DAILY REFLECTIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
January, 2007
January 1 Start
the Year Anew
January 2 Tithing
Time for Planning
January 3 Human
Rights and Tibet's Freedom
January 4 Useless
Things
January 5
Earthhealing and Personal Health Concerns
January 6 Green
Gift Wrapping
January 7 Epiphany
from a New Perspective
January 8
Protecting Endangered Areas
January 9 Kidney
Gift or Bazaar
January 10
Preserving Heritage Sites in Iraq
January 11 Jimmy
Carter's New Book
January 12 Planning
a House
January 13
Lifestyle and Prophetic Witness
January 14 Cana:
Manifestation of the Lord
January 15 Slave
Trade Continues in Human Trafficking
January 16
Religious Freedom Day -- 2007
January 17 Steve
Collingsworth's Answer to Blasting Effects
January 18
Christian Unity
January 19 What to
Do about Global Warming
January 20 World
Religion Day
January 21 Jesus is
Liberator
January 22
Overpopulation Concerns
January 23
Encourage Good Penmanship and Handwriting
January 24 A Potter
Molding Clay
January 25 Wealth
and Poverty
January 26 Avoid
Food Wastes
January 27 Return
to the Twelve-Component Soup
January 28 What We
Do About Rejection
January 29 Disposal
of Electronic Junk
January 30
Environmental Costs Exaggerated
January 31 Network
February, 2007
February 1
Winter Owls
February 2
Enlightenment and Websites
February 3 St.
Blaise's Blessing
February 4 Here
I am! Send Me
February
5 Weatherman's Day
February 6
Dieting to Lose Weight
February 7
Humble Prayer Goes Out to All the World
February 8
Harbinger of Spring
February 9 Ultra
Early Gardening
February 10 The
Good in Being Restless
February 11 Woe
to You Who Are Rich
February 12
Globalizing Lincoln's Insight
February 13 The
Problem of Acquiescence
February 14 Have
a Heart Women: Register for the Draft!
February 15
Broadening the Field of Earthhealing
February 16 More
Terrorists Than We Think
February 17
"Politics is Money"
February 18 Be
Compassionate
February 19
National Desolation
February 20 Look
Again at Our Fat Intake
February 21 Ashes
as Symbols
February 22
Public Acts of Piety
February 23 The
Darfur Crisis
February 24
Garlic: Plant of the Month
February 25 Jesus
Was Tempted; So Are We
February 26
Geological Awakening
February 27
Helping to Empower Others
February 28
Abolition Now!
March, 2007
March 1 To Whom
Do Resources Belong?
March 2
Discerning Spirit
March 3 The Elk
Have Returned
March 4 Listen to
Him
March 5 Excessive
Wealth is Undemocratic
March 6 Liberate
the Affluent
March 7 Reducing
Affluence Improves Quality of Life
March 8 Choose
Non-Violence in Place of Violence
March 9
Rainforest Products Revisited
March 10 Learn
from the Poor
March 11 A Little
More Time
March 12 The Gift
of Memory
March 13 Seek
Justice, Not Just Charity
March 14 Inspire
the Overlooked
March 15 Wind
Chimes in Changing Times
March 16
Overfishing the Oceans
March 17 Be
Willing to Sacrifice
March 18 Oneness
through Forgiveness
March 19 Is
Changing the Social Order a Credible Message?
March 20 The
Abandoned Homestead
March 21 Challenge
All to Change
March 22 Rock
Fences and Dry Stone Walls
March 23 Railroads
as Means of Public Transportation
March 24
Wildflower Excursions
March 25 Refrain
from Casting Stones
March 26 Emmanuel:
God with Us
March 27 Radical
Sharing Is Necessary
March 28
Compassion
March 29 Take What
Is Rightly Ours
March 30 Beautiful
Landscape
March 31 Doctors
without Borders
April, 2007
April 1 Palm
Sunday and Foolishness
April 2 Preached
Retreats
April 3 Passover
from Slavery to Freedom
April 4 Spy
Wednesday and Privacy Matters
April 5 Cranks
Creek Survival Center
April 6 The
Spirituality of Suffering with Others
April 7 Global
Health Is a Global Concern
April 8 Easter and
New Life
April 9 Garden &
Library Week
April 10
International Polar Year
April 11 Eighteen
Seconds to Change the World
April 12 The Red
River Gorge
April 13 Thomas
Jefferson: Patriotic and/or Enigmatic
April 14 Global
Warming Day
April 15 From Doubt
to Faith
April 16 Keeping
America and the World Beautiful
April 17 The Red
Fox
April 18 All Have
the Right to Work
April 19
Compensating the Home Care-Givers
April 20 Earth Day
Evolving
April 21 Revelation
and Earth Day
April 22
Immigration Reform and Workers' Rights
April 23 The
Environmental Costs of Meetings
April 24 Physical
Exercise for All
April 25
Conservation Easements
April 26 Support
Micro Loans
April 27 The
Blessings of April Showers
April 28 The Wild
Geranium
April 29 Shepherd
Sunday and Sun Day
April 30 Rainbows,
Luck and Gambling for a Better World
May, 2007
May 1 Wildfires
and Forest Life
May 2 Going "Cold
Turkey"
May 3 Ministry of
Healing
May 4 Two Faces of
Kentucky
May 5 The Horse
Culture
May 6 Renew!
May 7 Some Reasons
to Emphasize Herbs
May 8 A Hermitage
Experience
May 9 Constructing
a Retreat Cabin
May 10 Tree
Markings
May 11 Hemp
Cultivation?
May 12 Migratory
Birds
May 13 Hands of
Appalachia
May 14 What's Wrong
With Billionaires?
May 15 Biking
Benefits
May 16 The Glory or
Fate of Coral Reefs
May 17 The Trusty
Hound Dog
May 18 Road Rage
May 19 A Fee for
the Carbon Content of Fuels
May 20 Ascension
Involves the Practical
May 21 Noise
Awareness Week
May 22 The Harmony
of Sounds and Silence
May 23 Noise
Assaults Us
May 24 Noise
Sensitivity
May 25 Ten Ways to
Reduce Noise
May 26 Ten Ways to
Create Silent Space
May 27 A Time to Be
Silent
May 28 Memorial Day
and Memories
May 29 Globish:
Going Half Way
May 30 The Gifts of
the Holy Spirit
May 31 Public
Interest Health Research Group
June, 2007
June 1 Healing
Appalachia
June 2 Ten Reasons
for Celebrating Rivers
June 3 Wisdom and
the Trinity
June 4 Wisdom:
Recognizing God's Gifts
June 5 Backyard
Gardening versus CSAs
June 6 Sheltowee
Trace
June 7 Lazarus'
People
June 8 Architects
as Earthhealers
June 9 The
Treasure of Seniors
June 10 Corpus
Christi and Public Devotion
June 11 Sod and
Pressed Earth Houses
June 12 Saving
Natural Ginseng
June 13 Tulip
Poplars
June 14 Old Car
Art
June 15 Two Models
of Leadership
June 16 Leadership
and the Principle of Subsidiarity
June 17 Expressions
of Love on Father's Day
June 18 Pray for
Peace
June 19 Tar Sands
June 20 Pack Rats
June 21 First
Nations Day
June 22 Kentucky
River
June 23 Prairie
Tall Grasses
June 24 John,
Herald to the Nations
June 25 Creature
Companions
June 26 Stations of
the Eco-Cross
June 27 Cash
Replaces Food Parcels
June 28 Heron Dance
June 29 Should We
Ask Questions?
June 30 Only Once
in a Blue Moon
July, 2007
July 1 Being
Resolute
July 2 Jake, The
Wolf Spider
July 3 Declare
Independence from Stuff
July 4 Forbearers
and Freedom
July 5 Construction Time in July
July 6 Understanding: Welcoming Opportunities for Insight
July 7 Dying in
Vain
July 8 Apostolic
Mobility
July 9 Pauses for
Refreshment
July 10 Ducks:
Wildlife of the Month
July 11 Cheer Up
the Lonely Day
July 12 Where Have
All the Honey Bees Gone?
July 13 Tolerance
and the Smoker
July 14 Animal
Protection and Welfare Groups
July 15 Know Our
Neighbors
July 16 "Nowhere"
in July
July 17 Agritourism
July 18 Eat Simply
July 19 Mimosa, The
Silk Tree
July 20 Moon Day
and Moonshine
July 21 The
Abandoned Homestead
July 22 Martha and
Mary Revisited
July 23 Is the
Glacier an Endangered Species?
July 24 Corn: The
Corny Biofuel
July 25 The
Mountain Rhododendron
July 26 The Value
of Ponds
July 27 Focus and
Concentration
July 28 Being Treed
July 29 Simple
Prayer
July 30 Create a
Butterfly Garden
July 31 UNICEF
August, 2007
August 1 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
August 2 Counsel:
Making Right Judgments
August 3 August
Flowers for Healing
August 4 The Coast
Guard
August 5
Confronting Greed
August 6 My Favor
Rests
August 7 Rural
Indoor Air Pollution
August 8 Bike
Systems
August 9 Recycle
Barns
August 10 EU
Approaches to Global Warming
August 11 "Smoky
Holler"
August 12 Parables
Are for All of Us
August 13 Lefthanders' Day and Practical Tolerance
August 14 Soldiers
Dying in Vain
August 15 Basic
Assumptions
August 16 Relinquishment
August 17 Making Do
August 18 Forms of
Noise and Excessive Sound
August 19 Bringing
Fire to Others
August 20 Eagles
and Turkeys
August 21 Animal
Shelters
August 22 Recycling
Made Easy
August 23 Eastern
European Population Decline
August 24 Better
Sources of Biofuels and Plastics?
August 25 Tobacco's
Future
August 26 Last
First and First Last
August 27 Mother
Teresa's Favorites
August 28 Full Corn
Moon
August 29 John the
Baptist as Model
August 30 The Oak
Shade
August 31 Family
Farm Groups
September, 2007
September 1 Cherokee National Holiday
September 2 Exalted and Humbled
September 3 Laboring to Save the Earth
September 4 Pasta
Salad Varieties
September 5 Urban
Forests
September 6 Climate Change and the Poor
September 7 Live
Earth Pledge
September 8 The
Value of Improved Literacy
September 9 The
Cross, Discipleship and Saving the Earth
September 10 Hispanic Heritage and Fair Trade Movement
September 11 Arable
Land Shortages
September 12 Another Myth about Nuclear Energy
September 13 Bottled
Water
September 14 American Military Expenditures: A Cross of Iron
September 15 Declaration of Debt
September 16
Destitution is Slavery
September 17 Enhancing Our Sense of Citizenship
September 18 Hosea
Today
September 19 Environmental Beatitudes in Autumn
September 20 Fortitude as a Gift of the Spirit
September 21 World
Gratitude & Native American Day
September 22 Are
There Times for Green Hunting?
September 23 God or Money
September 24 Family
Day
September 25 The
Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Restive
September 26 Discernment Process: Reasons for Smoking
September 27 Discernment Process: Reasons against Smoking
September 28 Neutral Carbon: A Shell Game?
September 29 Oak
Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance
September 30 Lazarus = Laz(y) are us
October, 2007
October 1 A Case
for Moderate Vegetarianism
October 2 Bengal
Tigers and Other Big Cats
October 3 Earthquakes and Acts of God
October 4 St.
Francis and Diplomacy
October 5 Create
a Cane Brake
October 6 What to
Look for on Solar Tours
October 7 Faithful Service
October 8 Soft or
Hard Approaches to Lifestyle Change
October 9 Soft
Approach: If We Change Our Ways...
October 10 Hard
Approach: Unless We Change Our Ways...
October 11 Voluntary Change Has Inherent Limitations
October 12 Beyond
Hard or Soft Approaches
October 13 Herbal
Teas
October 14 Foreigners in Our Midst
October 15 Injustice
October 16 World
Food Day Revisited
October 17 Isolation, Never Again
October 18 St.
Luke and the Journey of Faith
October 19 Knowledge: Acting through Proper Experience
October 20 Morality and Nuclear Power
October 21 Perseverance
October 22 October
is Passing
October 23 Priestly Prayer and Service
October 24 Service
of the Word
October 25 Service
and Numbers
October 26 Indoor
Physical Exercise
October 27 Habitat
for Humanity
October 28 Simple Prayer
October 29 Catastrophe: Live within Our Means
October 30 Faint
Voices in the Hills
October 31 British
Influence: Wax or Wane?
November, 2007
November 1 Can We
Be Saints?
November 2 John
W. Gofman (1919-2007)
November 3 Nut-Gathering in Autumn
November 4
Zacchaeus' House Is Our Earth
November 5 Planning and Energy Consumption
November 6 Sustainable Energy Blueprint
November 7 Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free
November 8
Proposed Energy Policy Initiatives
November 9 A Man
on the Moon Renewable Energy Project
November 10 Soul-Searching about the War
November 11 Reflection on the Hereafter
November 12 Beware
of Scam Artists
November 13 Creating Sacred Space
November 14 The
Time for Pears
November 15 Who
Redistributes the World's Resources
November 16 Clothes Lines Hang Out
November 17 Wars
Triggered by Climate Change
November 18 The
Day of the Lord
November 19 Lincoln and Emancipation
November 20 Lead
and Children's Day
November 21 The
Roots of Violence
November 22 Simple
Thanks
November 23 Piety:
Enhancing the Sense of Mystery
November 24 Beavers and Natural Wetlands
November 25 Christ's Cross: Weapon of Mass Blessing
November 26 Shut-Ins As Earthhealers
November 27 Sauerkraut or Choucroute
November 28 Credit
and Borrowing off of Future Generations
November 29 Self-Denial and Advent
November 30 Share
the World's Resources
December, 2007
December 1 Christmas Card Time?
December 2 Vigilance and Earthhealing
December 3 Rabbits
December 4 The
Poor: Problem or Solution
December 5 Off-setting: Modern Snake Oil Sales?
December 6 Charity
and the Christmas Spirit
December 7 Fire
Safety Day
December 8 America's Saint Names
December 9 Repentance
December 10 Ecologically-Related Human Rights
December 11 Fear of
the Lord: Preserving Reverence
December 12 Roses,
Poinsettias, Mistletoe, and Evergreens
December 13 Attributing the Driving Time
December 14 Does It
Really Matter? Earth Is Lost
December 15 Nine
Ways to Make Winter Endurable
December 16 Genuine
Puzzlement
December 17 Renewable America -- 2025
December 18
Renewable America -- State-by-State
December 19
Hydropower's Potential
December 20 Wind
and Populated Areas
December 21 High
Potential Solar Areas
December 22 High
Potential Geothermal Areas
December 23 Joseph's Dilemma
December 24 Make
America Energy Renewable
December 25 Christmas Dawns
December 26 Fourth
World Movement
December 27 God
Only Knows
December 28 Holy
Innocents Day
December 29 Civility and Courtesy
December 30 Extended Families
December 31 Final
Blessings
January, 2008
January 1 Fresh
Beginnings 2008
January 2 Ten
Favorite Scripture Passages
January 3 Keeping
a Day Book
January 4 God is
our Rock of Refuge
January 5 AIDS
Epidemic Update
January 6 Epiphany: A New Insight
January 7 Facing Reality through Health Checkups
January 8 Annual
Retreat and Physical Environment
January 9 Air
Travel for the Privileged
January 10 The
American Chestnut is Coming Back
January 11 Launching
the Growing Year: Hot Beds
January 12 Free or Fair World Trade?
