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Symbols of understandable eternity
… Rich Heffern … Why do we venerate the evergreen tree as a part of the Christmas season? I think it has to do with the fact that they persist in …
The ax is laid to the root of the tree: An argument for the Dream Act
… to the Poor. We have already, it seems begun to wield the axe that severs the very root of the tree we call America. Once inside the walled fortress we imagine will protect us from a scary, … check the map. A prophet cries out in the wilderness: “Even now the ax is laid the root of the tree. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire” (Matt 3:10). [Pat …
Obama Lights National Christmas Tree
… Winters … President Obama gave a fine, short speech before lighting the national Christmas tree yesterday. The video is here . I have only one complaint. Why is the national Christmas tree so garish? The tree on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol is always quite beautiful. Why is the …
Bishop first in US to approve Marian apparitions
… a small chapel near the spot of the apparitions. When a brick chapel was built in 1880, the trees where Mary appeared were cut down and the chapel's altar was placed over the spot. A school …
Four spiritual ways to reduce stress
… walk to and from the library, “That felt good. It was so peaceful looking at the blue sky and trees.” It’s great if we, like Taylor, can take a walk or play tennis outdoors or something …
Book review: Consulting the Genius of the Place, by Wes Jackson
… increase our imagination. We will be featuring nature’s wisdom over human cleverness – the Tree of Life over the Tree of Knowledge …” It might be termed a kind of hubris to state that your own project in the …
Can scary environmental stories get us moving?
… trying to prevail against the logging industry. He said each time his efforts failed and a tree plunged to its death, his heart sank a little more, until all he felt was despair. Then he …
The bioregional quiz
… in your region? When is the rut of deer and when are the fawns born? Name five kinds of trees in your region! Are they native to your region? Name five birds which stay the whole year …
The bioregional vision: Living in and loving your own place
… rock-bottomed Ozark waterway. A spring-fed stream shaded by spicebush and pawpaw trees runs down the hollow’s center. Its banks are carpeted with bloodroot, trillium and other … could be bottled and sold to noise-addled city dwellers. David Haenke Leroy Hollow’s beautiful trees suffered two assaults in the last century. In the 1910s loggers cut down the oaks, then … liquidation prices, in order to stuff the multinational feeding frenzy. “The value of a log tree here has to compete against land virtually given away and harvested by near slave labor in …
The world prays for success in Cancun
… drive less miles, buy locally grown foods, eat organic natural food, start a small tree planting project on waste land wherever you live and support a group campaigning for a clean … feast fair-trade sales of dried mangos pay for the planting and protection of 200 fruit tree saplings 2 meters tall done with the indigenous people for the past 6 years. So eating the right food does justice, plants trees, saves the soil, provides shade, cools the earth, conserves water, and prevents landslides. …