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… carbon footprints through activities like air travel by donating to projects that have planted trees in Uganda and installed solar panels at schools and convents in Bangladesh and India. The …

… The end of Chapter 17 finally proclaims the promise of redemption, comparing Israel to a tree that God will cultivate by taking a graft from a mighty cedar, a tree that can grow to a … capacity to shelter all peoples. Somewhat surprisingly in this allegory, all the other trees — the other nations — recognize the grandeur of this one and yet they neither convert nor … from Ezekiel 17 compared the chosen people to a shoot taken from the greatest of foreign trees and replanted by God in Israel. Seeing the kingdom of God start as a mustard seed is a far …

… with him at three of his golfing haunts — the Sands Point Club on Long Island, Burning Tree in Maryland and New Jersey's Pine Valley — he is finally in the nation's bookstores with I …

… Francis urged the children always to remember their first school and first teacher. "Can a tree whose roots have been removed produce flowers?" the pope asked. The children shouted, "No." …

… and giving him the garden of Eden, God only gave him one prohibition: He was not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Then, seeing that Adam was lonely, God formed creatures and … stock. All was well until the serpent came to Eve who had presumably heard about the forbidden tree from Adam. Eve’s temptation was really a dilemma about whether to believe Adam or the … caught it in a gross exaggeration about God’s moral demands (Genesis 3:1-2). Eve ate from the tree because the serpent said it would make her like a god. “She saw that the tree was good for …

… at their church, a peaceful white chapel built in a garden full of orange-colored autumnal trees, Correa and Concha discussed their faith and their role as parents. They said they face … people are seeking to be confirmed, largely because of what has happened. In Plaza de Armas, a tree-lined square in the center of Santiago, the striking brown stone Metropolitan Cathedral …

… the oven door to check on a pan of cornbread, rising at 400 degrees. I sought out the haven of trees, searched for shade. I hurried toward the air-conditioned library. I thought of Robert … to work the land on which they live. They will have to till and plant. My forbears planted trees. My grandchildren will have to plant something else. Perhaps it will be human touch or the …

… moved again, this time to a smaller but newer home with a larger yard, a flowering mimosa tree in front, some apple trees in the back and enough space to play extended family whiffle ball games. This house also …

… it  a while ago: I rode by a house, with the windows lighted up Looking pretty as a Christmas tree And I said to myself, As I rode by myself, Everybody's got a home but me. It is a stunningly …

… Lilian Muendo … The old women sit quietly along the veranda, trees extending their branches over the houses, and a vegetable garden surrounding them. Nearby, …

… settle down nearest to their starting point. Here in the land of opportunity, the taller the tree, the closer the apple falls. A dear friend tells me I should root for the Arthur Brooks of …

… recently began a reflection on the rite of holy Communion by asking this question: … "Does a tree or a plant that isn't watered ... bloom well?" … Click the link to learn his answer. Here is …

… meeting, after Hope House Ministries bought an old Anglican Franciscan priory , focused on the trees on the property. Pizzarelli pledged not to cut them down. Town residents are regular …

… floor so I could hide, and I called my mom." Another student told CBS News he ran behind some trees, heard more shots, jumped a fence and ran to a car wash. He said he saw firefighters treat …

… about tax-collector Zacchaeus, who, according to story, continued for decades to visit the tree where he first met Jesus. Zacchaeus would sit at the base of tree and simply recall his encounter with Jesus. "Somehow in the remembering, I get hope and … and faith in my life," Schutte quoted Zacchaeus as explaining why he visited that sycamore tree every day, year after year. "It was [for Zacchaeus] one of those spectacular moments of …

… their grandparents and the elderly. Citing an unnamed poet, Pope Francis said, "'All that the tree has flowered comes from what it has in the ground below.' Go to the roots!" "In my opinion, …

… surfaces with water­retaining green infrastructures such as, grass, flowerbeds, shrubs and trees. An impervious surface is one through which rainfall or surface water cannot flow. Such … future collaborations between the archdiocese and the Nature Conservancy. More than 150 new trees are being planted at the cemetery and works are underway for a native pollinator garden …

… a family Bible, it mostly sat on a shelf, though it sometimes became the repository of family tree information. No doubt there were and are exceptions to that broad conclusion about …

… in Trinidad. She recalls one especially vivid scene when she reached for a banana on a tree. Her grandfather quickly pulled her back by the arm and saved her from a nest of snakes that …

… of liberation. In the introduction of his most recent book, "The Cross and the Lynching Tree," Cone noted that he was making connections many others had not. "Despite the obvious … on a cross and the death of thousands of black men and women strung up to die on a lamppost or tree, relatively few people, apart from black poets, novelists, and other reality-seeing artists, …