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Season of Creation Daily Day 10: Take a walk
… earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth brown earth, we are earth. Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their tribes, their families, their histories, too. Talk to …
Our 'common home' is burning
… of birds. It houses one third of the world's flowering plants and over 16,000 different tree species. Over 2 million insects species and one in five of the world's fish species can be … as God's ministers. It speaks of springs as life-giving waters that abundantly nourish "the trees of the Lord." (16) The psalm lauds God for all God's wonderful works for indeed, the …
Death toll in Bahamas likely higher than reported, local resident says
… of framed homes will be destroyed, with total roof failure and wall collapse. Fallen trees and power poles will isolate residential areas, and power outages will last for weeks to …
'You have to have faith,' Bahamian resident says of Dorian recovery
… 200 full-time residents, but a priest comes by boat every Sunday for noon Mass under the fig tree in Hope Town. When asked how people find out about this, she said word is out there on … Sunday Mass in the park near the library behind the Methodist church. The Mass crowd under the tree, she said, can number about two dozen or more, since many of the locals are Catholic. The …
At first Muslim presidential forum, Sanders reaps adoration of ISNA attendees
… larger ecumenical approach." He pointed to Sanders' meeting with the rabbi of Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue as well as his visits to various churches. "He goes to share his vision of …
Season of Creation spotlights threats to biodiversity
… the Season of Creation. Its creation care commission has organized an archdiocese-wide tree planting for the Assisi feast day. Archbishop Charles Thompson is expected to plant a tree himself. The act of planting trees offers a tangible way for parishioners to experience a sense of interconnectedness with … or in a forest … it's that whole beauty of creation. And that comes forth when we're planting trees," Braun said. In addition to tree planting, the creation care commission developed a guide …
It's the least we can do, accompany migrants in spirit by becoming uncomfortable
… be scared about getting deliberately arrested. Sillier still to need to sit in the shade of a tree after walking a mile to the metro in the heat when my migrant sisters and brothers had …
Some Pittsburgh Jews upset by decision to seek death penalty in synagogue attack
… Yonat Shimron … Religion News Service … Two of the three congregations that met inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh said they were saddened and disappointed with the news that … in the shooting. The third congregation meeting in the building issued a statement saying: "Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha does not have a statement on this matter; we have confidence that justice will be served." Seven of the victims were from the Tree of Life congregation. The shuttered synagogue is in Pittsburgh’s historic Squirrel Hill …
Copy Desk Daily, Aug. 27, 2019
… … : A member of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate, the Kenyan sister plants an average of 10 trees a day, along with administering a home for HIV-positive orphans. … I was in prison and you …
Brebeuf athletes excluded from some Catholic events as Jesuits appeal decree
… Cathedral on Aug. 8 — the first day of classes — rainbow-colored streamers were hanging from trees lining the drive up the hill to the school's main entrance. For many years, seniors …
Bono and Guggi: A friendship based on art, punk rock and Jesus
… these objects, and I never stopped," Guggi said. During the recording of U2's "The Joshua Tree" album in 1985, Bono summoned Guggi and Gavin to their local pub, known as The Gravediggers, … Bono set aside a room in the large manor house where the band was recording "The Joshua Tree" and asked Guggi to fill it with art supplies, which he did. The trio — Bono, Guggi and …
Heartland conveys perpetual cycle of poverty in Midwest
… poor squandered their racial advantage. Through vivid portraits of the travails of her family tree, Smarsh reveals that the bootstrap ethos is ironically most fiercely embraced by those whom …
Sustainable land use urged to ease growing threats to food, water
… of place in the once-burgeoning coal mining region. From there, they moved on to planting trees in Robinson Forest in eastern Kentucky in an effort to reclaim a mountaintop stripped bare … involve water management, conservation of natural resources, companion planting of crops and trees and reducing fertilizer usage, said Olaf Westermann, senior technical adviser on climate … of Honduras and Guatemala where forests are being bulldozed and replaced with tracts of palm trees to meet the growing worldwide demand for palm oil. "We have a production system that …
Kenya wind farm welcomed, but indigenous wonder who benefits most
… Kariuki said he hoped the wind farm would enable the indigenous communities to plant trees in the air area despite the scarcity of rain. Having access to electricity, he and others …
Reflective writing's call is to pay attention, to be awake and aware
… son, the language of a sigh. He writes of the first flight of a mourning dove, an intriguing tree he calls the Church Tree where he goes for meditation, the treasure of a hummingbird on a nest, the scattering of the …
Catholic bishops join ecumenical letter on Trump's tweets about Baltimore
… helping recent immigrants and refugees, feeding, clothing and housing the homeless, planting trees, growing gardens, and cleaning up streets. "We are asking for your help -- not tweets of …
Ambrose, St. Bernard dog and evangelist, was a great grace to many people
… few months, walking him was a challenge at night, but we managed to keep him from running into trees. He would occasionally need help standing up, and knew precisely the look that told me …
Links for 7/25/19
… Americans, with their libertarian tic, prefer to talk about duties to each other, as well as trees and animals. What is a "right to health care," after all, but a way of identifying a …
Residents fight to keep Amazon alive, 'but big money speaks louder'
… holds potted plants and a few chickens, and ducking under the long pods hanging from tamarind trees. With floodwaters lapping practically at the threshold of her house, Batista, 54, snags …
Religious freedom summit opens with stories of religious violence and resilience
… Adelle M. Banks … Religion News Service … The rabbi of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, site of an October mass shooting, tries to avoid using the word "hate" … their own stories of experiencing religious violence in the past year. Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of Tree of Life, a synagogue in Pittsburgh where a gunman opened fire last fall, spoke of parents … set foot in any synagogue since the attack on Oct. 27. "The perpetrator of the massacre in the Tree of Life not only stole 11 beautiful lives that he had no God-given right to do, but he stole …