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Build bridges, not walls
… changed all around it, the giant’s garden remained in winter. Birds did not care to sing; the trees forgot to blossom. Only the north wind came to roar about the garden, as hail rattled the …
Keeping your focus on Jesus
… insignificant, but if you plant it and let it grow, it becomes large, the largest of all the trees. The Reign of God is dynamic. It grows. The Reign of God, Jesus says, is like a little bit …
'Subdued by what we conquered': Pope Benedict's understanding of nature disappointingly inert
… place that at once made people aware of their solitude and of their home in an “environment of trees and rocks and soil, brother to the other animals, part of the natural world and competent …
A more supple notion of who God is
… is as intrinsically ennobling as any religious epic.” This year Terrence Malick’s film, “The Tree of Life,” brought that thought adroitly to the cinematic screen. If the movie’s …
The world's only living paper mills
… a mould submerged in a water vat. “Magically a sheet of paper is formed without cutting any trees or adding harmful chemicals like some big paper mills do.” A screw press takes the water … coexistence between people and elephants, a thriving environmental sustainability for the trees that remain -- this is what Ellie Pooh’s creators, Thusitha Ranasinghe, a Sri Lankhan paper …
Staking their lives
… Reyes, 45, a bricklayer from Honduras, as he sat with his brother, Marco Antonio, 50, under a tree outside the parish church in Palenque, a sleepy, dusty town in Chiapas. Adán Reyes was …
Lament, hurrah, call to action: An historic gathering of Christian ecologists -- Part 2
… The oceans, rivers and rain cycles serve as a circulatory system. The bacteria, algae and trees provide the planet with lungs, constantly regenerating the entire atmosphere. Each species …
\"Jump into Love's deep river' -- Open-handed generosity and the environment
… make more use of recycled paper contract and source sustainable wood only for any virgin tree fiber it uses. Their decision follows a massive letter writing campaign spearheaded by … to escape his painful trap, bulldozers were busy at work a short distance away felling trees. The tiger died on the scene, despite Greenpeace’s rescue efforts. There are only 400 of …
Monarch butterflies in steep decline across North America
… were once common in such fields, are wiped out. On their winter ground, in central Mexico the trees on which they perch in great clusters are being cut down. “It’s clear we’ve lost an awful …
The Blinders of Another Culture War Bishop
… that he is so buried in the idea of fighting a culture war, he has missed the forest for the trees on this one. …