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7 Tactics to Redirect Toxic, Divisive Topics This Thanksgiving 🦃

Something is burning in my heart that one of you needs to hear and be encouraged by.

Maybe your Thanksgiving gathering is perfect–no conflict, no issues, no concerns. If so, Whoohoo You! 🍗🎁

But for the rest of us, Thanksgiving can sometimes feel more like Dreadsgiving, as we try to navigate awkward moments, chasms of differing perspectives, decades of baggage and hurts, or that particular person who tends to hijack the conversation and mood with political rants.

My Poker-Playing, Cigar-Smoking, Jesus-Loving Grandpa

My Poker-Playing, Cigar-Smoking, Jesus-Loving Grandpa

Some grandfathers shuffle around in cute button up sweaters. My grandpa preferred a white polyester suit and cowboy hat. They called him “Cactus Jack” at the local Utah casino. But he didn’t start out there. My grandfather was a native Floridian. If you’ve spent much...