January 13 Baptism and Life-giving Water
January 14 Snow
Storms and Global Warming
January 15 Soups
for Winter
January 16 Promote Religious Freedom
January 17 The Pluses and Minuses of Wood Heating
January 18 Unity Octave at One Hundred Years
January 19 Cell Phone and Silent Space
January 20 Vocational Call in the Twenty-First Century
January 21 Africans: Joy and Sorrows
January 22
Corporations Exist at the Citizens' Pleasure
January 23 Legible Handwriting So Others Can Read
January 24 Ways to Radically Share
January 25 The Internet: Free Travel of the Word
January 26 An
Examination of Conscience
January 27 Urgency and Reform
January 28 Simple Lifestyle 2008
January 29 Heifer International
January 30 Respect Animals Especially Pets
January 31 Support the Inspired
February, 2008
February 1 Groundhogs Teach Us Something
February 2 You Are the Light of the World
February 3 Pray and Live the Beatitudes
February 4 Think before You Drink
February 5 Start Lent on a Spiritual Note
February 6 Ash Wednesday's Message: Sacrifice and Love
February 7 Creative Meals for Lent
February 8 Efficient Vehicles and Global Warming
February 9 Praying from the Heart
February 10 Temptations to Do or Not to Do
February 11 A Simple Global Solution: Solar Cookers and Ovens
February 12 The Beginning of the Lincoln Year
February 13 Develop Bird Habitats
February 14 The Manifold Mystery of Love
February 15 Enjoy the Art of Story-Telling
February 16 Intrusiveness as a Modern Vice
February 17
Transfiguration and Earthhealing
February 18 Presidents' Day and the American Way
February 19 Foster Responsible Consumerism
February 20 Highlight Tame and Scenic Rivers
February 21 Earthhealing and We the People
February 22 Promote
Cooperatives
February 23 Plan Eco-Vacationing Near Home
February 24 Water Is Essential for Life
February 25 To Jet or Not to Jet: Flying Is for the Birds
February 26 Explore
Our Historic Traces
February 27 Support Local Tour Guides
February 28 Urban
Simple Living
February 29 Leap out on Leap Day
March, 2008
March 1 Backyard
Gardening
March 2 The Blind
Man and Faith
March 3 Genetic
Engineering?
March 4 Fostering
Greater Respect
March 5 Select a
Healthy Garden Variety
March 6 Faith,
Fiction and Fantasy
March 7 Prune
Trees and Shrubs
March 8 List Tree
Benefits
March 9 "I Am the
Resurrection"
March 10 Natural
Versus Synthetic Fibers
March 11 Praying
from the Heart: Sacred Space
March 12 Abraham
Lincoln and His Birth State
March 13 The
Underground Home
March 14 Help
Create Quiet Zones
March 15 Wind
Power Coming to Life
March 16 Psalm
Sunday: Our Own Journey of Faith
March 17 Celebrate
Spring's Arrival with "Greens"
March 18 Gather
Non-Timber Forest Products Wisely
March 19 Watch for
the Birds
March 20 Holy
Thursday: Called to be Caregivers
March 21 Good
Friday: Death of Forests
March 22 Holy
Saturday: Sorrow Turned to Joy
March 23 Easter
Faith in 2008
March 24 Becoming
our Land
March 25 The
Incarnation
March 26 Sharing
Limited Space with Wildlife
March 27 Mobilize
Senior Citizens
March 28
Solar-Powered Car
March 29 Honor the
Sabbath
March 30 God's
Mercy, Faith and April Showers
March 31 Choose
Green Recreation Activities
April,
2008
April 1 Smoking:
An April's Fools Joke
April 2 Organize
an Arbor Day Event
April 3 Confront
Television Addiction
April 4 Review
Types of Walkways
April 5 Start
Thinking Solar
April 6 Journey to
Emmaus and Back
April 7 Develop
Consider Public Service Announcements
April 8 Travel
Lightly
April 9 Expose the
Epidemic of Consumption
April 10 Learn
about a Cordwood Building
April 11 Plan
Before You Build
April 12 Teach-in
Tips for Global Warming Day
April 13 Tend
Sheep: The Commons
April 14 Lingering
Cool Weather
April 15 Encourage
Youth to Act Environmentally
April 16
Reclaiming the Commons
April 17 Space
Versus Down-to-Earth Costs
April 18 Celebrate
Citizen Monitors: Modern Paul Reveres
April 19 National
Hanging Out Day
April 20 The Way,
the Truth and the Life
April 21 Honor the
Elders
April 22 Think
Organic Green
April 23 Green
Construction Suggestions
April 24
Hydropower: Large and Small
April 25 The
Question
April 26 Murphy's
Law in Appalachia
April 27
Resurrection-Centered Spirituality
April 28 List Ways
to Save Time
April 29 Make a
Pilgrimage
April 30 Encourage
Volunteer Activity
May, 2008
May 1 Joseph the
Worker
May 2 What Are
Weeds?
May 3 More
Thoughts on the Iraq War
May 4 A Case
Against Idle Speculation
May 5 Defend the
Roadless Forest
May 6 Twelve Ways
to Save Energy
May 7 Floral
Gardens
May 8 Peace Poles
May 9 Endangered
Species
May 10 Pentecost,
The Flame of the Spirit
May 11 Mother's
Day: Love from Love
May 12 Green
Cemeteries
May 13 Space
Tourism
May 14 Managing the
Information Overload
May 15 Alternative
Justice Approaches
May 16 Ornamentals,
Lawns and Gardens
May 17 Apocalypse
and the Oil Crash
May 18 Celebrate
Trinity and Community
May 19 Old-Growth
Forests
May 20 Mulching
Time
May 21 Twelve Ways
to Save Water
May 22 Our Oceans
and Seas: The Last Frontiers
May 23 Meetings,
Meetings
May 24 All Tourism
Needs to be Ecological
May 25 Corpus
Christi
May 26 Visit
Cemeteries
May 27 Eight
Reasons for Reducing Lawns
May 28 Destroy
Chemical Weapons
May 29 Coal:
Mountaintop Removal
May 30 Radical
Peace and the Sacred Heart
May 31 Visitation:
The Magnificat
June, 2008
June 1 Earthhealing on Solid Ground
June 2 Now Is the
Time to Think Smaller
June 3 Stewardship
and Our Earth
June 4 Restorative
Justice through Community Service
June 5 World
Environment Day 2008
June 6 D-Day
June 7 River
Celebrations
June 8 Mercy, Not
Sacrifice
June 9 Oral and
Video History
June 10 Guidelines
for Edible Landscaping
June 11 Cisterns:
Conserve Rain Water
June 12 Spirit
Creatures: Animals
June 13 Spirit
Creatures: Plants
June 14 Flag Day
June 15 Being
Paternal
June 16 Preserve
Languages
June 17 Ten
Commandments of Resource Use
June 18 Monitoring
and Assessing
June 19 Making
Composting Acceptable
June 20 Global
Village
June 21 Heritage
Seed
June 22 Fear Not,
the Lord Is with Us
June 23 Resource
Self-Control
June 24 John the
Baptist
June 25 Bird
Sanctuaries
June 26 Resource
Conservation Gardening
June 27 Archbishop
Romero's Prayer
June 28 Observe --
Don't Make -- Fireworks Displays
June 29 Sts. Peter
and Paul: Together But Different
June 30 Reassess
the Budget
July, 2008
July 1 Canada: A
Good Neighbor
July 2 Examining
our Response to the Food Crisis
July 3
Confrontation: Bad or Good?
July 4 Declare
Resource Interdependence
July 5 Care for
Our Heart
July 6 Overcoming
Terrorism through Loving Service
July 7 Local Food
Redistribution Systems
July 8 Lakes and
Aquaculture
July 9 Vacation
Time and Eating
July 10 Chestnut
Memories: A Wake and Reawakening
July 11 Eleven
Reasons for Locally Grown Food
July 12
Championing Quality Amid Food Shortages
July 13 Sowing
Good Seeds
July 14
Agribusiness
July 15 Freedom
Gardens: Individual Practice
July 16 Community
Gardens: Group Practice
July 17 Food
Preserving Techniques
July 18 Solar Food
Dryers
July 19 Domestic
Potable Water Supplies
July 20 Weeds,
Tolerance and Permissiveness
July 21
Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives
July 22 Use Food
Storage Space Well
July 23 Food
Stamps and Food Commodities
July 24 Global
Warming and the Food Crisis
July 25
"Affluenza" versus Simpler Living
July 26 Food
Wastes
July 27 Focusing
on the Hungry
July 28 Wildscape
and Wildlife
July 29 Martha and
Mary
July 30 Gardens as
Templates for Restoration
July 31 God's
Grandeur: An Ignatian Vision
August, 2008
August 1 The Poor
and Environmental Solutions
August 2 Water
Fountains
August 3 Feeding
People
August 4 Mobile
Homes
August 5 Family
Reunions
August 6
Transfiguration
August 7 Nuclear
Power Versus Wind Energy
August 8
Spiritual Responsibility and Fidelity
August 9
Intergenerational Gardening
August 10
Spiritual Versus Material Security
August 11 Plan an
Autumn Garden
August 12 Global
and Local Villages
August 13 Become
Self-Taught
August 14 Ark of
the Covenant
August 15 Mary:
Gentle Woman
August 16 Global
Population: Explosion?
August 17 Humility
and Faith
August 18 Conflict
Resolution and Ecological Concerns
August 19 Common
Lands and Private Property Rights
August 20 Domestic
Indoor Environment
August 21 Toxic
Chemicals: A Social Justice Advocacy Issue
August 22
Photovoltaic Solutions
August 23 The
Decentralist Dilemma
August 24 Keys to
the Kingdom and Responsibility
August 25 The
Mockingbird
August 26 Hands-on
Work Experience
August 27 Animal
"Rights"
August 28 A Case
for Bilingualism
August 29 Speaking
the Truth: A Prophetic Stance
August 30 The
Internet and Global Communications
August 31
Self-Denial and Vitality
September, 2008
September 1
Labor: Rights and Responsibilities
September 2 Kind
Words and Deeds
September 3
Reflection on Travel Experiences
September 4 Soft
Drink Curbs
September 5
Ozone: Friend or Foe?
September 6 The
Labyrinth
September 7
Networking with Those in Trouble
September 8 Solar
Greenhouses and Cold Frames
September 9 The
Ten Commandments of the Forest
September 10 Mold,
the Asbestos of the 2000s
September 11 In
Defense of Wilderness
September 12 Home
Hobbies
September 13
Christians, Genesis and Earthhealing
September 14 The
Sign of the Cross
September 15 Let's
Try Organizing
September 16
Insulation and Weatherizing
September 17
Citizenship Day: The Soul of America
September 18
International Assistance and Charity
September 19 Use
Caution with Commercial Chemicals
September 20
Gardening as a Social Enterprise
September 21
Opportunities to Realize Our Gifts
September 22
Celebrate Autumn Time
September 23 365
Low-cost, Nutritious and Convenient Meals
September 24
Simple Funerals
September 25 More
Insurance?
September 26
Natural Sounds All Around
September 27 Road
Blocks to Renewable Energy
September 28 The
First Day of the Rest of Life
September 29
Learning to Eat Lower on the Food Chain
September 30 U.S.
Route 68: A Warning about Road Safety
October, 2008
October 1
Proclaiming a Redemption-Based Spirituality
October 2 St.
Francis, Patron of Environmentalists
October 3 St.
Francis (Continued)
October 4 St.
Francis (Continued)
October 5
Counting the Blessings of the Vineyard
October 6
Learning through Autumn Gardening
October 7
Providing proper Lighting for All
October 8
Striving to Be and Remain Debt-Free
October 9
Challenging the Slipping Memory
October 10 Burning
Down the Place Seventeen Ways
October 11
Discovering Backyard America
October 12
Inviting the Uninvited
October 13
Focusing on Ginseng, a Tobacco Substitute
October 14
Harvesting Nature's Produce
October 15
Preparing for Possible Disasters
October 16
Establishing a Local and Family History
October 17
Observing Fourth World Day
October 18
Tackling a Turnover of Yard into Garden
October 19
Rendering to Each Its Due
October 20 Caring
for Ourselves as We Age
October 21
Conversing with Plants and Animals
October 22
Addressing Tobacco Use
October 23 Drying
Food with Solar Energy
October 24
Questioning During Disarmament Week
October 25
Creating a New Eden
October 26
Expressing Our Love of God and Neighbor
October 27
Dressing for the Season
October 28
Attending the Shut-ins
October 29
Choosing When and Where to Use Synthetics
October 30
Greening Tourist Areas
October 31
Celebrating the Eve of All Hallows
November, 2008
November 1 Many
Good Folks
November 2
Diamonds in the Rough
November 3 Do We
Have Democracy?
November 4
Exercise Citizenship: Vote
November 5
Post-Election Blahs
November 6 Hunting
as Sport or Necessity
November 7 A
Living Will
November 8 Trees
and Leaves
November 9 The
Church as Our Home
November 10
Building a Worm Composting Bin
November 11
Confronting Mortality: The Afterlife
November 12 Work on
a Nature Trail
November 13
Eco-Hypocrisy
November 14 Ten
Reasons for Composting Toilets
November 15
Preserving Wildlife Habitats
November 16 Using
Our Talents Well
November 17
Darkness Comes
November 18 The
Turkey, National Bird
November 19 Reread
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
November 20
Culinary Herb Growing and Use
November 21
Minimizing Habitat Disturbance
November 22 Autumn
Tasks: Winterizing the Garden
November 23 Christ
the King
November 24 Will
your Organs to Others
November 25 Design
and Build a Garden Pool
November 26 Give
Small-Scale Farming a Chance
November 27
Thanksgiving Checklist and Prayer
November 28
Shopping Tips
November 29
Gardening and the Poor
November 30 Active
Waiting
December,
2008
December 1 Ten
Ways to Prepare for Winter
December 2
Remembering National Events
December 3 The God
Within
December 4
Automobile Accidents
December 5
Hobbies, Crafts and Arts
December 6 Twelve
Gifts in Hard Times
December 7
Preparing the Way
December 8 Eve and
Mary: Choices
December 9 Some
Questions in Hard Times
December 10 Winter
Nature Walk
December 11
Windbreaks
December 12
Establishing a Global Village
December 13 Garden
Economics
December 14 Rejoice
Always
December 15 Lighten
Up; It's Divine Humor
December 16 The
True Meaning of Gifts
December 17
Enlightened Self-Interest, Really?
December 18 Good
Grief
December 19 Safe
Decorations
December 20 Winter
Solstice & Light
December 21 Mary
and Joseph
December 22 Hard
Times for the Really Needy
December 23 Can We
Pray Always?
