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Authors / Jon Magnuson
Jon Magnuson is executive director of the Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, Michigan.
A last will and testament for freedom
… Seigenthaler recalls the conversation with Nash like this: "You know that spiritual -- 'like a tree standing by the water, I will not be moved'? She would not be moved. And ... soon I was …
CRS adviser: Many Filipinos went to shelters before Rammasun struck
… that peaked at 115 miles per hour, knocking out power in 13 provinces and three cities. Broken trees littered streets and crumpled cars beneath them in the Manila capital region. Four of the …
Partial confessions: why it’s better to come clean, totally
… them everything, including perfect freedom, the freedom to choose. They chose to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, even though God told them there would be awful …
Wantonly, casually, we watch the water of life drain away
… I remember the women in the kitchen making chow-chow and pitting cherries from the backyard tree. And I remember the taste of the water. From the faucet, from the garden hose, from the …
Fr. Thomas Berry's memory continues to bloom
… Sharon Abercrombie … It happens every first of June. The apple tree outside the library window at Green Mountain Monastery in Greensboro, Vt ., bursts forth … passing. Filled with sadness, they looked out the library’s picture window and “noticed a tree bursting with apple blossoms. In that instant it was as if Thomas had made his presence …
Come, follow me: Tweets from @pontifex
… – once. I greet the World School Network for Encounter. Today we plant the first virtual olive tree for peace. @infoscholas — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 19, 2014 Mostly, Pope Francis uses …
Organization lifts up leaders to become community problem-solvers
… apartment complex. But if she did nothing, she risked losing her family's apartment on a quiet tree-lined street that was close to her children's school. "I begged people -- I can't do this …
Documentary explores historical costs of 'surviving progress'
… and clear cut by logging companies. At one point, the camera closes in on a half standing tree, with a lone dying insect, struggling to hang on, trembling, shaking and trying to figure …
Pope Francis calls for 'courage' toward peace between Israel, Palestine
… invocations for peace, a handshake as a sign of peace and the planting of a symbolic olive tree in the Vatican gardens. Assessing the value of the Vatican event during a briefing Friday in …
The Holy Land Principles: a powerful tool for justice and peace
… Bartholomew I of Constantinople, spiritual head of Orthodox Christians, planted an olive tree, a symbol of peace and hope. No walls separated them as they prayed together. Afterward, …