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… The jury noted that the film's reception was mixed, as it was to Malick's 2011 film "The Tree of Life," but saw this new film as a companion piece to it. The jury also decided to give a …
Nature's Call: a camping trip to rejuvenate body and spirit
… a bit fuller. Nature's Call is a healthy reminder that God is certainly everywhere -- in the trees, the water, and in the people, all people. For more information, visit Nature's Call online …
Dear Democratic Catholics
… the zygote, the fetus, the baby, is human. It is not an acorn. It will not grow into an oak tree. And, once the pregnancy reaches the point that twinning is no longer possible, we know too …
Midwest drought expected to impact altar bread prices
… taken a toll on the monastery grounds, where new landscaping has withered and died. "The trees are totally burned," she said. "It looks like fall; the leaves are falling off the trees." She added that many of the monastery's lay employees are also farmers, and many have had …
The too-much-information age
… no special effects to speak of, though statues of wild animals could be glimpsed through the trees. It was the kind of ride on which old people and infants huddled, like refugees from the …
Old-fashioned nuns say the past is key to the future
… that starts at 7 p.m. each evening. Strolling around the grounds as cicadas buzzed in the oak trees, several sisters -- including the two novices and three postulants in preliminary stages of …
Drone attacks are a stain on the nation
… you ever seen a drone victim on the news? Have you seen pictures of body parts hanging from trees, houses turned to rubble, mothers wailing in grief? The mainstream media, after …
Centering on God
… that even he was not immune from this all-too-common idolatry. As he sat under the broom tree that day in the desert, his thoughts centered on himself, and in his despair, he prayed for … local and worldwide, that would make us want to commiserate with Elijah under his broom tree of despair. However, as with Elijah, God challenges us to relinquish our position as the … Jesus, have begun to burn within them -- are the very ones who are to leave behind the broom trees of our despair and live in hope. Hope in God, hope in the bread of life, hope in the One …
Saying yes could help save our planet
… Sharon Abercrombie … Yes, Yes is a vulnerable word. It leaves you wide open like a tree. Susan Windle, a Sufi poet living in Philadelphia, composed these words in her 2005 book, … asking a simple but unpopular question, like "Why?", to the cutting down of a few neighborhood trees. It can mean taking major action to protect baby seals in Seattle or organizing to protect … At the most literal level of "Ode to Yes," there is this recent situation of six vulnerable trees in front of my senior apartment building. They fell to earth a couple of days ago. Trunks …
Visiting the Abbey
… in a bucolic setting in the rolling hills of central Massachusetts, covered with a variety of trees, and the ever present indicator of New England rural life, stone walls. We visited the Holy …