December 24 The
Word Proclaims Peace
December 25 Divine
Sensations
December 26 Keep a
Quieter House
December 27 Choose
Life
December 28 The
Holy Family Presentation
December 29
Rails-to-Trails
December 30
End-of-Year Reminders
December 31 A
Gaelic Blessing
January, 2009
January 1 Consider
Fresh Beginnings
January 2 Compose
a Litany of the Earth
January 3 Join the
109th Christmas Bird Count
January 4 Manifest
the Divine
January 5 List
Peacemaking Activities
January 6 Plan an
Annual Retreat
January 7 Recall
Reasons for Living Simply
January 8 Simplify
Your Life in Many Ways
January 9 Become
an Eco-Traveler
January 10 Resolve
to Salt Less this Winter
January 11 Baptism:
Reassuring Us to Act
January 12 Make a
Winter 12-Veggie Soup
January 13 Begin
Small through Community Regeneration
January 14 Launch
the Gardening Year
January 15
Eradicate Racist Residue
January 16 Do and
Encourage Daily Physical Exercise
January 17 Learn
from Ben Franklin: Stay Busy
January 18 Listen
for the Seasonal Calls
January 19 Promote
Windpower for America
January 20 Pray for
our President
January 21 Make a
Forest Pledge on National Hug Day
January 22 Care for
the Car
January 23 Reuse
Materials
January 24 Speak up
for Ecumenism
January 25
Celebrate St. Paul's Day
January 26 Save Our
Hemlocks
January 27 Protect
Wildlife
January 28 Treasure
Rural Experience
January 29 Question
Retirement
January 30 Search
for Community
January 31 Declare
All Time Extraordinary
February, 2009
February 1 Speak with Authority
February 2
Recognize Candle Power
February 3 Show
Hospitality to Wildlife
February 4
Reaffirm Reasons for Composting
February 5 Expose
Our State Religion
February 6
Identify Sacred Public and Private Sites
February 7 Come,
Come, First Robin
February 8 Cure
the Sick
February 9
Confront Noise Pollution
February 10
Acknowledge Our Need for Rest
February 11
Construct Privacy Screens and Noise Barriers
February 12
Celebrate Abe Lincoln's 200th Birthday
February 13
Initiate Ultra-Early Gardening
February 14 Turn
Words to Deeds on Valentine's Day
February 15 Touch
the Leper
February 16 Utilize
Wood Properly
February 17 Tackle
Invasive Species
February 18 Accept
Old Age
February 19 Attend
to Entrances and Signage
February 20
Frequent Public Worship Space
February 21
Consider Waterfalls
February 22 Forgive and Forget?
February 23 Live in
Hope
February 24 Curb
Fat Twelve Ways
February 25 Welcome
Ashes
February 26 Eat
Less Meat
February 27
Simplify Life as a Community Project
February 28 Pray
for Global Restoration
March, 2009
March 1 Endure Trials and Temptations
March 2 QQuestion
Ecological Civil Disobedience
March 3 Find Winter's Hidden Hope
March 4 Encourage
Temporary Cold Frames
March 5 Discover
Gardening as Sacred
March 6 Bring Wind Power to the Fore
March 7 Recognize
the Art of Pretending
March 8
Participate in the Transfiguration Event
March 9 Create
Tranquil Living Space
March 10 Think
about a Retreat Cabin
March 11 Why
Retire?
March 12 Plant
Trees as a Community Project
March 13 Challenge
Inconsistent Drug Policies
March 14 Sing the
Black Mountain Blues
March 15 Meet the
Woman at the Well
March 16 Revisit
Past Predictions
March 17 Remember
St. Patrick and Clover
March 18 Welcome
Baby Boomers to Senior Citizenhood
March 19 Consider
Ash Ponds and Toxic Substances
March 20 Celebrate
the Vernal Equinox
March 21 Learn
about Virtually Wild Ginseng
March 22 Practice Faith as a Public Act
March 23 Be Earthhealing Individuals
March 24 Be
Earthhealing Groups
March 25 Live with
Potential Disaster
March 26 Promote Disaster Alert and Relief Systems
March 27 Review of
My Conflict with Crows
March 28 Champion
Appropriate Technology
March 29 Confront
Death to Self
March 30 Appreciate
Environmental Art
March 31 Protect
Streams
April, 2009
April 1 Credit for
Credit: Who Are We Fooling?
April 2 Peace in
the Holy Land: A New Spirit
April 3 Jerry
Waddle and Ducks
April 4
All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)
April 5 Palm
Sunday: Hollow Shouts of Victory
April 6 Salt of
Our Earth
April 7 World
Health Day
April 8 Spy
Wednesday
April 9 Nursing
Homes
April 10 Calvary
and Human Wounds
April 11
Resurrection and the Garden
April 12 We are
Easter People
April 13 Easter
Monday: Bless the Earth
April 14
Appalachian Floods
April 15 In Defense
of Taxes
April 16 Health
Care in Hard Times
April 17
Pessimistic or Optimistic Ecoview
April 18 Spring
Hikes
April 19 St.
Thomas, Easter and Divine Mercy
April 20 The Art of
Listening
April 21 Fresh
Fruit and Vegetables
April 22 Earth Day
Commitment
April 23 A
Catastrophe or an Opportunity
April 24 National
TV-Turnoff Week
April 25 Some
Questions for Car Users
April 26 The Road
to and from Emmaus
April 27 Spring
Rains and Storm Water
April 28 Green
Buildings
April 29 Faltering
Empire or Opportunity
April 30 Gambling
for What?
May, 2009
May 1
International Year of Astronomy
May 2 Derby Day
Celebration
May 3
Shepherding in Times of Crises
May 4 The Gift
of Wildflowers
May 5 Animal
Care
May 6 Lead
Contamination
May 7 2009
National Day of Prayer
May 8 Democracy
101
May 9 Historic
Preservation Week
May 10 Joined to
the Vine
May 11 Converting
from American to Global Measurements
May 12 Simplify
Lawn Care
May 13
Contrasting Financial Views
May 14 Shock or
Disaster Capitalism and Environmentalism
May 15 Wisdom Is
in Short Supply
May 16 Endangered
Species Day
May 17 Holy Land:
One-State Solution?
May 18
Sustainability and Environment
May 19 Equal
Green Practices for All?
May 20
Rainforests: The Planet's Lungs
May 21 Resource
Conscious in 2009
May 22 A Global
Maritime Corps
May 23 Justice
and Charity
May 24 Ascension:
Why Look to the Sky?
May 25 Memorial
Day and Senior Moments
May 26 Coping
with Higher Gasoline Prices
May 27 Rachel
Carson's Birthday
May 28 Prophetic
Response to Poverty
May 29 Being
Faithful Is a Success Story
May 30 Internet
and Spreading the Good News
May 31
Pentecost:The Restless Wind
June, 2009
June 1
Participating in National River Cleanup Week?
June 2
Patronizing Tailgate or Farmers' Markets
June 3 Teaching
Good Environmental Practice
June 4 Promoting
National Trails Day
June 5 Camping
Smart
June 6 Observing
Strawberry Moon
June 7 Radiating
the Trinity
June 8
Sightseeing Values
June 9 Honoring
Centenarians
June 10 Separating
Church and State
June 11 Returning
Phoenix: Nuclear Power
June 12 Juggling
and Multitasking
June 13
Celebrating Flag Day
June 14 Building
Up the Body of Christ
June 15
Engineering Pharmaceuticals from Crops
June 16 Gardening
Intensively
June 17 Dealing
with Poisons
June 18 Enjoying
International Picnic Day
June 19 Saving the
Climate at Low Cost
June 20 Preparing
for the Summer Solstice
June 21
Recognizing God's Power Without and Within
June 22 Stinging
Summer Insects
June 23 Staying
alert to Environmental Sleepers
June 24 Eating
Right
June 25 Learning
from Custer's Last Stand
June 26 Presenting
the Gift of Peace
June 27
Remembering Helen Keller
June 28 Improving
the Quality of Life
June 29 Picking
Early Blackberries
June 30 Mandating
a World Grain Reserve
July, 2009
July 1
Cultivating Anglo-American Friendship
July 2 Enduring
Summer's Heat
July 3 Being Free
from Credit and Debt
July 4 Reading
the Declaration of Independence
July 5 Risking to
Be Prophetic
July 6 Affirming
the "Jogger's Lament"
July 7 Cooling
without Air Conditioning
July 8 Keeping
Cool through Other Practices
July 9
Celebrating National Ice Cream Day
July 10
Discouraging Pests through Interplanting
July 11 Battling
Pests with Insects and Wildlife
July 12
Ministering Lightly
July 13
Reconsidering "Captive Nations Week"
July 14 Learning
from the French
July 15
Remembering to Water Plants
July 16 Hiking in
Summer
July 17 Realizing
Mortality during "Endless July"
July 18
Implementing Wildlife Controls
July 19 Striving
to Lead the Floundering
July 20
Recognizing Light Pollution on Moon Day
July 21 Observing
Space Week
July 22 Fighting
Hunger in America in 2009
July 23 Skygazing
and the Perseid Meteor Showers
July 24 Assisting
the Landless
July 25 Starting A
Cooking School
July 26
Multiplying Loaves
July 27 Building
with Green Materials
July 28 Traveling
by Air
July 29 Learning
about Medicinal Herbs
July 30 Pirating
and Corporate Accountability
July 31 Defending
Human Rights
August, 2009
August 1
Harvesting and Thankfulness
August 2 Hunger
in the World
August 3 Stay
Nearer Home This Year
August 4
Consider Nut Tree Plantings
August 5
Gratitude for Mid-Summer's Green
August 6 Rid the
World of Nukes
August 7
Cromer Ridge
August 8 Degrees
of Environmental Greenness
August 9 Real
Presence
August 10 Animals
as Friends
August 11
American Ethnic Change
August 12 Ten
Ways to Beat the Heat
August 13 The
Gift of the Volunteer
August 14
Domestic Tornado Shelters and Food Storage
August 15 Mary
and Choice
August 16
Nourishing Belief in the Future
August 17 Growing
Disparity of Rich and Poor
August 18
Appropriate Technology and the Economic Downturn
August 19 Toxic
Chemicals in Your Home
August 20 Dealing
with Terrorists
August 21
Rethinking Our Rest Time
August 22 Don't
Pet or Make Pets of Wildlife
August 23 Trust
in the Lord
August 24
Earthhealing and Environmental Consciousness
August 25
Migrants and America
August 26 Compact
Fluorescents for All
August 27
Tomatoes and Avoiding Cancer
August 28
Down-to-Earth Spirituality Versus Pretending
August 29 Leaving
Home
August 30 Acting
Justly in Hard Times
August 31 Support
International Relief Groups
September, 2009
September 1
Seventy Years Ago: The Second World War
September 2
Autumn Gardens Can be Productive
September 3
Support Single-Payer Health Insurance
September 4
Prisons, Justice and Balancing Budgets
September 5
Encourage Artists and Artisans
September 6 We
Must All Be Healers
September 7 Labor
Day and Joblessness
September 8 That
All May Be Literate
September 9
Examine Your Appliance Use
September 10 The
Yard Sale and Swapping Ideas
September 11
Confronting Lack of Civility
September 12
Recycling Old Electronics?
September 13
Denial, Cross and Good Deeds
September 14
Promote Hispanic Heritage Week
September 15
Chemical Materials Agency: Bluegrass Army Depot
September 16
Selective Service for Women?
September 17
Citizenship Day and Model Citizens
September 18 World
Water Monitoring Day
September 19 Stay
Calm in Stormy Weather
September 20
Arrive at True Service for Others
September 21
Spread a Ministry of Gratitude
September 22
Autumnal Equinox and Peace
September 23 A
Critical Look at King Coal
September 24 Are
Hunting Days Numbered?
September 25
Observe Native American Day
September 26
Recovering Covered Bridges
September 27 Find
God and Good in All
September 28
Climate Change and Copenhagen
September 29
Appreciate Teachers
September 30 Learn
Something New Every Day
October, 2009
October 1 World
Vegetarian Day
October 2 Attend
an Autumn Festival
October 3 Domestic
Solar Tours in 2009
October 4 Bless
All the Earth
October 5 The Joy
of New Wine
October 6 Control
the Salt Intake
October 7
Americans and World Court Day
October 8 Should
we Save Battlefields?
October 9 Cash for
Clunkers: Get Serious!
October 10 We Need
Fire Prevention Measures
October 11 Called
to Be Perfect
October 12 Columbus
Day and Earth Science Week
October 13 The
Hospice Workers' Prayer
October 14 Peace
Corps and Volunteers
October 15
Harvesting Corn in Times Past
October 16 Food
Shortages and World Food Day
October 17 Youth
Museums and Varied Autumn Leaves
October 18
Aspirations to Greatness
October 19 North
American Martyrs
October 20 Observe
Flying and Grazing Geese
October 21 Franz
Jaegerstaetter: Conscientious Objector
October 22
Reviewing the Cuban Missile Crisis
October 23 Time to
Abolish the Death Penalty
October 24 We Can
Each Make a Difference
October 25 Seeing
the Need to Disarm
October 26 Promote
American Bamboo
October 27
Relishing Autumn Scenes
October 28 Select
the Right Snacks
October 29
Eightieth Anniversary of the Stock Market Crash
October 30
Redeeming Tobacco
October 31 Should
We Smile on Halloween?
November, 2009
November 1
Remember the Overlooked Saints
November 2 Pray
for Those Who Passed On
November 3
Create Domestic Comfort Zones
November 4
Prepare for Copenhagen Next Month
November 5 Know
the Reality of Instant Communications
November 6 Take
the 2009 Simple Lifestyle Test
November 7
Recall the Catholic Worker Founders
November 8
Acknowledge the Power of the Widow's Mite
November 9 Solve
the Deer Proliferation Problem
November 10
Observe International Week of Peace and Science
November 11 Honor
War Veterans
November 12
Consider Cap-and-Trade as Claptrap
November 13 Set a
Swords-into-Plowshares Course
November 14 Make
America Recycles Day Meaningful
November 15 Learn
Lessons by Observing
November 16
Consider Ten Ways to Make Churches Greener
November 17 Take
Seriously Geography Awareness Week
November 18 Be
Prepared with ICE: In Case of Emergency
November 19 Make
It Yours: Use Less Stuff Day
November 20
Consider Mid-Autumn Verse: An Autumn Message
November 21 Support
the World's Poor
November 22 Act
Kingly with Christ the King
November 23 Drive
Smart This Thanksgiving Weekend
November 24
Celebrate National Family Week
November 25
Inventory Our Service Potential
November 26 Thank
God on Thanksgiving Day
November 27 Learn
to Count Calorie
November 28 Make
Proper Food Choices
November 29
Consider Advent Celebrations
November 30
Accept the Coming of Winter
December, 2009
December 1 Turn
Our Thoughts to Copenhagen
December 2
Question the St. Francis Pledge's Completeness
December 3
Participate in Eco-Walk Programs
December 4 Have a
New Soup Every Day
December 5 ARE the
United States Unique?
December 6 Prepare
the Way of the Lord
December 7 Ensure
Fire Safety
December 8
Proclaim Mary -- Mother of Earth
December 9
Recognize Kudzu in Our Midst
December 10
Participate in Human Rights Day
December 11 Contest
Urban Sprawl
December 12 Make
This a Peace Celebration Day
December 13 Rejoice
in the Lord Always
December 14 Become
Friends with Wintering Birds
December 15
Remember FDR and a Second Bill of Rights
December 16 Promote
Good Reclamation Practice
December 17 Fly on
Wright Brothers Day?
