Beatitudes Posts by category: Preacher's Post

"unfailing treasure" named by Jesus and Wendell Berry

the great inertial tide of getting and
spending...

musing on Luke 11 and Wendell Berry's poetry

considering Mary's "better part" (@Luke 10) through the eyes of Joan Chittester

how do we walk the Jericho road?

a liberating word from Parker Palmer

summertime sabbath pondering about democracy

Karen Armstrong urges us toward compassion through a collection of new media to lead us toward compassion:

Wendell Berry gives us sage advice about being a poet (or a preacher, teacher, human being)

A report came out last fall, published by the Pew Research Center for People & the Press that indicated that the number of Americans who say there is solid evidence about global warming and climate change is decreasing. In April 2008, 71% of Americans believed there was solid evidence that the earth is warming, but by last October that percentage had dropped fourteen points to 57%. In April 2008, 47% of Americans believed that global warming was being caused by human activity, but by last fall that had dropped to 36%. In April 2008, 73% of Americans thought global warming was a very serious or somewhat serious problem; but by last fall that number had dropped to 65%.