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Golf legend Arnold Palmer a hero to a tee
… the next day's 18-hole playoff over Olympic's tight fairways bordered by cedar and eucalyptus trees, Casper, having sunk putts as long as 40 feet, toted a 69 to Palmer's 73. Casper, a Mormon, …
Sisters place focus on the planetary household
… Suggestions for actions include installing a rain barrel or butterfly garden, planting shade trees to provide shelter from heat and homes for songbirds, and looking for plants that help …
Rowing is a network of spiritual kinship
… the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia at 5:30 a.m. The sun is just beginning to rise above the trees. The rhythmic slicing of oars in and out of the water from magna-cum-serious rowers in …
Pope’s quotes: There are saints
… some who are not so saintly, and these are the ones you tend to hear about. You know that one tree falling makes more noise than a whole forest growing.” -- Press conference during return …
Chilean cardinals close to pope stained by abuse cover-ups
… was growing up in Chile in the 1980s, his family lived close to El Bosque, "the forest" -- a tree-draped park avenue and a prime neighborhood in Santiago, the capital city. It was also home …
It was a hard winter
… first. I didn’t prune until late March and the indoor branches flowered right along with the trees the first of April, white flowers on the wood, white stamen, backed by maroon bud casings, emitting a faint delicate scent -- strong enough to fill both trees with bees that afternoon. The next day the magnolia next door began to open its buds. Three … are opening, and the lilacs have budded. Everywhere I look, I lift my eyes to flowering trees, lacy with different shades of white and pink and purple. Meanwhile on the ground the …
Becoming a worldwide church with members who love one another
… Christine Schenk … It is 1971, and I find myself walking eagerly down a tree-shaded driveway in Fox Chase, Philadelphia, heading for an interview with the Medical …
Science and theology both reveal splendor of our natural world
… to the heart and the imagination. On the Origin of Species describes a natural world where the tree of life is constantly in flux, with unimaginable potential for growth and change. The creed and resulting Christian theology describe the tree of the cross as a point at which the ineffable God, who has come physically into this …
Spring: an interfaith season of hope
… freedom, of new life. I think of this every time I gaze at the daffodils, tulips and flowering trees. I often wonder what that must have been like for our ancient human forebears who after …
Christos Aneste!
… at the foot of the Cross, in all its suffering and pain, if that same Cross is to become the tree of life, the non-spiritualized, busy in the transitory world, life to which we are called. …