December 18
Appreciate Sacajawea Day
December 19 Show
the Death Penalty Is Not Pro-Life
December 20 Blessed
Are You Among Women
December 21 Welcome
the Winter Solstice
December 22 Do
Something Special at Christmas
December 23 Twas
the Day before Christmas ... and Panic
December 24 Profess
Our Creed through Deed
December 25 Live
the Magnificat
December 26 Confirm
a Down-to-Earth Spirituality
December 27 Give
Sacred Space to Youth
December 28 Teach
the Innocents to Pray
December 29
Consider Insulated Window Shades
December 30 Count
Your 2009 Blessings
December 31 Glance
Back and Look Ahead
January, 2010
January 1 Start
the Year Anew
January 2 Plan
Ahead
January 3 Epiphany: Question the Way to Take to Peace
January 4 Realize
that Prescription Drugs Can Kill
January 5 Resist
the Expansion of Nuclear Power
January 6 Winter
Riders
January 7 Critique
the Federal Energy Star Program
January 8 Distinguish between Needs and Wants
January 9 Consider
the Shared Commons
January 10 Cherish Our Baptism
January 11 Reread
"The Economic Bill of Rights"
January 12 Bear
Arms, Not Ammo
January 13 Promote
an Essential Needs Economy
January 14 Provide
Health Care for All -- AND Ration?
January 15 Fight
Hunger Here and Now
January 16 Eucharist: Memorial, Cosmic Mystery and Food
January 17 Celebrate
the Cana Event in Our Lives
January 18 Pray for
Church Unity: Circles within Circles
January 19 Give
Thanks for January's Blessings
January 20 Defend
Our Water Commons
January 21 Hug a
Tree?
January 22 Anticipate the Climate Toll
January 23 Speak Up
for Renewable Energy
January 24 Initiate
Twelve Types of Liberation
January 25 Imitate
the Conversion of St. Paul
January 26 Comment
on Enlightened Self-Interest
January 27 Take
Responsibility
January 28 Observe
Road Safety Practices
January 29 Redefine
the "Privilege" of Offsetting
January 30 Can We
Halt Climate Change?
January 31 Support
Hometown Prophets
February, 2010
February 1 Proclaim Salvation for All
February 2
Candles and Other Energy Sources
February 3 Take
and Receive Abundant Blessings
February 4 Read
"Tobacco Days: A Personal Journey"
February 5 Realize
That Weather is Important
February 6 Consider Lenten Diet Changes
February 7
Be Willing to Do the Lord's Work
February 8 Are
We Willing to Accept Regulations?
February 9 Demand Proper Financial Regulations
February 10 May
We Hear the Cry of the Poor
February 11 Give
Thanks for February's Blessings
February 12 Ode
to the February Born
February 13 Protest Acquiescence
February 14
Blessed Are the Poor
February 15 Woe to
the Rich
February 16 Shrove Tuesday and Meat Consumption
February 17 Remember That We Are Dust and Ashes
February 18 Celebrate the Mourning Doves
February 19 Is
There a Garlic Bubble?
February 20 Observe Brotherhood and Sisterhood Week
February 21
Confront the Temptation to Refrain from Acting
February 22 Consider Our Cultural Commons
February 23 Is
the Afghanistan War Justified?
February 24 Make
Fossil Fuels Transitory Energy Sources
February 24 Question "Development"
February 25 Glory
in the Lowly Dandelion
February 26 Prepare for "Mountain Moments"
February 27 Encourage Agents of Change
February 28
Reveal God-Given Opportunities
March, 2010
March 1 Garden
for Economic Reasons
March 2 Accept
Responsibility and Unintended Consequences
March 3 Create a
Different Salad Every Day
March 4 Is Hunger
a Form of Terrorism?
March 5 Encourage
Green Antinuclear Advocates
March 6 Avoid
March Madness
March 7 Learn about the First Missionary
March 8 Advance
Food Security
March 9 Expose
Affluence Slipping into Bankruptcy
March 10 Promote
Renewables, Not Nuclear Power
March 11 Observe
Johnny Appleseed Day
March 12 Proclaim
Air as Commons
March 13 Be a Good
Samaritan during Hard Times
March 14 Laetare Sunday: Witness against Materialism
March 15 Be
Acquainted with Tea Parties and History
March 16 Thank God
for March
March 17 Green St.
Patrick's Day
March 18 Critique
Animal Protection Policy
March 19 Value
Forests in Many Ways
March 20 Attend to
Chores on the Vernal Equinox
March 21 Reflect upon the Account of the Adulterous Woman
March 22 Redirect
the Contrasumers
March 23 Protect
from Information Overload
March 24 Commit
Yourself to Ongoing Education
March 25 Incarnation: Let Earth and Heaven Kiss
March 26 Question
"Development"
March 27 Celebrate
North American Wildlife Day
March 28 Wave Palms Thoughtfully
March 29 Perform
Public Acts of Piety
March 30 Affirm
Healthy Habits
March 31 Welcome
the Census-Taker
April, 2010
April 1 Maundy
Thursday, Creation and Service
April 2 Calvary
and the Mystery of Redemption
April 3 Corporate
Creation/Redemption and Haiti
April 4
Resurrection: A New Centrality
April 5 Reclaim
Our Land Commons
April 6 Give
Thanks for April's Blessings
April 7 Eight
Critical World Health Threats
April 8 Redirect
Current Tea Parties
April 9 Big
Government Is Bad; Little Government Is Worse
April 10 Striving
for a Sense of Mercy
April 11 Consider Divine Mercy and Earthhealing
April 12 Global
Warming Coming Faster and Sooner
April 13 Greed Can
Ruin Democracy
April 14 Pan
American Day and Immigration Reform
April 15 The Right
to Work and Downsizing Expectations
April 16 Compensate
Domestic Caregivers
April 17 Tips for
Garden Week
April 18 Fishing in
Today's World
April 19 Participate in National Volunteer and Wildlife Week
April 20 Assign
Energy Use Properly
April 21 Earth Day
at the Fortieth Anniversary
April 22 Accept,
Not Assign, Blame on Earth Day
April 23 Go Only to
Green Conferences
April 24 Increase
Physical Exercising
April 25 Observe Vocation Sunday
April 26 Reform and
Empower the United Nations
April 27 When Did
We See You Hungry and Not Feed You?
April 28 Let
Workers Own the Workplace
April 29 Must Jails
Be What Jails Are?
April 30 Confront
Wall Street Barons
May, 2010
May 1 Joseph the
Worker: The Right to Work
May 2 Loving: The Unfinished Story
May 3 Emphasizing
Prudence in Climate Change Controversy
May 4 Asking
Soteriological Questions
May 5 Championing
Mulberries
May 6 Having a
Time for Keeping Silent, A Time for Speaking
May 7 Bestowing
the Blessings of May
May 8 Defending
Wildlife, Wilderness and Forest Commons
May 9 Planting the Gift of Peace at Home
May 10 Degrees of
Environmental Concern: Thinking Globally
May 11 The Second
Degree: Acting Locally
May 12 The Third
Degree: Acting in Solidarity with Other
May 13 Testifying
to God's Presence
May 14 Facing
Reality as a Deepening Spirituality
May 15 Selecting
Dill as the Herb of the Year
May 16 Celebrating the Ascension
May 17 Using Tools
Properly
May 18 Failing to
Face Cultural Bankruptcy
May 19 Confronting
the Drug Culture?
May 20 Contrasting
Material and Spiritual Privileged
May 21 Challenging
Talents Turned to Material Privilege
May 22 Revealing
the Mixed Mesophytic Forest
May 23 Pentecost: Spreading the Good News
May 24 Decorating
Graves of Loved Ones
May 25 Reflecting
on Ecotourism in Appalachia
May 26 Exposing
Greed as a Vice
May 27 Living with
Daily Routines
May 28 Facing
Mountaintop Removal Practices
May 29 Saying
Farewell to the Last Survivor of the Bo
May 30 Spreading
Good News through a Loving Community
May 31 Founding a
New World Order on the Magnificat
June, 2010
June 1 Who Should
Clean Up the Rivers?
June 2 Are Reduced
Spatial Requirements Greener?
June 3 Are You
Taking Time Off in Summer Months?
June 4 How Many
Sounds of Water Can You Distinguish?
June 5 Why Is
Reducing Meat Consumption Environmental?
June 6 Do
We Truly Believe in Transformed Bread and Wine?
June 7 What Are
the Three Legs of a Sound Energy Policy?
June 8 Must We Go
from Short- to Long-Term Environmentalism?
June 9 How Many
Ways Are There to Age Gracefully?
June 10 Natural
Gas: A Bright Future?
June 11 Global
Atmospheric Methane: A Problem?
June 12 Rainwater
Barrels Anyone?
June 13 Can
We Live the Trinity Mystery?
June 14 Do You
Treat Old Glory with Respect?
June 15 How about
Some Verses: Steadfastness?
June 16 Do You Know
the Ten Commandments of Capitalism?
June 17 Is the
Right to Health Access a Global Concern?
June 18 Can Our
Nation Create a Proper Energy Mix?
June 19 Do We
Pretend We Have Sufficient Resources?
June 20 Do We
Foster Fatherly Self-Sacrifice?
June 21 Must We
Make Hay While the Sun Shines?
June 22 What Are
the June Blessings?
June 23 How Should
We Celebrate Public Service Day?
June 24 Why Make
Fuel Ethanol from Corn?
June 25 A New
Marshall Plan for Emerging Nations?
June 26 Should
Jerusalem be Internationalized?
June 27 Can
Peaceful Resoluteness Replace Military Might?
June 28 Are There
183 More Salad Varieties?
June 29 Have You
Resolved to Live within Your Means?
June 30 Why Support
the Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy?
July, 2010
July 1 Refrain
from Optimistic Budgets
July 2 Make a
Mid-Year Review in July
July 3 Bring Good
News
July 4 Free Speech for People Amendment
July 5 Enhance
American Independence through Sustainability
July 6 Announce
that America's Renewables Are Here Now
July 7 Consider
Solar Photovoltaics
July 8 Confront
Wage Theft As a Global Problem
July 9 Travel the
Local Back Roads
July 10 Try Route
68: The Main Street of Kentucky
July 11 Reflect on
Being Good Samaritans
July 12 Make July
a Good Retreat Time
July 13 Thank God
for July Blessings
July 14 Entitle
Jacques Marquette "Premier Franco-American"
July 15 Realize
Drug Ubiquity
July 16 Recite
Creation's Eighth Day
July 17 Accept
Collective Blame: Don't Point Fingers
July 18 Be
Satisfied in Being a Martha
July 19 Celebrate
Space Week: Tidy-up Outer Space
July 20 Decide
When Numbers Count
July 21 Observe
the American Barn: An Endangered Species
July 22 Create
Your Own Autumn Garden
July 23 Promote
Solar Hot Water Systems
July 24 Share with
the Hungry and Forsaken
July 25 Recite a
Green "Our Father"
July 26 Learn
Spanish?
July 27 Repair
Lead-Painted Houses with Caution
July 28 Sing A
Floral Ode to Joy
July 29 Expose the
Limited "Creation-Centered Spirituality"
July 30 Consider
Ignatian Principles and the Environment
July 31 Launch a
"Gray Matter in the Green" Blog
August, 2010
August 1 Spiritual Motivation: Becoming Truly Secure
August 2 Coal
Ash: What Is a Greener Solution?
August 3 Environmental Solutions: Work and Pray
August 4 Offshore
Energy: Wind and/or Oil
August 5 Hemp
Reintroduction: The Time Has Come
August 6 Transfiguration: A New Heaven and New Earth
August 7 Euphoria:
A Worker's Attitude
August 8 Destiny:
The Best Preparation Is in Giving
August 9 Urban
Gardens: Twenty-First Century Victory Gardens
August 10 Reality:
A Basis for Authentic Spirituality
August 11 Reclaiming the Commons: Our Maritime Commons
August 12 Scything: Attending to August Weeds
August 13 Collectibles: Educational and Green Aspects
August 14 The
Great Divide: Rich Get Richer and Poor...
August 15 Mary: Gentle Lady; Revolutionary Model
August 16 Peacemaking: Tearing Down and Rebuilding
August 17 The
Blessings of August: Thank God
August 18 Blueberries: Beneficial in So Many Ways
August 19 Marginalization: Jeremiah, Jesus, and FDR
August 20 Imperfect Prophets: Unclear Prophetic Messages
August 21 Interconnectedness: Salvation Is for All
August 22 The
Narrow Gate: Self-Satisfaction and Smugness
August 23 Fear: Need We Be Fearful or Fearless?
August 24 Population Decline: The Ill Effects
August 25 A Poem:
Deep Service
August 26 Capitalism: State, Corporate or Neither?
August 27 St.
Monica: A Saint for Our Times
August 28 The
Corporate Person: A Form of Idolatry
August 29 Humility: Ways to Become Exalted
August 30 Watering: Slaking Thirsty Garden Plants
August 31 Finished
Program: Time to Move On
September, 2010
September 1 Sacred Water: Worthy of Respect
September 2 Consider Travel Checklists
September 3 Champion the Intellectual Commons
September 4 Halt
Overconsumption by the Affluent
September 5 Wise
Use of Possessions and Discipleship
September 6 Jobs
Galore; Workers Anxious; Funds in Havens
September 7 A
Variety of Autumn Greens
September 8 New
"Fire Season" Suggestions
September 9 Pluses and Minuses of Climate Change
September 10 Elderberry: The Modest Berry
September 11 Environmental Lessons from the Oil Disaster
September 12
Prodigal Son and Forgiving Father
September 13 Alsatian: An Endangered Language
September 14 Gratitude for September Gifts
September 16 Five
Innovative Ideas for Citizenship Day
September 17 Yom
Kippur: The Perpetual Call for Inclusivity
September 18 World
Water Monitoring Day: Urgent Times
September 19
Resourcefulness and Stewardship
September 20 Call
for a Nuclear-Free Middle East
September 21 Desalination: A Technological Frontier
September 22 Global Sanitation Problems and Solutions
September 23 Balancing Practical and Theoretical Issues
September 24 World
Equestrian Games Begin Tomorrow
September 25 Is
Climate Change Out of Control?
September 26
Lazarus and the Wages of Affluence
September 27 Family Day: Greener Ways Together
September 28 Autumn Camping: Twelve Suggestions
September 29 Mary
E. Fritsch: Centennial of Birth
September 30 Poem:
"Times Are Changing"
October, 2010
October 1 Food
Attitudes: A Personal Journey
October 2 Method
Used for Food Reflections
October 3 Homily:
Increase Our Faith
October 4 Should
We Learn Simple Food Games?
October 5 Will
You Finish What's on Your Plate?
October 6 Do We
Take Food for Granted?
October 7 Can't
You at Least Eat?
October 8 Do Wild
Foods Taste Better?
October 9 Should
We Talk About Killing Hogs?
October 10 Homily:
Showing Appreciation for Miracles
October 11 Are
There Limits to Global Food Assistance?
October 12 Must We
Choose Food-Growing over Other Crops?
October 13 How
Does Patriotism Enter the Food Picture?
October 14 Is Food
Production Related to Land Stewardship?
October 15 Do We Honor
Migrant Farm Workers?
October 16 Food
Day: Are We Growing in Awareness?
October 17 Homily:
Bread for the World Sunday
October 18 Is
Eating Food a Total Experience?
October 19 Do
Foods Make Sounds?
October 20 Should
We Be Proud of Certain Food Preparations?
October 21 What
Are the Visible Marks of a Good Cook?
October 22 Should
We Cultivate a Taste for Good Foods?
