Pastoral Resources

On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been.

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.

It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan?

My favorite meal is turkey and mashed potatoes. I love Thanksgiving, it's just my favorite. I can have Thanksgiving all year round.

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.

From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.