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Bopha survivors struggle to find shelter in storm-ravaged Philippines
… shelters were destroyed and, despite the howling wind, people could hear the sound of the trees in coconut groves snapping. "The scenery on the hillsides looks very similar to a forest fire in the United States west. The only things left standing is the trunk of a tree. If they are not broken off, then all the branches are gone," she said. In New Bataan, a …
What about the "Climate Cliff"?
… away at the evergreens, and whole hillsides were visibly brown, not green. Today, millions of trees have died on the mountains. And climate change is the culprit. These beetles are …
Early Christmas decorating reminds us God is always near
… the balcony since mid-November. On social media, people started tweeting about putting up the tree and sharing photos of holiday decorations on Facebook right after Thanksgiving. It was as if …
"To Hell With It" - the "War" on Christmas
… of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee, who adorned his State Capitol building with a traditional tree but decided to call it a “Holiday Tree” not a “Christmas Tree.” And, of course Bill Donohue of the Catholic League is distressed …
Waiting in joyful hope this Advent season
… abstinence, consider our sins and prepare the way of the Lord. Where do the candy, the tree trimming, the lessons and carols, the teas and the sleigh rides fit into all of that? Even … it's easy to wonder at this time of year whether all this celebration is in vain. Our trees and lights will not bring about the second coming any earlier, nor will they stop the …
Letters from confirmation candidates enlighten Advent journey
… a real way to this shoot of David. He’s thinking of the line of David, the great king, as a tree and that a new shoot is going to spring from that tree. It will be the perfect Messiah. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem too. The …
Paying attention to the season
… arguing with Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island says it all. Chafee refuses to call the tree in his state house a "Christmas tree." He says it's a "holiday tree." Chafee's reasoning is perfectly strange: He says when he … Christian. At least the White House and New York's Rockefeller Center still have Christmas trees -- for now. But there are lots of other places -- schools, hospitals, public buildings -- …
Slimming through wasting diseases
… grins, wide, happy to show her missing teeth. She plunges into the leaf pile and climbs the tree. She hasn't learned to duck and cover. Rather, my granddaughter takes up all the space she …
Alternative Christmas gifts give to more than just the recipient
… a burgeoning world of alternative ways of gift-giving that are vying for attention. Angel trees or giving trees set up in churches, schools or even restaurants and other commercial businesses around the … in Ohio sells over a year, Lare said. For charitable gifts that stay close to home, the angel tree or giving tree model is popular. For these, names of needy people and suggestions for gifts …
Cooperative art exhibit delights as it explores the Caribbean
… in Miami (another Caribbean city), paints a largely abstract, religiously evocative "Spook Tree" (1956). In a thoroughly enjoyable video that reverberates with multiple meanings, the young …