October 23 Do Good
Food Scents Make a Quality Environment?
October 24 Homily:
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
October 25 Is the
Eucharist Real Food?
October 26 Worthy
Communion When Neighbors Are Hungry?
October 27 Why
Celebrate When the World Is in Such a Mess?
October 28 Ought
We to Fast for Self AND Others?
October 29 What
About Partaking in Seders?
October 30 What
Are Ways to Reduce or Avoid Food Wastes?
October 31 Homily:
Invite Zacchaeus to Join
November, 2010
November 1 Do We
Make Informed Food Choices?
November 2 Should
Emphasis Be on Growing Food?
November 3 Have We
Calculated All Food Energy?
November 4 Do We
Have to Go Organic?
November 5 Can We
Be Overly Concerned about Food Nutrition?
November 6 Is Food an
Instrument of Resolution?
November 7 Homily:
God of the Living?
November 8 Is
Simplicity in Gardening Easy to Teach?
November 9
Locally-Grown: Are We What We Eat?
November 10 Is
Knowing the Food Source a Control on Quality?
November 11 Is
Having Fresh Food Better-Quality Living?
November 12 What Are
Small-Scale Gardening Techniques?
November 13 Should
We Preserve Surplus Food?
November 14 Homily:
Do We Know the Changing Seasons?
November 15 Is Food
Always Tempting and Enticing?
November 16 Must We
Always Avoid Fatty Food?
November 17 Should
We Create Our Own Fast Foods?
November 18 What Are
Limits to Distributing Food Commodities?
November 19 Is the
Food Distribution System Fair?
November 20
Vegetarianism: Is It Good or Bad?
November 21 Homily:
Will We Choose a Throne or a Cross?
November 22 How Do We
Celebrate Food as Bounty?
November 23 Can Food Be
Designed as a Powerful Weapon?
November 24 How Do
We Share Food with the Hungry?
November 25 Do We
Thank God Enough for Gifts of Food?
November 26 Ought
We to Have A Global Food-Sharing Program?
November 27 Is Food
Sharing a Component of Final Judgment?
November 28 Homily:
When Do We Wait and When Not Wait?
November 29 Food
Consciousness Grows
November 30 China,
Food and Climate Change
December, 2010
December 1 All Can
Be Earth Healers
December 2
Sustainability: An Ambiguous Concept
December 3 Communications: The Overlooked Commons
December 4 Artificial vs. Real Christmas Decorations
December 5 Return Christ to "Xmas"
December 6 Gift-Giving and St. Nicholas
December 7 Energy
Efficiency as the New Frontier
December 8 Mary:
Pure Transparency
December 9 Caroling
and Christmas Songs
December 10 Rethink
Lawns in the Climate Change Era
December 11 Weighing the Legalization of Marijuana
December 12
Focus on the Lord in Hard Times
December 13 Advent:
Alertness in Looking Back and Ahead
December 14 Basic
Elements of a Social Discernment
December 15 Bill of
Rights Day
December 16 Distinguishing Primary and Secondary Rights
December 17 Anniversary of Utility-Scale Geothermal Power
December 18 Are
Promising Renewables Enough?
December 19
Practice Patience in Troubled Times
December 20 Getting
Smart on Drugs
December 21 Local
Attractions: The Fitchburg Furnace
December 22 Winter's Gift
December 23 Counting Our December Blessings
December 24 The Art
of Preparing for a Great Event
December 25 The
Ultimate Christmas Gift
December 26 May All Families Be Holy
December 27 Healing
Benefits of Classical Music
December 28 Facing
Our Phobias, Especially Phobophobia
December 29 Prudence and Climate Change Deniers
December 30 Let's
Get Serious: Realistic Resolutions
December 31 Memorial to Kristin Johannsen
The Blooming Cosmos
January, 2011
January 1 National
Resolution: Exit Afghanistan
January 2
Epiphany: Tell It Like It Is
January 3 Disparity
in Wealth: Number One Global Insecurity
January 4 A
Challenge: 365 Different Breakfasts
January 5 Renewable Energy Is Growing Remarkably
January 6 The Pros
and Cons of Electronic Books
January 7 The
Benefits of Potted or Houseplants
January 8 Hypocrisy: Coal Use and Opposition
January 9 Baptism: Called by the Exclusive ONE ...
January 10 ...to
Reclaim the Commons by the Inclusive ALL
January 11 Attention Compulsive Meeting-Goers
January 12 Lawns or
Wildscape: Two Divergent Views
January 13 Barriers
to a Physical Exercise Routine
January 14 Making
Long-Range Garden Plans
January 15 Moments
of Sorrow
January 16 Vocation: Salvation Reaching Out to All
January 17 Work
Opportunities for Citizens
January 18 Public
Service and Student Loan Forgiveness
January 19 Convert
"Retirement Years" to Public Service
January 20 Work as
Curse or Work as Privileged Opportunity
January 21 Travel
Education and Elderhostels
January 22 Loved
Ones Can Give Permission to Die
January 23 Urgent
Times Demand Reformed People
January 24 Plenty
of Sleep vs. Enough Sleep?
January 25 Oneness
within the Christian Community
January 26 Winter's
Moments of Gratitude
January 27 Language
Revitalization and the Commons
January 28 Capitalism Fosters Lack of Faith
January 29 Dying as
Opportunity to Spread Good News
January 30 Beatitudes and Blessings
January 31 Seeking
a Title for Reclaimers of the Commons
February, 2011
February 1 Review
our American Freedoms
February 2 Expose
the Obscenity of Wealth
February 3 Enjoy "Appalachian Winter"
February 4 Witness
to Needed Religion in Earthhealing
February 5 Champion Health through Nature Experiences
February 6 Lighten up the World
February 7 Acquire
a Rocking Chair and Use It
February 8 Disparity of Wealth and the Environmental Crisis
February 9 Vacation by Reducing the Carbon-Print
February 10 Competition or Win/Win Approaches
February 11 Geothermal Energy: A Stimulus Package Success
February 12 Make
Personal and Family Gardening Choices
February 13 Realize a Growing Responsibility to Be Like Jesus
February 14 Express
Love from the Heart
February 15 Gratitude Heals Our Wounded Earth
February 16 Heal
Earth: Expand the Frontiers of Soteriology
February 17 Review
Disaster Supplies
February 18 Multiply Random Acts of Kindness
February 19 Contrasumers: Moving Towards a New Economy
February 20 An Eye for Eye and a Tooth for Tooth
February 21 Presidents' Day: Expand the American Dream
February 22 Promote
a Globally Just Energy Policy
February 23 Confront Climate Change Naysayers
February 24 Carbon
Capture and Storage: A Pipe Dream?
February 25 Geoengineering: Promising or Just Plain Hubris?
February 26 List
the Elements of a Global Energy Policy
February 27 Lessons from Birds: Trust, Freedom, Joy
February 28 Gurgling Creeks: Nature's Musical Sounds
March, 2011
March 1 Interior
Ecology: A Personal Frontier
March 2 Components
of an Interior Ecology
March 3 Enrichment
of our Interior Ecology
March 4 Prayerfulness: Every Day is a Day of Prayer
March 5 Hidden
Freedoms of the Elderly
March 6 Face
Hypocrisy in All Its Forms
March 7 Question
Issues Arising Over Rights
March 8 Right to
Privacy and Silent Space
March 9 Lent: A
Favorable Time to Speak Up
March 10 Right to
Adequate Food
March 11 Right to
Potable Water
March 12 Right to
Clean Air
March 13 Facing
Current Temptations
March 14 Right to
Work for a Livelihood
March 15 Right to Freedom of Press and Communications
March 16 Right to
Proper Education
March 17 Right to
Affordable Housing and Home Care
March 18 Right to
Access to Health Care
March 19 Right to
Public Assembly and Worship
March 20
Transfiguration as Goal, Calling and Blessing
March 21
Spring Has Sprung: Being Right With the World
March 22 Right to
Land -- Particular Land?
March 23 Being
Right with Land: Growing Greener
March 24 Planting
Trees: Being Right with Forests
March 25 Affirming
Climate Change: Being Right with Earth
March 26 Being
Right with Wildlife
March 27 Samaritan Woman at the Well: Gentle Confrontation
March 28 Being
Right with the Seas
March 29 Being
Right with Cultural and Historic Sites
March 30 Human
Mobility: Being Right with Migrants
March 31 Commercial
Mobility: Being Right with Material Goods
April, 2011
April 1 Listening
and Discerning God's Voice
April 2 Varying
Food Tastes on a Daily Basis
April 3 Being Radicalized by a Gospel Passage
April 4 Noticing
Extreme Climate-Change-Related Weather Events
April 5 Trusting
Scientific Evidence: A Global Crisis
April 6 Recording
Our Ethnic Diversity and Change
April 7 Global
Sharing is Healthy
April 8 Discerning
Use of Land for Food and Biofuels
April 9 Keeping
Easter a Non-commercial Celebration
April 10 Discovering Christ as the Resurrection and Life
April 11 Benefiting
from Social Networking
April 12 Telling
the Last Civil War Story
April 13 Trimming
the Obscene Military Budget
April 14 Appreciating Roads for Their Blessings
April 15 Living in
the Boondocks
April 16 Preparing
for a Veggie/Floral Garden
April 17
Proclaiming Royal Titles
April 18 Contesting
the Individual Right to Bear Arms
April 19 Broadening
Nonpartisan Environmental Concerns
April 20 Working
for Greater Food Security
April 21 Holy
Thursday: Consecrating Us to Serve
April 22 Good
Friday: Dying for All Creation
April 23 Holy
Saturday: Rising As Lord of All
April 24
Proclaiming Easter Past, Future, and Present
April 25 Reflecting
on Time: Past, Future, and Present
April 26 Demonstrating the Existence of God through Love
April 27 Earthhealing through the Basic Component of Love
April 28 Showing
Compassion for our Wounded Earth
April 29 Recounting
That We Are Easter People
April 30 Accepting
the Challenge of Creative Writing
May, 2011
May 1 Gratitude Leading to Mercy
May 2 The Little
Blue Book: A Blueprint for Radical Change
May 3 Wildflower
Week Is Worth Celebrating
May 4 Aging Can
Involve New Adventures
May 5 National Day
of Prayer Concerns
May 6 "No New
Taxes" versus "TAX THE RICH"
May 7 The
Marginalized Activist Dilemma
May 8 Companions on the Road to Emmaus
May 9 Social
Responsibility in 2011
May 10 Energy
Efficiency Demands Top Priority
May 11 How to
Combat High Food Prices
May 12 Renewable
Energy: An Answer but When?
May 13 Is the New
Age of Coal to Be Welcomed or Condemned?
May 14 Poke Salad
Time and Festivals
May 15 Becoming Sheepgates for Others
May 16 We Need
Trees for Many Reasons
May 17 Decisions
During a Tomato Year
May 18 Every Person
Is Irreplaceable
May 19 Radical
Sharing Reconsidered
May 20 Awareness of
Impending Water Shortages
May 21 The
Ambivalence of Armed Forces Day
May 22 Being of
Service to Others
May 23 Clean
Nuclear Energy? A Lie!
May 24 The Ministry
of Shared Suffering
May 25 Urban
Centers: For better or Worse
May 26 Windpower
and Changing Landscapes
May 27 Thinking
with the Church in 2011
May 28 Haircuts: An
Earth Healing Topic?
May 29 Learning to Do Good Deeds through Self-Control
May 30 Memorials:
Real and/or Artificial
May 31 Discerning
When to Drive or Not
June, 2011
June 1 Why Nuclear
Power? Is it Congressional Payoff Time?
June 2 Protect
Silent Space in a Busy, Connected World
June 3 Defend the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
June 4 National
Trails: A Great Infrastructure Investment
June 5 The
Grace of Holy Discontent and Earthhealing
June 6 Can People
of Holy Discontent Be Happy?
June 7 Ten Reasons
for Small-Scale Hydropower Now
June 8 Can
Religionless Spirituality Heal Our Earth?
June 9 Activist
Options for Senior Citizens' Day
June 10 Crisis
Caused by Disparity of Wealth/Power
June 11 Two Views
of Possessions
June 12 Pentecost and World Evangelization
June 13 Babel
Dispersal Today and Beyond
June 14 Is Good News a Two-Way Street?
June 15 Good News
Will Ultimately Triumph Over Bad News
June 16 Elk and
Large Wildlife Presence and Proliferation
June 17 World Day
to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 18 Raspberry
Season Fosters Creativity
June 19 Sharing Blessings and the Trinity
June 20 Elitism
Versus Democratic Values
June 21 Similarity
in Making-Hay and Healing Earth
June 22 Should We
Preserve Nature as Untouched?
June 23 2000th
Essay: The Future of Earth Healing, Inc.
June 24 Creating
the Future: A Healed Earth
June 25 Time to
Make Cucumber Pickle
June 26 Corpus
Christi: An Activist and Holy Discontent
June 27 Paul Bunyan
Day and Pax Americana
June 28 Kentucky: A
Touch-of-Green Positive Aspects
June 29 Kentucky: A
Touch-of-Green Negative Aspects
June 30 Questions
at the 2011 Half-Year Review
July, 2011
July 1 Preparing
for the Second Half of 2011
July 2 Plutocratic versus Democratic Ways: Tax the Rich!
July 3 Meek and Humble of Heart -- And Also Angry
July 4 American
Independence Minus Pretensions
July 5 Trying to
Make July Tolerable
July 6 Is
Credit-Card Enslavement a Wakeful Nightmare?
July 7 Giving the
Emptying Plains Back to the Buffalo
July 8 Biofuels
for the Affluent versus Food for the Poor
July 9 Checklist
for Reducing Stress in Threatening Times?
July 10 Becoming Efficient Sowers of Good News
July 11 Let's
Insist on Access to Free Potable Water
July 12 It Is Time
to Expose Deadbeat Corporations
July 13 Keeping
Renewable Energy Production Decentralized
July 14 The Jury
is Out on Marcellus and other Shale Gas
July 15 Recognizing the Need to Count Important Matters
July 16 Suggestions for Improving Annual Retreats
July 17 Tolerating Weeds amid the Wheat
July 18 Space Week
and Militarization: Another Problem?
July 19 The Elite
Versus the People
July 20 Tackling
the Overpopulation of Cattle
July 21 First Bull
Run: Reflecting on Civil War Issues
July 22 Thunder
and Lightning: Taking Proper Precautions
July 23 A Problem
of the Commons: Resistance to Antibiotics
July 24 Invest in the Treasure of Spiritual Motivation
July 25 "Food Day"
in October Should Focus on Food Costs
July 26 Hunger
Must Be Eliminated Now
July 27 Benefits
from Redistribution through Fair Taxes
July 28 Summer
Drinks Revisited
July 29 Reclaiming
the Commons: A Simple Formula
July 30 Do We
Have Time?
