If this were your last day, hour, minute, or breath, imagine how you might drink in the daylight, taste the twilight, touch the stars, smell the sunshine, delight at songbirds, listen to the look of your loved ones.

Mystics, artists, and prophets exemplify this surrender into solidarity; letting the self be moved by suffering and inspired by imagining.

The journey through Advent brings us to the Christmas celebration of God’s intimate presence in human existence.

The work we do (and the joy it can bring) emerges from a commitment to bringing the gift of God’s love to those we meet.

A table full of hungry people, celebrating the spirit and the flavor of marvelous food, is a transformative event.

Thanksgiving focuses on God’s gifts. Our challenge is to take nothing for granted, but to appreciate every blessing.

Eating is not only an individual delight but also, and mainly, a communal experience.

We need to reawaken the art and discipline of what it means to “taste and savor.”

Food freely given exacts from us a promise to go beyond its selfish reception to the unselfish realm of deep gratitude.