no one receives the peace of God without giving thanks to God? Is thankfulness really but the deep, contented breath of peacefulness? Is this why God asks us to give thanks even when things look a failure? When there doesn’t seem much to give thanks for? The beans rattle through the combine, the auger filling the bin with golden beans like bread rising slow. There were to be ten offerings of bread in every thank offering of the Israelites. The first were like crackers. The second like wafers. These