July 31 Do
Not Let Bad News Hinder Our Work
August, 2011
August 1 Celebrating Green As the Color of August
August 2 Living
Within One's Means
August 3 Reflecting
on Physical and Spiritual Journeys
August 4 Nationalizing with Caution and Care
August 5 Preparing
for Autumn Garden
August 6 Harvesting Silage in August
August 7 Living with the Storms of Insecurity
August 8 Rowing as
Ideal Physical Exercise
August 9 Expanding
Our Healing Ministries Ten Ways
August 10 Connectedness: Creating a Balanced Practice
August 11 Tasting
Plums, A Favorite Wild and Domestic Fruit
August 12 Debunking
Twelve Popular American Myths
August 13 Challenging the System by Reclaiming the Commons
August 14 Universalism: Extending Care to All
August 15 Seeing
Mary in Place, Time, and Among Us
August 16 Confronting Misuse of the Air Commons
August 17 Fighting
to Keep Water Supplies Accessible
August 18 Limiting
Private Property Managed by Good Stewards
August 19 Contrasting the Material and Spiritual Culture
August 20 Recognizing World Health As Global Security
August 21 Rattling the Keys of the Kingdom
August 22 Radicalizing People to Be Change Agents
August 23 Balancing
Sounds and Silence
August 24 Taxing
the Rich for God's and Our Sake
August 25 Becoming
Prophetic Reclaimers of the Commons
August 26 Revealing
Elements Needed to Reclaim the Commons
August 27 Promoting
World Federalism to Save Our Earth
August 28 Denying Self to Follow the Lord
August 29 Realizing
That We Are Both Powerless and Powerful
August 30 Proclaiming the Good News to All Creation
August 31 Rereading
Upturned Plow
September, 2011
September 1 Wine-Making
September 2 Think
Globally, Act Locally, But All Act As One
September 3 Justification
of Pastoral Work
September 4
Fraternal Correction and Work
September 5 Work as
Labor for Some, as Dream for Others
September 6 Dilemma
for Pro-Life Environmentalists
September 7 Attention to Stacationers
September 8 Efficiency + Renewables = Economic & National Security
September 9 Defending Public Lands
September 10 Swap
Ideas Day: Types of Special Alerts
September 11 Forgiveness Again and Again
September 12 Earthhealing and the Laws of Ecology
September 13 First
Law: Everything is connected to Everything Else
September 14 Second
Law: Everything Must Go Somewhere
September 15 Third
Law: Nature Knows Best
September 16 Fourth
Law: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
September 17 Okra:
Many Benefits Exist
September 18 Divine Generosity Should Be Our Way
September 19 Coastal Cleanup Day
September 20 International Day of Peace
September 21 St.
Matthew's Day
September 22 Social
Contacts: Formal or Informal
September 23 Restitution for Native Americans
September 24 Celebrate the Black Walnut
September 25 Parable of Two Sons and Assuming Responsibilities
September 26 Vatican City: Carbon Neutral and Pro-Environment
September 27 Expanding Our Earthhealing Ministries Ten Ways
September 28 Interacting with an Emerging China
September 29 Wisdom
of the Elders Versus Selfishness
September 30 A
Wonderful Memory: Mary Byrd Davis
October, 2011
October 1 Twenty
Suggestions for a Busy October
October 2 Restore
the Forsaken Vineyard
October 3 Acknowledging Social Addictions
October 4 Confronting Social Addictions
October 5 Healing
Social Addictions
October 6 Compassion and Social Addiction
October 7 Campfires
and Playing with Fire
October 8 Jewelweed
Benefits throughout the Year
October 9 Come to
the Banquet
October 10 Indian
"Three Sisters" -- Corn, Beans, and Squash
October 11
Champlain's Dream and Lessons to Be Learned
October 12 Cumulating Small Earthhealing Acts: Good or Bad?
October 13 Nuclear
Waste Disposal and Modern Mythology Day
October 14 What,
the Devil? Is Evil Personified?
October 15 Domestic
Ecology and Enthronement of Sacred Heart
October 16 Render
to Caesar
October 17 Observe
World Food Day
October 18 Food
Insecurity, Famine, and Terrorism
October 19 Visit
the Martyrs' Shrine
October 20 Witnessing as Long-Term Spiritual Investment
October 21 Respecting Limited Garden-Space
October 22 Placid
Environmentalism: Pale Green or Yellow?
October 23 How Do We Love God with Our Whole Heart?
October 24 United
Nations Day 2011: Year of the Forest
October 25 Disarmament Day: Do Away with Nuclear Power
October 26 Playing
Games with Ecological Issues
October 27 Seed-Saving Programs and Endangered Species
October 28 St. Jude, Patron of the Impossible: Earthhealing?
October 29 Navigating One's Good Name in Credulity's Shoals
October 30 Practice
What We Preach
October 31 Fuel
Speculation and Justice
November, 2011
November 1 Saints:
Mortal and Immortal Models
November 2 We Poor
Souls
November 3 HERE,
NOW, WE: Resurrection-Centered Spirituality
November 4 So Long,
Barefoot Days
November 5 Let's
Keep the Clocks Unchanged
November 6
Awaiting the Expectant One
November 7 Switchgrass and Future Biofuels
November 8 "Pro-Life and Anti-Environment" is an Oxymoron
November 8 Special Issue
Occupy
Wall Street Folks: Become Reclaimers of the Commons
November 9 Balance
Material/Spiritual Growth
November 10 Tea
Party: Target Public/Private Privileges
November 11 Remember Veterans in Tight Fiscal Times
November 12 Dress
Warmly Indoors and Lower Room Temperature
November 13 Creative Fidelity with Talents Given
November 14 Focus
on Fitness: Spiritual, Mental, Economic, Physical
November 15 Biophilia: Our Love of Nature
November 16 International Day for Tolerance
November 17 National Homeless
Awareness Week
November 18 The
Practice of Using Less Stuff
November 19 International Men's Day
November 20 Help
Establish Christ's Kingdom
November 21 Are
Wild Turkeys Really Wild?
November 22 When Is
Affluence Excessive?
November 23 The
Myth of Thanksgiving for Better or Worse
November 24 The
Habit of Being Thankful
November 25 Combat
Economic Dysfunctionality: Buy Nothing Day
November 26 Citizen
of Heaven and Earth: Stay Awake
November 27 Introducing Changes in the Church's Liturgy
November 28 Reflect
on Ways to Be Less Violent
November 29 Mesmerized by Stock Market Numbers
November 30 Sharing
Land with Others
December, 2011
December 1 Select
Relevant Information
December 2 Are All
Charities Effective in Poor Lands?
December 3 Is
Creation-Centered Spirituality Green?
December 4 Practice
Patience in Troubled Times
December 5 Renewable Utilities Need Not Be Massive Projects
December 6 Thirty
Possible Non-Monetary Christmas Gifts
December 7 Smokehouses and Fire Safety Day
December 8 Mary:
Mother of the Poor
December 9 Non-Renewables Must Give Way to Renewable Energy
December 10 Trees:
Celebration or Vestigial Paganism
December 11 Advent Joy Comes with Good News
December 12 Celebrate International Mountain Day
December 13 Consumer Addiction and Former Addicts
December 14 Heaven
and Earth Kiss
December 15 Environmental Protection Is THE Pro-Life Issue
December 16 Downsizing Expectations and Radical Sharing
December 17 Burgoo:
The Kentucky Food Specialty
December 18 House
of David
December 19 When
Being Called "Radical" Is a Compliment
December 20 Must We
Feed the Birds
December 21 Oil
Spill Clean-up Using Wool
December 22 Welcome
the Winter Solstice
December 23 Prisoners,
Community Service, and Economics
December 24 Make
Christmas Special for Young and Old
December 25 Current
Knowledge Extends Our Blessed Christmas
December 26 Time to
Rest and Time to Act
December 27 Extend
Seasonal Warmth and Comfort into 2012
December 28 The
Power of Suffering with Christ
December 29 365
Ways to Prepare Oatmeal
December 30 Domestic Planning and Fidelity
December 31 Eagles
and Butterflies: Sally Ramsdell
January, 2012
January 1 Give Global Peace a Chance
January 2 Predicting 30 Trends: Is This a Good Exercise?
January 3 Election
Year and Hidden Marks of Leadership
January 4 Indebtedness: A Crime Against the Future
January 5 Academic
Contributions (Credits and Debts)
January 6 Are
American Supposed to Be the Greatest?
January 7 Welcome
to the Vinegar-Loving, Sour-Pickle People
January 8 The Privilege to Relinquish Privilege
January 9 Support
the U.S. Postal Service
January 10 Is
Israel America's Spoiled Brat?
January 11 Approaches to Pro-life/Environmental Protection
January 12 HERE Is
Where We Act as Earthhealers
January 13 NOW Is
the Time to Heal Our Wounded Earth
January 14 WE are
the Ones Called to Heal
January 15 Speak, Lord, Your Servant is Listening
January 16 Hidden
Racism and Public Racial Pride
January 17 Has
Solar Manufacturing Moved to China?
January 18 When is
a Seasonal Move (Snowbirding) Green?
January 19 Peanuts:
Ecologically Green Food
January 20 Ten
Eco-balances for an Earthhealer
January 21 Should
we Use More Public Transportation
January 22 Modern Jonah: A Serious and Light-hearted Story
January 23 Advantages of Electronic Books
January 24 Selecting Trees for Windbreaks
January 25 Nine
Reasons to Downsize Lifestyles
January 26 Waiting
Out the Snowstorm
January 27 Googling
for Better or Worse
January 28 Quercus
Falls: Remembering Departed Human Oaks
January 29 When Do We Teach with Authority?
January 30 Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Jobs, Jobs
January 31 Encouraging Reclaimers of the Commons
February, 2012
February 1 Fossil
Fuel Still Favored over Renewable Energy
February 2 Give
Light to All in Many Ways
February 3 Harbinger of Spring: The Mourning Dove
February 4 Honor
Our Constitution by Initiating a Second One
February 5 Job's Trials Are Ours as Well
February 6
Confrontation as a Possible Christian Virtue
February 7 Deer,
Venison, and Hungry Neighbors
February 8 Is
Wealth Incompatible with a Strong Democracy?
February 9 Champion the Humble Potato
February 10 Walking for Health
February 11 Encourage Inventiveness in Earthhealing
February 12 Healing
Troubled People, Troubled Earth
February 13 Methamphetamine Epidemic and Drug Company Profits
February 14 Valentine's Day and Flowers for Every Season
February 15 Facts
about Global Deforestation
February 16 Ten
Ways to Avoid Cabin Fever
February 17 Pray
Your Own Way; Yes, Pray Your Own Way
February 18 Maritime Transportation and Global Air Pollution
February 19
Penitential Rites Give Us Comfort
February 20 Presidents' Day: Washington and Lincoln Insights
February 21 Celebrate Marti Gras; Ponder Fat Tuesday
February 22 Ash
Wednesday: Will Daily Reflections Be Ashes?
February 23 A
Peace Dividend: Take What Is Rightfully Ours
February 24 Sowing
Peas Early in Kentucky
February 25 Global
Anticipation of More Natural Disasters
February 26 The
Temptation to Keep the Status Quo
February 27 Risks
in Discerning the Reality of Our Culture
February 28 Sport Events Can
Become Unhealthy
February 29 Make
This Leap Day Truly a Timely Gift
March, 2012
March 1 Eight
Reasons to Go with the Wind as Renewable Energy
March 2 Share Pets
with Neighbors
March 3 Can We
Overthrow Nobility of Wealth Non-Violently?
March 4 Transfiguration Day and a New Heaven and New Earth
March 5 Nuclear
Energy's Current Fading Glory
March 6 Onions Are
a True Spice of Life
March 7 Tax Havens
are Concentration Camps of Wealth
March 8 Make This
a Flowering Year
March 9 Monitor,
Merrimac, and Aircraft Carriers
March 10 Reflecting
on Clocked-Time When "Springing Ahead"
March 11 Have You
Ever Cleansed a Temple?
March 12 Select and
Plant a Variety of Fruit and Nut Trees
March 13 Should We
Be Silent When Attacked?
March 14 Flood Tide
March 15 Green
Cement: Reducing Climate Change Gases
March 16 Quilting
Day: Social, Art, Utility, and Creativity
March 17 Light-Hearted Irish and Troubled Times
March 18 Calvary's Cross and Laetare Sunday
March 19 Democratic
Principles and the Church
March 20 Spring
Equinox: Fine Time to Shine
March 21 Garden
Spacework; The Art of Turning Soil
March 22 Heirlooms,
Legacy Materials, and Junk
March 23 Spices and
Herbs Make for Quality of Life
March 24 The
Fallacy of Leaving Job Creation to the Rich
March 25 Dying to Self in Order to Rise Again
March 26 Annunciation Day and Dewfall
March 27 Limit TV
time: Instead Read, Pray, and Reflect
March 28 Spring
Housecleaning Covers Many Areas
March 29 Global
Climate Change Paralysis: A Moral Dilemma
March 30 Agribusiness Versus Today's Small Farmers
March 31 Migrants
Need a Fighting Chance
April, 2012
April 1
Palm Sunday: The Foolishness of a Fickle Crowd
April 2
No fooling: Renewable Growth Is Explosive
April 3
Isolationism Needs to Be Challenged
April 4
Passover, Horseradish, and Bitter Herbs
April 5
Holy Thursday: Richness in Old and New Ritual
April 6
Good Friday: Calvary Extended in Space and Time
April 7
Holy Saturday: Make This a Day of Repose
April 8 Easter Renewal in Spirit, Life, Love, and Energy
April 9
Why a Manual for Reclaimers of the Commons?
April 10
Should We Defend Today's Robin Hoods?
April 11
Global Warming Day Revisited
April 12
The Right Word at the Right Place and Time
April 13
Thomas Jefferson and Power of the Word
April 14
Review Culinary and Commercial Sweeteners
April 15
Belief, Unbelief, and Divine Mercy
April 16
The 2011 Award for Bad Climate Science
April 17
Focus on Controlling Invasive Species
April 18
Recall
April Memories
April 19
Natural Bridge in My Parish Bounds
April 20
Mountaintop Removal and Its Costs
April 21
Earth Day and Easter Empowerment
April 22
Burning Hearts on Our Journey of Faith
April 23
Upward Mobility and a New American Dream
April 24
Prophet: Demonstrate Alone Publicly for Change
April 25
Solidarity: Demonstrate Publicly with Others
April 26
Lectures, Academic Rip-offs, and Free Education
April 27
Polar week and Arctic Thawing
April 28
Ten Approaches to Staying Hopeful
April 29 Being Good Shepherds in an Addicted World
April 30
Keeping America Beautiful is Truly Earthhealing
May, 2012
May 1
How Do We Make May Day a Worker's Day?
May 2
Is There Enough Work for Every American?
May 3
Isn't It Time to Conquer Tropical Diseases?
May 4
Do Super PACs Destroy Our Democratic Process?
May 5
Are Earthhealers to Be Exemplary Good Samaritans?
May 6
Is Addressing Excessive Consumerism Like Vinedressing?
May 7
Can an Herb Garden Be a Place of Prayer?
May 8
Does Coal Have a Future?
May 9
Is Admitting "Through My Fault" Part of Earthhealing?
May 10
How Do We Rejoice in Springtime Joy?
May 11
Why Declare the Holy Land a Pilgrimage Destination?
May 12
Is Earthhealing Primarily Practical?
May 13
Why Does Earthhealing Involve Loving People?
May 14
Is Pure Libertarianism Unchristian?
May 15
Why Are True Prophets Never Popular?
May 16
Is the Tenth Commons to Reclaim "In God We Trust?"
May 17
Why Look You up to Heaven? Why Not Act Now?
May 18
Can Millennial Youth Find Fulfillment in Work?
May 19
Are Modern Robin Hoods Today's Agents of Change?
