Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for man to return to a positive relationship with Him. – John Clayton
The emphasis on the birth of Christ tends to polarize our pluralistic society and create legal and ethnic belligerence. – John Clayton
Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday. – John Clayton
Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ. – John Clayton
When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that, not gloss over them. – Michael Morpurgo