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'Putting flesh on God's activity in the world'
… fields of mown wheat, milo and corn, an extensive windbreak of cottonwood and other kinds of trees shelters a cluster of houses, outbuildings, barns and a large silo with stained glass … by a solar panel. A creek is spanned by two wooden bridges, and a wonderful ancient ash tree has a swing on it. The pastures are great munching places for our alpacas.” The 80 acres of …
How you get there
… facticity. This is the 'what is.' We were always looking for the facticity. Here it is: These trees, this grass and that sky. How can you beat that for ultimate authority? This names what we …
What would Buckley do?
… “José Martí famously said that a man must do three things in life: write a book, plant a tree, have a son,” Christopher eulogized. “I don’t know that my father ever planted a tree. Surely whole forests -- enough to make Al Gore weep -- were put to the ax on his account. …
Memoir recalls sometimes strange, always exciting, life
… and Thank You for Smoking , later a hit movie. The apple, moreover, hadn’t fallen far from the tree. In his prime the senior Buckley exhibited any number of iconoclastic aberrations that …
Mad about \"Mad Men\"
… Heidi Schlumpf … The back-to-school displays are out, leaves are starting to drop from trees, and " Mad Men ," the Emmy-award winning AMC series about a fictional New York ad agency, …
Babysitting 'Pale Pinto'
… National Park Service) Foxtrot Seven brooded in its concrete silence near a grove of cedar trees perched on a glade overlooking a tiny stream. On a bright October day, the glade was …
From biblical narrative to economic policy
… so that the Lord your God may bless you in all our undertakings. When you beat your olive trees, do not strip what is left; it shall be for the alien, the orphan and the widow. When you …
Health care debate poisoned
… Portsmouth, N.H., Aug. 11 carrying a loaded gun and a sign that read, “It is time to water the tree of liberty.” Kostric, speaking later on MSNBC, rooted his concern for the Republic in the …
It takes a village to make a loan
… fights poverty by helping poor people finance small businesses -- snack stalls, fruit trees, milk-producing buffaloes -- in slums and other places where it's tough to get a normal …
Slump strains church finances as need grows
… grinds on. Churches are scouring their budgets for wasteful spending. And many, like Bent Tree, have taken the unusual step of reducing staff. While the collection plate no longer …
Mustard
… stopped by. Birds of every kind have sheltered in the shade of the branches of their family tree. Mustard is a great seasoning on hot dogs and bratwurst, served with cole slaw and an icy …
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
… of the fellow prophets; I am a breeder of sheep," he was a shepherd "and a dresser of sycamore trees" — he was a farmer "but God took me from shepherding the flock and said to me: 'Go, and …
Solar power: Let the sunshine in
… approximately 19,000 tons of [carbon dioxide]. That is equivalent to planting 345 acres of trees or removing 4,740 cars from the road for one year,” explained Dustin Keele, Photon’s …
At the Monastery of the Redwoods
… same. Little on the planet prepares you for such a sight. The coastal redwoods are the largest trees on the globe. Some reach 35 stories tall, some are 1,500 years old. I ambled into vast …
Legislative strategy and abortion reduction
… its eight traffic lanes. But, there are circumstances in which you can see the forest for the trees sometimes better when you are at least familiar with the ways of Washington. A perfect …
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales target of abuse suits
… the college. I arrived in September of 1966, when there were a few buildings, lots of spindly trees, mud, cornerstones still lying on the ground waiting for a ceremony, and, it seemed then, …
The Psalm of Forever
… human love is awakened to its Godhood whenever such love struggles to be forever. The tree of love can withstand all storms, droughts and disasters when its roots are entwined around …
Michael Jackson
… the most wondrous years of life, namely, playtime and a feeling of freedom." He wanted build a tree house and go to a roller skating party, he said. "But very early on, this became …
The borderís deadly landscapes
… from Tucson and headed south, where the city quickly gave way to desert, a tangle of mesquite trees, brush, cactus and wildflowers not yet in bloom. “We can orient ourselves by that peak up … the most perilous trails. “People are crossing through mountains,” said Fife. He pointed past trees toward mountain crests and canyons. “Twenty-five miles in that direction is Mexico.” …
Heeding the calls to solitude and solidarity
… broken off after the statue tipped over some years back, stands at the base of a 60-foot oak tree. Across a patch of grass stands a statue of Quan Am (in Chinese, Quan Yin), a life-giving …