May 20 Are We Like Christ -- Priests, Prophets, and Kings?
May 21
Are Renewable Winds Blowing? Waves/Tides Splashing?
May 22
How About Celebrating World Turtle Day?
May 23
Can AA Twelve-Step Program Apply to Social Addiction?
May 24
What is Corporatocracy? Is America a Victim?
May 25
Must We Critically Discern Natural Gas Development?
May 26
Are There More Than
Eight Questions for Downsizers?
May 27 Pentecost: Do We Proclaim the Primacy of the Word?
May 28
How Is Love Part of Memorial Day?
May 29
Must Renewable Energy Facilities Be Spacious?
May 30
Joan of Arc: At 600, a Perennial Teenager?
May 31
Do Environmental Mini-alarms Smother Radical Change?
June, 2012
June 1
Anticipate Summer's Heat
June 2
Is Nuclear Power a Dream Turned into a Nightmare?
June 3
The Trinity in our Lives
June 4
Way of the Cross and Social/Environmental Themes
June 5
World Environment Day and Conscientious Voting
June 6
Drill Baby Drill! Cheap Fuel or Cheap Strategy
June 7
Protection from the Sun
June 8
On Environmental Issues Remain Non-Partisan
June 9
Promoting Porch Swings on Senior Citizens' Day
June 10
Eucharist as Our Nourishment
June 11
The Art of Enjoying Free Time
June 12
Reasons Why Being Poor Can Be Enriching
June 13
Voters' Dilemma: Citizenship and Discernment
June 14
Flag Day: Patriotism and World Citizenship
June 15
God is Love
June 16
Why We Must Repeat the Motto "In God We Trust"
June 17 The Mustard Seed Becomes the Largest Plant
June 18
How Do We Exult the Lowly?
June 19
First UN Conference on the Environment, 1972
June 20
Fleeting Time and Summer Solstice
June 21
We Need Models of Enthusiasm in Summertime
June 22
Appreciating the Miracles of Life
June 23
Oregano: "Delight of the Mountains"
June 24 John the Baptist: A Prophet as Teacher
June 25
Searching for a Comprehensive Eco-Spirituality
June 26
HERE: A Down-to-Earth Spirituality
June 27
NOW: A Spirituality of Compassion
June 28
WE: A Resurrection-Centered Eco-Spirituality
June 29
Invasive Wineberries and Other Seasonal Cousins
June 30
When Do I Think Small? Think Big
July, 2012
July 1
Little Girl, Arise! Feminine Aspirations Today
July 2 Celebrate the Fourth in New Ways
July 3 Focus Today
July 4 Religious Liberty for All
July 5 Writing Letters Still Has
Charm and Value
July 6 Eight Ways to Remember
Sightseeing Trips
July 7 Reflecting Near Water Sounds
July 8 Prophets Lack Neighborhood Honors
July 9 Our New Fossil Fuel
Addiction: Natural Gas
July 10 Refraining from Constant
Social Contact
July 11 Solastalgia: Stress from
Local Environmental Assault
July 12 The Joys of Harvesting
July 13 Attending to Smokers Who Are
Killing Themselves
July 14 "Reclaiming the Commons:"
Eccentricity or Investment?
July 15
The Missionary: He Began to Send Them out Two by Two
July 16 Culture of Life versus
Culture of Death
July 17 Ragweed Control
July 18 Renewable Energy: A Needed
Climate Change Strategy
July 19 Promote and Organize Green
Picnics
July 20 Deworming Tobacco Plants and
Praying Mantises
July 21 Mint: A Summer Beverage of
Choice
July 22
They Were Like Sheep without a Shepherd
July 23 Olympic Games and Playing to
Win
July 24 Soybeans Are Also a Green
Food Crop
July 25 Earthhealing Is Democratic,
Not Elitist
July 26 True Democratic Process: The
Poor Must Lead the Way
July 27 America's Different Moral
Attitudes about Wealth
July 28 The Role of Liturgical Chant
and Cosmic Vibrations
July 29 Insights into Jesus'
Multiplication of Loaves
July 30 Enduring Increased Frequency
of Weather Extremes
July 31 Earthhealing Has Ignatian
Roots
August, 2012
August 1 Time to Ask Whether Race Enters This Election
August 2 Time to Enjoy Watermelon Day
August 3 Time to Appreciate August's Wildflowers
August 4 Time to Improve the Art of Hospitality
August 5 Time to Get Physical AND Spiritual Nourishment
August 6 Time to Take "The Shakertown Pledge"
August 7 Time to Beg for Help from Others
August 8 Time to Think Differently: Ten Easy Suggestions
August 9 Time to Defend Dilapidated Barns
August 10 Time to Talk Tree Troubles: Emerald Ash Borer
August 11 Time to Think about Autumn Gardens
August 12 Time to See Eucharist as Pledge of Eternal Life
August 13 Time to Review Preserving Abundant Produce
August 14 Time to State Reasons Why I Am No Capitalist
August 15 Time to Stop Pretending: The Assumption
August 16 Time to Confront Modern Atheism
August 17 Time for Conference on Christianity & Ecology?
August 18 Time to Ask How Survivors Cope with AIDS
August 19 Time for Eucharistic Believers to Help the Needy
August 20 Time to Be Concerned about Homeless Animals
August 21 Time to Look at Corn Alcohol: Legal Moonshining
August 22 Time for Ten Travel Hints for Simple Living
August 23 Time to Recognize Inordinate Love for Automobiles
August 24 Time to Walk and Time to Bike
August 25 Time to Use Grandpa's Oxen at Church Construction
August 26 Time to See Eucharist as Reverence for Life
August 27 Time to Revisit an Authentic Eco-Spirituality
August 28 Time to Ask Whether Creation-Centerness Is "Junk"
August 29 Time to Promote Resurrection Spirituality
August 30 Time Once in a Blue Moon to See Godliness in Work
August 31 Time to Gather More Time Sayings
September, 2012
September 1 Tony Mazzocchi, Labor Warrior and Friend
September 2 Guarding against Enticements and Allurements
September 3 The American Dream and a Living Wage
September 4 Creating Jobs through Protecting the Environment
September 5 Grapes: A Choice Fruit of the Season
September 6 Is Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder Solved?
September 7 Encouraging the Grandma Moses in Elders
September 8 Breaking Up Banks Too Big to Fail
September 9 Attending Those with Hearing Impediments
September 10 Swap Ideas Day: Expand the Web of Life
September 11 Peace Place: An Answer to 9-11
September 12 Privacy, Buddy Systems, and Connectedness
September 13 The Haunting Mists of September
September 14 Bearing Our Crosses during Hard Times
September 15 Confessions of a Fiscal Conservative
September 16 Faith versus Works or Faith AND Works
September 17 Citizenship Day and a Relevant Constitution
September 18 World Water Monitoring Day: More Water Concerns
September 19 Why Postpone an Interactive Blogging Site
September 20 Good News: Learning from Creature/Teachers
September 21 Sharing Our Food Budget on World Gratitude Day
September 22 Autumn Equinox: It's Even better Than It Looks
September 23 Forsaking Greed and Taking a Servant's Role
September 24 Making a Twelve-Ingredient Autumn Salad
September 25 Does Tweeting Have Some Hidden Value?
September 26 Urban Homesteading for Willing Folks
September 27 Clean Energy: Critical Investments & Decisions
September 28 What We Owe Others on Native American Day
September 29 If We Can't Slow Down Time, Let's Cherish It
September 30 Practicing Tolerance Among Believers
October, 2012
October 1 Tolerate
Non-Believers. What about Non-Belief?
October 2 Economics and the
Clash of Good and Evil
October 3 Confronting Our
Vestigial Clan Mentality
October 4 St. Francis and
Types of Environmentalism
October 5 Attaining Peace of
Soul
October 6 Learning and
Teaching Tree Identification
October 7
Marriage and Earthhealing
October 8 Homemade Laundry
Soap as Potential Savings
October 9 Should We Promote
Clean Electric Vehicles?
October 10 Goodbye to
American King Coal
October 11 Different Degrees
of Earthhealing
October 12 Accepting Critics
with a Proper Spirit
October 13 Continue the Act
of Challenging
October 14
Easier for a Camel to Pass through a Needle's Eye
October 15 Hospitality,
Friendliness, and Earthhealing
October 16 World Food Day
and High-Priced Food
October 17 Obesity and
Limiting Food Intake
October 18 Non-Partisan
Politics versus Fierce Partisanship
October 19 The Agony of a
Dying Language
October 20 Protecting the
Commonwealth from Billionaires
October 21
Comfort the Afflicted; Afflict the Comfortable
October 22 Practicing
Meditation in a Busy World
October 23 Polling Numbers:
What Do They All Mean?
October 24 Focus on Food
Day, 2012
October 25 Aurora, CO &
Bearing Arms in a Permissive Society
October 26 Hickory Nuts and
Labors of Love
October 27 When Sober News
Becomes Good News
October 28
Faith and Begging for Divine Help
October 29 Job and
Acceptance of God's Will
October 30 Tax Havens: Worse
Than We Thought
October 31 October Ends:
Sic Transit Gloria
November, 2012
November 1 Saints Who Are Spiritual Resources
November 2 Dying with Dignity
November 3 Challenging the Aristocracy of Wealth
November 4 Love of God and Considering Our Mortality
November 5 Don't Forget: The Voiceless are Hurting
November 6 VOTE ON ELECTION DAY
November 7 Worker Safety at Portsmouth Diffusion Facility
November 8 The Act of Passing On and Passing Over
November 9 Gun and Ammo Control: Why Private Arsenals?
November 10 The Call to Universal Fellowship
November 11 The Widow's Mite and the Power of Generosity
November 12 Year-Round Garden Variety without a Greenhouse
November 13 Champion the Nobility of Being Poor
November 14 The Sensational Aromas of Autumn
November 15 Renewables and New Electrical Generation Capacity
November 16 Tolerating the Pain of Damaged Earth
November 17 This Has Been a Hot Year
November 18 Climate Change and Signs of the Times
November 19 Recycling Old Tires in Different Ways
November 20 U.S. National Decline or Number One in Change?
November 21 Preserve Us from Our Selfish Ways
November 22 Gratitude Could Be Our Salvation
November 23 Consumerism, Permissiveness, & Never Saying "No"
November 24 Eight Ways to Curb Over-Consumerism
November 25 Thy Kingdom Come: We are Called to be Catalysts
November 26 Ethnicity in Motion: Ethnic Atlas of the United States
November 27 When is Tough Love the Right Option
November 28 The Last Rose of Summer
November 29 Balancing Physical and Spiritual Demands
November 30 Kairos, Chronos, and Advent
December, 2012
December 1 Advent: A Season of Hope
December 2 Expectancy as an Advent Characteristic
December 3 Don'ts and Dos When Stranded in a Blizzard
December 4 The Last Rose of Summer
December 5 Decorating with Taste, Safety, and Cost in Mind
December 6 Climate Change under Attack in America
December 7 Pearl Harbor Could Occur Again
December 8 Immaculate Conception and America's Motivation
December 9 Advent: Becoming Forerunners of a Future
December 10 Appalachian Is an Emerging Ethnic Group
December 11 Ethnic Amalgamation or Ethnic Diversification
December 12 Geothermal Energy: Promising but Troubled
December 13 State-by-State Distinctive Ethnic Groups
December 14 Forefather's Day and Praying for Our Country
December 15 Bill of Rights and Corporate "Persons"
December 16 Advent: The Savior Comes to a Troubled World
December 17 Made in America and Wright Brothers Day
December 18 Caregiving and Institutionalization
December 19 Constructing a Meditation Garden
December 20 Sacagawea and Her Contribution to America
December 21 Now Winter Is Here. Where Are We?
December 22 Gus and the First Christmas
December 23 Advent: Sacred Moments of Expecting Parents
December 24 Spread the Pure Joy of Christmas
December 25 Christmas and Manchester Prisoners
December 26 Pejorative & Anti-Catholic English Words
December 27 How Much Should We Plan for 2013?
December 28 Create a Novel Soup Today
December 29 God Is the Eternal Potter; We Are the Clay
December 30 Struggling Families: Parents and Children
December 31 Count Your 2012 Blessings
January, 2013
January 1 The Year 2013: A Time for Reflection
January 2 Great Expectations for the Year
January 3 Environmental Themes for Each Month
January 4 Monthly Environmental Themes Continued
January 5 Reflection on the Sights in January
January 6 Leading Others to Epiphany
January 7 Today the Death Penalty is Uncivilized
January 8 Winter Water Sounds
January 9 Reforming the Academic System
January 10 Are Free Universities Possible?
January 11 How About a No-Frills University?
January 12 Donations within a Democracy
January 13 The Importance of Our Baptismal Vows
January 14 Arctic Ice Cap Shrinks Rapidly
January 15 Ethnic and Ecological Consciousness
January 16 Pride in Ethnicity and Being American
January 17 Ben Franklin and Defense of Democracy
January 18 Churches Coming Together Ecumenically
January 19 Reflection on the Aromas of January
January 20 We Are Each Uniquely Called by God
January 21 Cultivating Tastes for Garden Produce to Come
January 22 Is Our Consumer-Based Culture Sustainable?
January 23 Caffeine Beverages: A Matter of Concern?
January 24 Support Bereavement Programs
January 25 Overcoming Lethargy on Climate Change Denial
January 26 Discussing Negativism without Being Negative
January 27 Semper Reformanda: Always to Be Reformed
January 28 Tracking and Footprints in the Snow
January 29 Promoting Renewables: Tidal Energy
January 30 Offer Prayers for and Ask Prayers from Others
January 31 Earthhealing and "Right to Die"
February, 2013
February 1 A Moment in the History of the Church
February 2 Delightful Sights in February
February 3 Prophets Must Speak the Truth
February 4 365 Foods Containing Peanuts
February 5 Twelve Reasons to Emphasize Solar Energy
February 6 Maintaining Mental Balance in Various Ways
February 7 Enchanting Soundscape of February
February 8 Scouting and Enjoying Nature's Benefits
February 9 Earthhealers and a New Evangelization
February 10 Called to Be and Find Earthhealers
February 11 The Tastes of Sweet Things in February
February 12 Lincoln: A Heroic Figure When We Need Heroes
February 13 Making Our Lent a New Opportunity
February 14 Being Neighborly and Martin Buber's I and Thou
February 15 Indoor Aromas in the Middle of February
February 16 Outdoor Activity as a Remedy for Depression
February 17 Temptations Confronting the Earthhealer
February 18 Ten Ways to Live the Year of Faith
February 19 Let's Popularize Solar System Day
February 20 A Saint for Every Age
February 21 The Poor Will Rise -- Christian Revolution
February 22 George Washington and the Federalist Donation
February 23 Polycarp, Martyr and Saint
February 24 Earthhealing and the Power of Transfiguration
February 25 Listing Dandelions' Environmental Benefits
February 26 Winter Feelings: Protecting Our Face
February 27 Fracking: Panacea or Problem
February 28 Simple Ways to Induce Sleep without Pills
March, 2013
March 1 May Benedict XVI Have Time to Write
March 2 Championing a Wind-Energized Economy
March 3 Woman at the Well and Frank Conversation
March 4 Remembering the Sounds of Floods
March 5 In Defense of Daydreams
March 6 Dreaming about the Future: Alternative Scenarios
March 7 Perpetua & Felicity and Modern Temptation
March 8 Sausage Making
March 9 A Lenten Environmental Examination of Conscience
March 10 Laetare Sunday and the Blind Man's Courage
March 11 Emergency Grab-and-Go Kits
March 12 Hemp Is Related but NOT Marijuana
March 13 Celebrate Good Samaritan Day
March 14 Gunbearers Are Insecure People
March 15 Be Slow at Handing Out Superlatives
March 16 Limits to Physical but not Spiritual Growth
March 17 Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
March 18 Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano
March 19 The Church Preparing to be a Catalyst of Change
March 20 Preparing a Seasonal Garden Salad
March 21 Observe World Forestry Day
March 22 Why Such Brief Prayers at the Reflection's End?
