to give a shoutout to the King’s Chapel for their first worship service in their new building this past sunday.

This was the first church I attended in northern virginia. A friend from high school invited me to go, I went there on and off for almost a decade… during college, I would go there during holidays and breaks. Even after I got back from China, I went back and had a chance to readjust through some of my culture shock there…

Then I met this girl who was going to another church at the time. We started dating and I thought it would be good to worship at the same church. Anyways, I had a talk with my pastor. He told me to go “where the Lord leads you.” Of course I had no idea really. But I decided to go with this girl… we ended up getting married… the Lord’s leading.

Anyways, during those ten years with the TKC, the services were held at auditoriums from nearby schools. Their first location was my old middle school, Lanier Middle. They then moved to Willow Springs ES, and now after more than ten years in the making, they have moved into their very own church building located on Braddock Rd. We were fortunate enough to see the building being raised over the course of the past year since it was pretty close to where we lived.

Anyways, here are some photos taken by RangersGirl.

Got introduced to Bruce Benedict’s Westminster shorter catechism songs. His volume 1 has the first 38 questions. They’re folksy, quirky songs to help with memorization.

Stay home. If you’re uninformed, your civic responsibility is to either get informed or stay home and let your more informed fellow citizens make the decision for you.

Excerpt from economist Greg Mankiw’s old blog entry:

As election day gets close, get ready to hear the usual exhortations about voting. Whether Bush or Gore is the better choice is debatable, but responsible people all agree that everyone should be encouraged to vote. It’s a national disgrace, the hand-wringers say, that millions of eligible voters fail to turn out in presidential elections. Voting is a civic responsibility, they tell us, because democracy works best when everyone participates.

The problem is, this isn’t true. Sometimes the most responsible thing a person can do on election day is stay at home.

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So the next time a friend of yours tells you he’s not voting, don’t try to change his mind. It’s a good bet that if he’s not voting, he’s not been following the election closely anyway. Maybe he watched a baseball game instead of the debates. Maybe he is bored silly with all the talk of targeted tax cuts, privatized social security, and campaign finance reform. Maybe he’s as ignorant about public policy as those focus groups of undecided voters that are the media’s latest darling.

So rather than pushing your friend to the polls, perhaps you should thank him for staying at home. He’s making your vote count just a little bit more.