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Exhibit encourages viewers, religious and secular, to 'Meet Mary'
… hand gesture in di Credi's painting and that of Eve below, reaching for the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. However fine some of the examples of works are in the exhibit -- which the …
Book on Victorian life injects reality into TV's high holy days
… like Oak Alley in Vacherie, La. One can almost picture the Earl of Grantham coming down the tree-lined approach to the house, his faithful dog trotting alongside him. In Baton Rouge, we …
Contra Christiansen & Aldajani, Part I
… Edens, I who lost paradise twice. So expel me slowly, and kill me slowly, under my olive tree Christiansen and Aldajani follow this quote with the remarkable observation: “The …
Return to Nicaragua finds the flame of solidarity still alight
… the main boulevard and sprinkled throughout the city are massive lighted sculptures called Trees of Life, the brainchild of Rosario Murillo, the quirky poet and wife of President Daniel …
Microfinance, savings groups seed success for Uganda farmers
… tellers speaking in hushed tones. This bank is a faded blanket spread beneath a mango tree where a circle of women, hardworking passion fruit farmers, sit with their feet tucked under …
Our lives are full of preparation. At what point do we get to savor?
… that those aware of the 12 days of Christmas use this knowledge to complain that the Christmas trees are taken down too soon instead of as an opportunity to talk about the relevance of a … Yet by the fourth day of Christmas, I saw information about where to dispose of my Christmas tree properly and New Year's solutions coupled with conversations of how we ate too much for the …
Only by loving, serving others can people come to know God, pope says
… God's love for his children always comes before their love for him, somewhat like the almond tree flower, he said, which is the first to bloom before the coming spring. "We will always have …
After graduation, student hopes to take social justice work to the next level
… from your village in Africa. … Why this one? … Because I think it is the seed from which the tree of human flourishing can blossom. People can't be educated if they are hungry; they can't …
Locating the ‘glocal’ in baptism
… Rabindranath Tagore said that “Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.” Aesop told a great truth in his tale “Country Mouse and City Mouse.” Both wanted to be …
This Epiphany, remember the dreamers
… the nuns, the priests in the pulpit, or the manger scene on the altar or under the Christmas tree. While that story may adhere pretty close to the Gospel narrative, there are unsuspected …
Spiritual mentors
… recent years, people's attempt to trace their roots and fill in the branches on their family tree has been greatly helped by the website ancestry.com. There, one can search through a wealth …