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The road isn't easy
… and peered over. The car was settled far below, resting miraculously in a grove of juniper trees, not among the massive boulders typical of that terrain. Presently a car passed by and I …
Of Mount Athos, ecumenism, and real estate in Heaven
… In that light, the monks see Catholicism and Protestantism as fruit from the same poisonous tree. “Step by step,” the monks said, “Papal and Protestant heresies gradually replaced the …
Irresponsible reporting on religion is dangerous
… press, are already inclined to write off even credible reports as fruit of the same poisonous tree. Second, inaccurate stories such as this week's about a secret plan for union with the pope …
Simply wanting to be with Jesus: Transfiguration, Part 2
… that integrity for her meant not being able to get rid of the "Ragged Figure moving from tree to tree in the back of the mind." We see reliance on Jesus in the last words of Trappist monk and …
Franziska and Franz J‰gerst‰tter
… signpost pointed the way. Finally I came upon an elderly lady in her yard eating plums off a tree. "Can you tell me where the Jägerstätters live?" She smiled. "I'm Frau Jägerstätter." She …
First Sunday of Advent
… leadership was deteriorating, and so they could picture it as, instead of a full, blossoming tree, just a stump. That's all that was left. It seemed to be dead. And yet there was to be a …
I know a metaphor when I see one
… For our part, we are worrying about stamping out feminine images of a God already called rock, tree, light, fire and dove. But this God, the very womb of the universe, must never ever be …
Follow-ups: Brothers in leadership posts and more on evolution
… Genesis titled In the Beginning : "It is the affair of the natural sciences to explain how the tree of life in particular continues to grow, and how new branches shoot out from it. This is not …
Benedict's thinking on creation and evolution
… we make to this view [evolution]? It is the affair of the natural sciences to explain how the tree of life in particular continues to grow, and how new branches shoot out from it. This is not …
Insecurity: When the bearers of democracy lose it for the sake of security
… retain their farm land, harvested their ttolive produce, planted or provided over 10,000 trees for Palestinian land and ttjoined a coalition of other organizations to oppose the …