How They Communicateby Peter Wohlleben. He opened my eyes to a world I had never known and I was struck by the way trees not only live in community, but thrive in community. As Tim Flannery writes in the foreward, “…the most astonishing thing about trees is how social they are...
According to the Catechism in paragraph 1479, “Since the faithful departed now being purified are also members of the same communion of saints, one way we can help them is to obtain indulgences for them, so that the temporal punishments due for their sins may be remitted.” What is the ...
Holy Week is a string of eight days that allow us an opportunity to reflect upon the shift in humanity Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross launched. It starts with Palm Sunday, when Jesus enters the city of Jerusalem. The week leads us through the Last Supper
The middle or separate candle is lit on Christmas Day and represents Jesus, the light of the world. In Germany this fifth candle is known as the 'Heiligabend' and is lit on Christmas Eve.In many churches, the color purple is used to signify the season of Advent. On the third Sunday,...
And if Acedia is the problem, what in the world is it? “If we were to define Acedia, it would be “the evil of our times,” says Psychologist, Psychotherapist, and Seminary Advisor Mercedes Palet, PhD. “If we look around, we would realize that one of the main signs or symptoms ...
What does it mean to be of the world? First I think it means being non-biblical. When anyone or any group is of the world they are led by the world and the things of the world that are not of God. John makes clear what the world is about, “Do not love the world or the ...
its tools have the whole world hooked. These tools let users live in streams of information about other people’s lives while enabling the same users to send out streams of information about their own lives. In exchange for these tools, users allow the tech giants to handle and inspect al...
Only the third is a “pink” Sunday. The pink, joyful color reminds us that, even as Advent helps us get in touch with our sober yearning for God to come to us, we know that he did in fact come in the person of Jesus. Thus, our major-theme of waiting has a grace note of joy...
Years ago, I was at a church where I was one of six or so clergy, so we weren’t always in each worship service. One Communion Sunday, I was not in the middle and the last services. I was going to get things done. But I kept getting pulled away, needing to go across the Plaza...
She is not always rushing about She knows how to calm down Slow her pace Calm and still Up a mountain Down a hill Knowing her destiny filled To reach from whence she came Am I not the same Explains this yearning in my soul For a world I have never known ...