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Authors / Jon Magnuson
Jon Magnuson is executive director of the Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, Michigan.
'To the Wonder' reveals the yearning to feel life
… this experience. The similarities in style between "To the Wonder," Malick's 2011 film "The Tree of Life" and his 2005 film "The New World" are obvious: the deliberate gaze of the camera … and though the visuals in "To the Wonder" are not as vivid and startling as those in "The Tree of Life," the sacramental style, if you will, of the cinematography continually juxtaposes …
MSW Responds to Ed Peters
… ripe for satire and worse. That something is the ability to miss the forest for the trees. Lawyers are not unique in this regard. I work part-time at a university and have seen how …
Immigration rally cries out to Congress to fix range of problems
… also from Mexico, El Salvador, Ireland and other nations. On a blistering hot day when many trees hadn't yet grown out leaves to provide full shade, the lawn, surrounding park space and the …
New York's fracking debate and the peaceful quiet of renewables
… no throat. Nevertheless its steps can be heard And its clothing makes a hushed sound, like a tree. I loved the quiet of that berthing that night, long ago. I look forward to the quiet of the …
Iona College program to further Thomas Berry's 'Great Work'
… much of her life, Noisette has walked in the beauty of the Dominican Republic, with its palm trees, sparkling sea and tall mountains. When Noisette was 16, she saw Al Gore's movie "An …
Franz Jägerstätter's widow, 'a warm, gentle soul,' dies at 100
… He had gone there to look for the homestead and came upon an elderly woman eating plums from a tree outside a residence. When he asked if she knew where the Jägerstätters lived, she responded, …
Who Ordained This Guy?
… pretty obvious. This is the kind of new, young priest who worries me greatly, a forest for the trees young man. How can anyone who thinks this way get ordained? Can you imagine what he had …
Quebec: What Happened?
… the last leg out from under an institution that was hollow at the core and it fell as a hollow tree falls in the wind. John Paul II and Ronald Reagan get credit for kicking that last leg out, …
Pope Francis: Culture Warrior or Among the Poor?
… We know not whence it came nor wither it goes, and only see it rustle the leaves of the trees. Let’s hope it rustles us too. …
Leonardo Boff: major Pope Francis supporter
… that creates the first communities of brothers and sisters who recite the breviary under the trees with the birds. It's an ecological Church that calls all beings those sweet words "brothers …