Thanksgiving and Giving Thanks

Each year the people of the United States and Canada set aside a national day of thanksgiving. But, do the inhabitants of North America know the source of their remarkable prosperity? Are our citizens aware of why they were provided the many blessings they enjoy? Besides that, are we individually and personally thankful for what God has given us?

John has served as an employee of the United Church of God in a variety of media-related responsibilities and as a senior writer for Beyond Today magazine.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1973. He also received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology at Ambassador College, Pasadena, California in 1978. John was ordained an elder in 1994 and serves in the Cincinnati, Ohio congregations.