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Milwaukee bankruptcy filing masks the truth
… them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear …
'Not very analytical': Bush skims over his presidency
… “I’m not a revengeful person.” “I’m not a divider.” “I’m not a unilateralist.” “I’m not a tree, I’m a Bush.” Large thanks for clearing all that up. Bush admits to having a regret or two …
Why I take the tree down on Epiphany
… Heidi Schlumpf … Nothing makes me sadder than seeing a tree by the curb on Dec. 26. In our house, we don't take the tree down till Epiphany (actually Epiphany Eve last night)--dry needles be damned. It's not only … of the Presentation in the Temple. But if I waited that long I wouldn't be able to recycle our tree. At least the City of Chicago has moved the deadline for dropping off your tree for mulching …
Prophet for the Earth: An exploration of the thought of Fr. Thomas Berry
… of our parish church was presented to us as a sacred place, whereas the grove of elm and oak trees down in the park, full of the magic play of light, shadow, aromas and refreshing breezes – … predicament can be linked to our collective forgetting that, in Berry’s words, “the trees, the birds, the various life forms around us, are all voices awakening us to the deep …
On this day: Bl. Thomas Plumtree
… a daye, Well a daye, well a daye, well a daye, woe is mee, Syr Thomas Plomtrie is hanged on a tree. --Quoted in Memorials of the Rebellion of 1569, by Sir Cuthbert Sharp, London, 1810. This …
The gifts of darkness
… the beauty of stillness, crisp air, moon simplicity, and the dim glow of barely visible trees and sky. And when I return from an evening event and walk to the house, I always take a …
Ecopsychology: Healthy planet, healthy people
… paper or plastic. Either option is a choice that harms the environment, either by destroying trees or clogging landfills. We take our turn and virtuously produce our cloth bag, thereby …
A spirituality of sustainability
… itself “groans for its completion.” We are one with the biotic community: “No less than the trees and the stars, we have a right to be here.” Such a way is at one with the Transcendent … way to work, I wind my on bus and subway, noticing the natural landscape as I move, flowers, trees, green lawns and bushes. Our early habitats create our lifelong habits. Here is an example …
My Parents' Anniversary
… of Lourdes church here in Hampton, Connecticut. I can just see the steeple beyond the pine trees as I write this morning. They were married two days after Christmas because he was home for …
Christmas journey into the human
… it is a Myth but thanks for the reminder that Christmas is as rich in symbols as a Christmas tree is with winking lights -- and that Myth does not mean a falsehood, as they superficially …