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… (If such a thing were possible.) I wait, and will not be dismayed. For tiny shoot of Jesse tree took root in me to love transform, give sight, set free. The inquiry led to a conversation … us back to you. O Adonai, set us free of fear, despair, misogyny. O Justice Flower, of Jesse tree, uproot our hatreds. Wash us clean in just-reign waters, plant us deep in Thee. O Key of …

… the Last Supper. And that someone saved the ax George Washington used to chop down the cherry tree and, while they were at it, also preserved his wooden teeth. (Good luck with both of those …

… driveway behind a movie theater to stroll among the quiet, well-maintained graves, shadowed by trees. In the back of the cemetery, overlooking the rest of the tombstones, stands a tall cross. …

… to Christians but it is different: “We should not imagine our ancestors actually believed that trees were gods. What they sensed was that nature made the spiritual appear, connecting us to its …

… directly to the Salvadorans. They sneaked onto the base in military uniforms, climbed a pine tree near the Salvadoran barracks, and broadcast a recording of Romero's last homily, in which he … the treetops in the middle of the night, military police with dogs and M-16s swarmed under the tree, cursing and threatening to shoot down the three trespassers. The homily played on and on … Rosebaugh, gagging Ventimiglia, and striking Bourgeois from behind and throwing him against a tree. They were all given maximum sentences by U.S. District Court Judge J. Robert Elliott, known …

… or at least our spiritual imagination is. We long for a bow in the sky, a dove on the tree.  Part of us goes back to work. We sign petitions, march in the streets, write articles and …

… to blasting. Surface mining is another name for mountaintop removal mining, in which trees are clear cut, topsoil is removed and the tops of mountains are dynamited to expose rich …

… a change in migratory patterns and activities of freshwater and marine species, increased tree mortality worldwide, and more frequent instances of extreme weather. In addition, the report …

… some badly needing repair, crowd portions of the roadway, dwarfed by forested coal-laden and tree-covered mountains that tower over the valley cut by the river. Telltale signs of mining mark …

… maybe 20 ruby-throated hummingbirds dart back and forth from the lowest branches of the maple trees to the feeders on the front porch of the mountaintop home shared by Sr. Kathleen O'Hagan …

… If a white man killed them to make an example of them, they would've left them hanging from a tree, that's the way to make an example of them." The bluster in that sentence conceals what the …

… jobs largely outweighs critical environmental and health concerns. Just around the bend in the tree-shrouded gravel road from Brock's cabin is Big Laurel Learning Center, a ministry rooted in … about mountaintop removal mining. The widespread industry practice involves clear cutting trees and using explosives to blow apart the tops of mountains to expose coal seams. The …

… our olives," Badawi told Catholic News Service while reaching into the branches of one of the trees that can be traced to the time of Christ. "The olive trees are still there, but we can't reach them. I feel something special in this holy place where … we are picking the oldest olives in the area, maybe in the whole world." At the bottom of the tree, Karina Henriquez, a volunteer from Chile, places olives that drop from the branches into a …

… or report from the synod on the family, there is a danger of missing the forest for the trees. It is true, the welcoming language toward gays was dialed back from what was expressed in …

… daily sanctity must also nurture those seeds that are yet to mature, and must care for those trees that have dried up and wish not to be neglected.  22. In this respect, a new dimension of …

… we were on to the next farm chore. Throughout the morning, we fertilized plants, pruned fruit trees, planted pitalla , and stopped for a break to eat mangoes whose juice ran down our chins …

… Peterson allegedly caused bruises and cuts to his 4-year-old son after using a "switch" or tree branch to beat the child. Although he apologized for the injuries to that child, he defended …

… Maina, a conservationist with the Presbyterian Church of East Africa. Maina runs a massive tree planting project on church compounds and members' farms in his presbytery in the Great Rift … been built since 2009 -- store water under the riverbed, so it can be used for irrigation, tree planting and domestic consumption throughout the year. With 50 sand dams constructed each … practices such as watching flying dragonflies, low-swooping swallows or flowering acacia trees. But with weather patterns becoming unpredictable, farmers have been adding scientific …

… assist at the liturgy. To get to the train station, he had to go down a dirt road bordered by trees. But Men never arrived at the train station. Someone came up from behind him with an axe, …

… moment came in the 1950s, when he caddied for then Vice President Nixon at the Burning Tree Golf Club in Bethesda, Md. No women were allowed on the property except at Christmas, when … gifts in the pro shop for their husbands. The friendship that began on the fairways of Burning Tree would take the caddy to the White House as Nixon's most treasured and loyal aide. In a …