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EarthBeat Weekly: Experiencing Advent where wildlife runs free
… and watch for the suggestions that Brian Roewe has collected for disposing of your Christmas tree. I think you'll find some of his discoveries surprising. I did. Finally, the EarthBeat staff …
Palm Springs Artist Bernard Hoyes "Spirit of the Land Through Climate Change" exhibition in Redlands
… visit www.sbcounty.gov/museum or call (909) 798-8608. The museum is located at 2024 Orange Tree Lane in Redlands. …
Africans call for more action on climate at Religions for Peace summit
… an urgent need to find sustainable alternatives to fuel, so that there's less cutting of trees. With the alarming deforestation in the Amazon, environmental and religious groups also … He added, "Countries like U.S. and China need to be more proactive. Cutting down of trees to set up more factories is harmful. Smaller countries suffer the most." He said the … Catholic Church in Myanmar works alongside the government to raise awareness and plant more trees. "[Burmese] people are not using firewood in boarding houses anymore. We look for …
Protests of India's citizenship law grow, along with clashes
… canister inside. After fleeing the building to escape the fumes, police pushed him against a tree and beat him with sticks, he said. Police spokesman Sunil Bainsla denied the account, …
Assailants attack several protest camps across Lebanon
… forces guarding the camp, hurling stones and firecrackers and setting fire to several cars, trees and a building under construction overlooking the square. Police responded with tear gas …
The materialism of Santa Claus and the spirituality of Baby Jesus
… also illuminated by the divine child and that everything, the stars, suns, galaxies, stones, trees, fish, animals and all of us, the human beings, form the great house of God. If you see the …
Away in a manger, no room at the shopping mall
… after Halloween. The wreaths already have red ribbons, not purple. The lights of Christmas trees shine through the windows of many homes and, on the lawns, all manner of things appear, …
Palestinians in Bethlehem look beyond religious tourism
… a chapel adjoining the church. In Manger Square, just outside the church, a massive Christmas tree has been set up and festivities are planned in the coming weeks as various denominations …
Winter Climate Strike
… streets surrounding The Grove. At 6PM, we will begin our synchronized die in near the holiday tree. Our die-in will be livestreamed at The Grove while XR Japan live streams their event at …
Martyrdom comes from following Christ without compromise, pope says
… general audience in the Vatican's Paul VI hall, which was decorated with a large Christmas tree and Nativity scene. The pope continued his series of talks on the Acts of the Apostles by …
Jersey City's mayor says gunmen targeted kosher market
… 11 people were killed and two congregants were wounded in an October 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Last April, a gunman opened fire at a synagogue north of …
EarthBeat Weekly: Bypassing Black Friday to #OptOutside
… day walking with my wife around our Kansas City neighborhood. Though there weren't any tall trees like in the photo above from our trip to Seattle this time last year, it was still not a …
Advent meditations with Laudato Si', Week 2: Shift to a deeper vision
… stables and coops. Our table scraps went back to the chickens. We cherished our many trees, and knew water was precious, for we had a well and a septic system. We have a …
Prepare the way of the Lord
… of vipers. He warns everyone that the messiah is a judge whose “axe lies at the root of the tree” and whose winnowing fan will separate the wheat from the chaff. One of the great …
Second Sunday of Advent: Change from the ground up
… a transformed, just society. That was what John promised: "The axe lies at the root of the trees. Things are going to change from the ground up. Someone is coming who will set the world on …
Let Advent be a time to listen and wonder
… myself fighting the urge to lay on my couch with a good book under the light of the Christmas tree until the Christmas rush passes me by. I think that's why I appreciate Advent so much. …
Consider the fig tree
… cycles of planting and harvesting, and to the rich diversity and beauty of birds, flowers and trees. In today’ Gospel, Jesus points to the fig tree as a harbinger of the what was to come. Just as the fig tree sprouts buds as a sign of … addressing to us. We will reap what we sow. By their fruits you will know both good and bad trees. Death and decline precede rebirth and restoration. Nature is generous and abundant to …
I believe in love even when I do not feel it
… daughters how this song brings a rush of memory: walking the pine tunnel, two towering rows of trees, at the Catholic Worker farm where their grandparents still live. How these words measured …
EarthBeat Weekly: Listening to students (thousands of them)
… And speaking of holidays, here's an update on the newly eco-friendly Vatican Christmas tree . Hope you all enjoy a Happy Thanksgiving next week. With that in mind, EarthBeat Weekly …
Home for a visit, a year after leaving the church
… Post some years ago, about a young boy on a family outing to the park who was struck by a tree limb during a sudden thunderstorm. "It was the father who reached the child first, and he …