I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more.

Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.

Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.

Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he's challenging us to be the face of God in the world by seeing the face of God in the person we least expect to see it, including the person in the mirror.

If you want to lose 40 pounds, you order salad instead of fries. If you want to be a better friend, you take the phone call instead of screening it. If you want to write a novel, you sit down and write a single paragraph. It's scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step.

God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

Time heals almost everything. Give time time.