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In tough times, remember values of 'the commons'
… of Sherwood Forest is an old memory of that struggle. Our collective longings for primeval trees, large-eyed deer and doe, and the shining salmon surging up crystal streams recall a time …
Catholics join hundreds in arrests over oil pipeline
… and Albertan governments require oil companies to reclaim areas where land is stripped of trees once a mining operation is closed. …
Evangelicals & Science
… to become a person does not make one a person, any more than being an acorn makes one an oak tree.” But, here we are back at the relevant categories and, again, Dudley is confused. Yes, … itself and, as I am hoping, past fifty too! But, an acorn is not going to grow into an elm tree or a maple tree and an embryo is not going to grow into a dog or a cat either. And, besides, you can’t kill …
McIlroy and golf's cloistered world
… became regulars at Congressional, the massive security detail, in addition to hiding behind trees and under bushes, had to ward off danger by sweeping adjacent fairways of players. The … question now is whether Boehner will invite Obama to play at the Speaker’s course: the Burning Tree Club, a couple of par fives from Congressional. It will never happen. It has a male-only … for women’s-vote-conscious Obama. The only time females are allowed on the property of Burning Tree is the week before Christmas when they are allowed to buy presents at the pro shop for their …
Former Front-Runner Mitt
… front-runner status lent his campaign an aura of inevitability, he was barking up the wrong tree. Ask Hillary Clinton how that inevitability thing works. But, now he is not even the …
On this day: Under the Fig Tree
… know me?' "Jesus answered and said to him, 'Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.' "Nathanael answered him, 'Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.' … answered and said to him, 'Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.' And he said to him, 'Amen, amen, I say to you, you …
Keepers of the keys
… wasn’t high enough to reach the moon. So the king sent out another decree: He ordered all the trees on the island to be chopped down and fashioned into boxes. When they all were stacked up, …
Big Picture at World Youth Day: 'It's the Evangelicals, stupid!'
… I want to focus on the forest that World Youth Day represents, rather than its individual trees. The big picture is the following: World Youth Day offers the clearest possible proof that …
Brother, can you spare a sanctuary?
… 2009. Bethlehem wasn't about to give up. Members first set up worship under two large shade trees at 1324 Gholson Road, and then spent the next few months trying out various housing …
Green pioneers, organized by a Dominican sister, transform a town
… McGowan herself is a third positive case in point. “When I first arrived people called me a tree hugger and ‘that nun in City Hall.’” But hearts and attitudes can change. Last winter, the …