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… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… forgiving all in the name of God, because God forgives everything.” — Lighting the Christmas tree, Gubbio, Italy, Dec. 8, 2014 … Editor’s note: … We can send you a biweekly email alert with …

… story that the Holy Family hid from Herod's soldiers in the hollow trunk of an old pine tree. The tradition holds that the trunk lowered its branches to conceal the three. Some say …

… on the doors, no psychedelic Santa displays on the lawns. My Dad asked that we not put up a tree this year because time is short and it takes a lot of work. Reluctantly, I agreed. My late mother had a wonderful collection of blue and silver ornaments and our tree was sublime. I make a note to self: Next year, come up a day or two early so Dad does not feel so rushed. We shall share in my sister’s tree across the street. Christmas shopping was kept to a minimum as we are saving money because …

… where he connected with his wife. "There are a bunch of gifts for him under the Christmas tree, pajamas, and an Oriole mug and T-shirt," Deanna told the Catholic Review , Baltimore's …

… Edens, I who lost paradise twice.  So expel me slowly,  and kill me slowly,  under my olive tree The remembrance of paradise is dissolved in a bitterness in which death is preferable to …

… their flat was dark. Our flat on the second floor was also dark -- except for the Christmas tree. The tree was strung with lights, and their soft glow could be seen through the upper window. The … tinsel that needed to be smoothed and rehung. As I tinkered with it, whatever was left of the tree's radiance dimmed. Then, abruptly, the revelation ceased. It became merely a pine tree …

… began to happen. On a few battlefields , the Germans decorated their front line with Christmas trees and candles. Melodies of carols began to drift from the British camp, loud enough for the …