creation
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Reflecting on Native Plants on the Blue Flower Full Moon
St. Thérèse of Lisieux came to my mind and heart this week as I planted more native pollinator plants with some children connected with my church. We now have forty native species growing alongside the established (non-native) plants in the… Continue reading
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A Post for Earth Day: Global Warming and Care for Creation
Since the weather turned brutal this winter, I have been thinking about debates over global warming and the idea of care for creation as a principle of Catholic social teaching. This post is obviously a bit outside my main area… Continue reading
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Creation and the Killing of Non-Human Animals
As most of you have probably heard by now, yesterday, in an incomprehensibly bizarre and senseless act, the owner of a private wildlife reserve near the small town of Zanesville, Ohio set free all 56 of the “exotic” animals in… Continue reading
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Creation Makes Me Dizzy.
or, Why I Wanted to be an Astrophysicist When I Was a Girl. http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/ Anyone needing to meditate on the immensity of creation, I direct you to the above link. Poetic shout-out to Medieval Woman in Theology Julian of Norwich:… Continue reading