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… at Cheverus High School in Portland, Maine, walked outside their classroom to learn about trees. Beforehand, theology teacher Mary King had quizzed them on corporate logos — they knew … don't know an elm from an oak," she said. The outdoors exercise had students identifying the trees around their campus: In Maine, plenty of pines, though students spotted a maple and … — facilities, strategic thinking, community formation — into the on-campus culture. The "ID a tree" challenge was from September, when all challenges focused on confronting habits. A couple …

… plastic and paper items, reducing water usage, recycling and composting, carpooling, planting trees, and turning off unnecessary lights — as well as others: Begin a parish care for creation … actions. A spiritual retreat in Argentina outside Buenos Aires will include the planting of 12 trees and construction of an organic trash-recycling program. Parishioners of St. Francis Xavier …

… Donna Schaper … Have you spotted the fake trees in your neighborhood that hide cell phone towers? There is one on the Hutchinson Parkway … group phone calls, where most people are doing other things while wearing their pajamas. Real trees are much more beautiful than fake trees, as real flowers are more beautiful than fabricated imposters. When we memorialize a person …

… Donna Schaper … If you hug too many trees, people will not just label you a "tree-hugger." They will also doubt your theology and develop concerns that you are a pagan. Let me hug some trees with you, as a Christian who also loves pagans. Christianity has a long record of loving …

… problems, however, than those of nomenclature. They continue to fail to see the forest for the trees. They sometimes get their messaging right, as in the health care debate, but other times …

… A tumbledown shell of a house lay in ruins, and a few dead leaves clinging to one remaining tree provided scant shade from the sweltering midday sun. The words, referring to his indigenous …

… had swept away two trucks. A video of a woman struggling out of a maelstrom of water, mud, tree trunks and rubble near a town south of Lima drew hundreds of thousands of viewers on …

… bigger responsibility.” Munyaka blamed climate change for much of the problem and said more trees and sand dams are needed to keep water from flowing out to the Indian Ocean. He fears that …

… to be sure, and there are always cost savings to be had if you shake the Pentagon procurement tree. Adding $54 billion in defense spending makes no sense, it meets no need except Trump’s …

… and paint designs on their faces with thanaka , a white or yellowish cream made from a local tree that protects skin against the sun. Buddhist monks, novices and nuns weave through crowded …

… on the sidelines of an event in Florence , said he thought Collins' had resigned "to shake the tree," implying that she perhaps hoped her move might cause some bad fruit to fall to the ground. …

… Painting God as a petty tyrant, the snake asks why people are not allowed to eat from fruit trees. Eve corrected him saying that there was but one forbidden tree. “And why would that be?” asks the serpent. “Don’t you get it? That’s where God’s power is … serpent. “Isn’t God a bit arbitrary? Why aren’t you allowed to eat the fruit of the trees?” Eve passes the first test admirably as she contradicts the deceitful exaggeration: “We …

… Painting God as a petty tyrant, the snake asks why people are not allowed to eat from fruit trees. Eve corrected him saying that there was but one forbidden tree. “And why would that be?” asks the serpent. “Don’t you get it? That’s where God’s power is hidden! Eat from that tree and you’ll be just like God — beholden to no one!” So Eve takes a closer look. She decides …

… and the Catholic charity, Caritas Jordan. Meeting at Our Lady of Peace Center on the hilly, tree-lined outskirts of the Jordanian capital, the leaders sought better cooperation and were …

… up in Connecticut, I learned about both events, and I have a piece of the Charter Oak, the tree in which the Connecticut patriots hid their charter from Andros, in my living room. Andros' …

… effort. At Old St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia, they're pulling together a Lenten "Justice Tree," which will complement the parish's Advent Giving Tree. Instead of holding tags listing items to donate to families in need, however, the tree's tags will have different ways parishioners can act for justice during Lent, including …

… spiritual ecology refers to the way something connects to its environment. The folk saying "A tree is only as strong as its forest" sums up what we mean by ecology. When you add a sense of … the environment, you get the hybrid term "spiritual ecology." Think of the Lord's Prayer as a tree in a forest. You can find dozens of versions of it. Often, when praying in different …

… him. Her lyrics span the sorrows of the centuries: A  Saviour on a cross A Man swinging on a tree A Dead boy on the street. She wrote several songs as she developed the play. "Telling a …

… fought as well as other mining projects. Carrillo said the government has claimed that the trees in the mountains of Esperanza had a disease that required they be cut down. "They never …

… him from boarding his troopship. Hans was, by any reckoning, an enemy combatant. My family tree has soldiers who have fought in every war from the American Revolution onward, and always on …