Category Archives: meaning of life
Narrow and hard the path to vegetarianism
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, then the path to an ecologically conscientious faith is vexed with misleading dead ends. News & Observer religion reporter Yonat Shimron’s profile of one local church’s stab at environmental ethics … Continue reading
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One rat lost in the race
They ran him down that’s what they did right in front of my very eyes this morning they just drove right over him without a thought or a pause and they just ran the little guy down. No, he wasn’t … Continue reading
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Lessons from a small bug
Profound, far-reaching truths are to be discerned in nature, provided we aren’t so arrogant as to dismiss any schooling that lacks a grand campus as its setting. In recent days, I was relaxing on my porch soaking in the warmth … Continue reading
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No easy solutions
I gave brief sanctuary to a little male House sparrow today. He was a wet, raggedy mess when I found him on my front lawn — the neighbor who lives above alerted me when his dog spotted the sparrow on … Continue reading
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Small thought for so small a creature
One of god’s humble creatures offered me a gently moving reminder today of how much at the mercy of human thoughtfulness — or perhaps more to the point, thoughtlessness — all of surrounding creation lay. At my workplace, there’s an … Continue reading
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