March 23 The Arctic Sheet is Melting
March 24 The Meaning of a Palm Procession
March 25 Word Power: Faith in Words Spoken or Written
March 26 Realism Is the Best Earthhealing Practice
March 27 Spy Wednesday: Loyalty and Betrayal
March 28 Priestly Service and Cultural Expectations
March 29 Being Present at Calvary
March 30 Pausing and Awaiting the New Fire
March 31 Easter People Inflamed to Renewal
April, 2013
April 1 Reclaimers Counter Climate Change Deniers
April 2 Focusing on Cardinal or Theological Virtues
April 3 The Quagmire and the Battle Between Good and Evil
April 4 Soft or Gentle Hard Approaches to Climate Change
April 5 Subtitling "Reclaiming the Commons"
April 6 Creating a Firestorm
April 7 The Need for God's Mercy Today
April 8 Conversations among Consumer Addicts
April 9 Glory of Creation
April 10 Life as Glory of Creation
April 11 Ways to Control Air and Related Pollution
April 12 Renewable Energy: Answer to Global Warming
April 13 Is a Total Renewable Energy Economy Possible Soon?
April 14 Earthhealing and Life's Final Journey
April 15 Do We Take Electricity for Granted?
April 16 Local Voluntary Hospital Chaplains
April 17 Is this true? The First Impression is a Lasting One
April 18 The "Right" to Automatic Weapons
April 19 Is Escaping Methane Hot Air or Scorching Gas?
April 20 Fossil Fuel Emission Problems and Catastrophe
April 21 Shepherding and Pasturing among Wounded Sheep
April 22 Lou Lipps: A Down-to-Earth Jesuit
April 23 Moderation, Proper Food Choices, and Dieting
April 24 Break the Myth: More Handouts to the Poor
April 25 Over-Competitiveness in Our Culture
April 26 Strengths and Weaknesses of Church as Institution
April 27 The Church Acting as Witness
April 28 Glorifying God in Healing Our Wounded Earth
April 29 Looking for Renewal in Urgent Times
April 30 Silver Showers
May, 2013
May 1 Nine Benefits of Flowers during Wildflower Week
May 2 The Earthly Joys of Our Faith
May 3 Healing coupled with Earth: Various Meanings
May 4 The Benefits of Opting for Garden Variety
May 5 Establishing Peace in Times of Turmoil
May 6 Nurses as Healers of Earth
May 7 Some Thoughts about Non-Violent Revolution
May 8 The Universal Right to Good Health
May 9 Human Responsibility: Arise and Heal Our Earth
May 10 Using "Charity" as Power
May 11 The Privilege to Serve Others
May 12 Mother's Day and Rising to the Occasion
May 13 Conservation Tillage and "Ecological Farming"
May 14 Land for Essential Needs: Food Production
May 15 Land for Essential Needs: Housing
May 16 The Peace Dividend as a Rare Opportunity
May 17 The Benefits of Bicycles
May 18 The Commons: Does Enclosure Continue Today
May 19 Pentecost: Spirit Communicates and Babel Confounds
May 20 Charity and Appalachian Development
May 21 Soot: A Climate-Changing Pollutant
May 22 Maritime Day and Ocean Problems and Solutions
May 23 Edible Landscaping Benefits
May 24 Conversations with the Spiritually Unaffiliated
May 25 Debunking America's State Religion
May 26 Does Being Godly Bear the Marks of the Trinity?
May 27 Memorial Times and Places
May 28 Photographs and Precious Memories
May 29 Institutions Hear: Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune
May 30 Private Wealth in Contrast to Commonwealth
May 31 The Principle of Environmental Commons
June, 2013
June 1 June's Pluses and Minuses
June 2 Corpus Christi: The New Covenant Cosmic Event
June 3 Making Hay: Pleasant and Unpleasant Memories
June 4 Clean Air Day and Decline of American Coal
June 5 World Environment Day and Healing Our Earth
June 6 Cherry Season and Happy Memories
June 7 Healing Earth through Reparation Practices
June 8 Climate Activism: A New Breed of Environmentalism
June 9 Victims of Violence Dying before Their Parents
June 10 Global Wildlife Under Immense Peril
June 11 Support Wilderness Preserves
June 12 Dangers from Canadian Tar Sands Exploitation
June 13 Keystone XL Pipeline is a Lose, Lose Proposition
June 14 Civil Disobedience on Flag Day
June 15 Power in Possessing Guns and Being Unarmed
June 16 Forgiveness in an Unforgiving Culture
June 17 Wildlife Protection and Drought Conditions
June 18 Sociability and International Picnic Day
June 19 The Cyrus Cylinder and Human Rights
June 20 World Refugee Day
June 21 Reducing Emissions Caused by Deforestation Practices
June 22 Car Pooling and Sharing Resources
June 23 Faithfully Taking Up Our Daily Crosses
June 24 Book Review: Return to Order
June 25 Religious Call for Property Limitations
June 26 Wastes in American Medical Practice
June 27 Benefits and Risks of Cheap American Natural Gas
June 28 National Handshake Day and Making Agreements
June 29 Books-in-Progress: A Novel Concept?
June 30 Follow Jesus on the Journey to Jerusalem
July, 2013
July 1 Discovering America's Community Relations
July 2 Living to See a Renewable Energy Economy
July 3 Creating Justice for All
July 4 Expressing Love for Our Country through Deeds
July 5 Purging Military Terms from Our Vocabulary
July 6 Coming to an Understanding of What "Success" Means
July 7 Peace Sunday: Exploring Ways to Peace
July 8 Revealing Wage Theft as a Major Problem
July 9 Supporting Labor Union Organizing Today
July 10 Promoting UNESCO Global Cultural Sites
July 11 Trying to Spell the Sound of Rushing Water
July 12 Reasons for Making an Annual Retreat
July 13 Appreciating the Exquisite Tastes of July
July 14 Loving Our Neighbor as Ourselves
July 15 Globalization Can Be an Assault on Cultures
July 16 Listing Green Tourist Guidelines
July 17 God Is Love: Examining What This Means
July 18 Biomass: Renewable Energy or Forest Disaster
July 19 Not Tolerating Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution
July 20 Defining Culture Differently
July 21 Martha & Mary: Choosing the Better Part
July 22 Eating Food With Others Has Sacred Significance
July 23 Addressing Anti-Boredom Month
July 24 Modern Idolatry: Tearing Down Our Personal Idols
July 25 Extractive Industry vs. Tourism/Retiree Communities
July 26 A Real Puzzle: Ethnic Changes in U.S. Urban Areas
July 27 Cultivating Our Sense of Gratitude
July 28 Having a Prayerful Persistence
July 29 Variety in Soups, Salads, Oatmeal, and Peanuts
July 30 The Church Continues to Celebrate Culture
July 31 Ignatius Loyola, Francis of Assisi, and Pope Francis
August, 2013
August 1 August's Glorious Landscape and Praise
August 2 Chemical Weapons Stored for Destruction, Not Use
August 3 Congratulations to "The Catholic Worker" at Eighty
August 4 Trusting in Material Goods
August 5 Climbing a Mountain is Blessed
August 6 Hiroshima Day, Transfiguration, and Glorification
August 7 Wind: Will It Be a Globally Accepted Fuel Source?
August 8 No-Growth Philosophies Are Hokum
August 9 Gun Controls or Controlled by Guns
August 10 Smells of August: Preserving Produce for Winter
August 11 Sacred Trust: Responsibility to Heal Our Earth
August 12 Should We Brag about Our Good Deeds?
August 13 Rock Formations, Cliffs, and Natural Bridges
August 14 What about "Radical Conservatives?"
August 15 Mary: Entrusted Instrument of God's Grace
August 16 Garden Hints for Late Summer
August 17 Emil Kapaun: Continuing American Heroic Traditions
August 18 Charisma: The Art of Setting Strategic Fires
August 19 Europe Bans Pesticides in Honey Bee Die-Off
August 20 Birds, Threats, and Pet and Feral Cats
August 21 Nitrogen Feast or Famine and Ammonia Controls
August 22 Contrasumption: Twelve Ways to Live on Less
August 23 Geothermal, the Friendliest Energy Source
August 24 Ways to Help When Death Comes in a Family
August 25 Those Impoverished Choosing to Move Forward
August 26 Be Kind to Humankind Week and Total Health Care
August 27 Reflect on the Church as Compassionate
August 28 Watch out! Electronics May Lower Practical Skills
August 29 Security and Insecurity in Today's World
August 30 The Power in Accepting Our Limitations
August 31 Paw Paws: Our Grandest Native American Fruit
September, 2013
September 1 Cultivating the Virtue of Humility
September 2 Global Unemployment: A Volatile Time Bomb
September 3 Climate Change Warning Levels at 400ppm
September 4 Detrimental Effects of the Throwaway Culture
September 5 Benefits from Local Basement Sales
September 6 Let's Rid Ourselves of Clericalism
September 7 Democratic Efforts to Combat Clericalism
September 8 Releasing the Death Grip on Possessions
September 9 The Subtle Art of Gleaning
September 10 Curb the Weapons Trade through Real Offsetting
September 11 Federal Lands Day and Care for Creation
September 12 Traffic Fatalities in Appalachia
September 13 Grapes Offer Us Fruitful Potential
September 14 The Holy Cross: Power and Powerlessness
September 15 Celebrate the Prodigal Druggie's Return
September 16 How about Domestic Tar Sands Development?
September 17 What Constitutes Citizenship in 2013?
September 18 Window of Opportunity to Save Our Wounded Earth
September 19 The Church Proclaiming Good News
September 20 Aquaculture and Modern Fish Farming
September 21 Listen for September's Distinctive Sounds
September 22 Master the Art of Servanthood
September 23 Preparing Buildings in Autumn
September 24 Environmental Gun Threats (EGT)
September 25 Global Disaster Early Warning Systems
September 26 Occasionally Returning to the Home Country
September 27 Touching and Celebrating Earth through Dancing
September 28 Why Not Consider a Recorded Funeral Oration?
September 29 Lazarus Is the Divine Presence in Our Midst
September 30 Present Time: Glancing Back and Looking Ahead
October, 2013
October 1 Reflection Involves Silent Space and Time
October 2 Respect Resident Birds and Wildlife
October 3 Green Apple Pancakes
October 4 Espousing a National Carbon Tax
October 5 Celebrate Simple Lifestyle Day
October 6 Faithfulness and Godly Service
October 7 The Rosary as a Means of Reflection
October 8 Children as Rebels or Revolutionaries
October 9 Household Compromise of Sound and Silence
October 10 Press for National Gun Licensing
October 11 Sharing Economy: Collaborative Consumption Model
October 12 Natural Recycling All Around Us
October 13 Thanks for the Everyday Miracles
October 14 Rediscovering America with Gratitude
October 15 Harvest Time and Nutrition for Poor Folks
October 16 Focus on World Food Needs in 2013
October 17 What Triggers Global Protesting
October 18 Pumpkins: A Truly American Delight
October 19 Bullying: A Local and National Phenomenon
October 20 The Struggle to Remain Faithful Today
October 21 HERE is a Troubled Earth
October 22 The Fundamental Option Is with the Poor NOW
October 23 WE Are Socially Addicted People
October 24 God Empowers Us to Act
October 25 A 21st Century Christian Manifesto
October 26 An Eco-Conservative Stages of Life
October 27 Our Prayerful Position Before God
October 28 A Church Promoting Prayerfulness
October 29 Encouraging Outdoor Play in October
October 30 Forty-Four Titles for Trees
October 31 Saintly: Loving through Deeds
November, 2013
November 1 Honor the Unsung Saints
November 2 What about the "Hour of Our Death"?
November 3 The Lord Desires Salvation for All
November 4 Is It Near the End of Electric Utilities?
November 5 Is Wind Power Blowing in Fast Enough?
November 6 Let's Celebrate Indian Summer
November 7 State of the Climate Report
November 8 Fair Trade Is Part of a Healthy Lifestyle
November 9 Unfair Trade in Fauna and Flora
November 10 Encouragement in the Midst of Adversity
November 11 Take Pride in Local Veterans
November 12 Let's Be Potters Molding a Just World
November 13 Legislator Pledges Are Anti-Democratic
November 14 Sounds of November Challenge Us
November 15 Consumerism: A Good or Bad Term?
November 16 Slave Liberation: Propertied America Take Note
November 17 Remaining Steadfast in Uncertain Times
November 18 Excessive Methane: Blessing or Curse?
November 19 Reflect on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
November 20 Honor the Skunk or Polecat
November 21 You Know You are Getting Old When...
November 22 Where Were You 50 Years Ago Today?
November 23 Wage Theft: A Modern American Blight
November 24 Christ the King: Monarch and/or Servant?
November 25 Church As Promoter of Economic Development
November 26 Simple Living as Testimony to Sharing
November 27 Food: Quantity, Quality, Safety, and Access
November 28 Answering a Crisis in Gratitude by Simple Thanks
November 29 Spread the Message: Buy Nothing Day
November 30 Prepare for Advent Blessings
December, 2013
December 1 Advent Comes through Proper Preparation
December 2 Awaiting Means Becoming More Down-to-Earth
December 3 China: A Challenge to a Greener Global Future
December 4 Salvation and the Dangers of Riches
December 5 Should We Celebrate Tinsel Day?
December 6 Ideal Gifts for the Christmas Season
December 7 Patriotism Is Sharing Not Isolating Ourselves
December 8 Immaculate Conception: Dawn of a New Age
December 9 Being Ourselves During Favorable Times
December 10 License Automobiles AND Guns
December 11 Admiring the Beautiful Ohio River Valley
December 12 Advantages of Having Rain Barrels
December 13 Assisting Others in Giving and Giving Up
December 14 Cedar and the Scent of Holiday Season
December 15 Spread Joy Amid Today's Hard Times
December 16 Information Communications Technology Energy Use
December 17 The Northern Cardinal: An Aviary Winter Delight
December 18 Winter and Indoor Environmental Cautions
December 19 Reflection or Action: Which Is First?
December 20 Providing for Season's Special Treats
December 21 Christening the Yuletide
December 22 Support Those Who Are Starting Families
December 23 I Have a Christmas Dream
December 24 The Burning Babe on Christmas Eve
December 25 Christmas and Bethlehem: City of David
December 26 Reaffirming Our Trust in God
December 27 The Pro-Life Field Must Expand
December 28 The Church Encouraging Catalytic Action
December 29 Families Fleeing to Safer Places
December 30 A Dozen Highlights for Horizon Watchers
December 31 Bestowing an American Blessing
January, 2014
January 1 How Can We Make This a Day of Peace?
January 2 Should We Keep This Website Operating?
January 3 Suggestions to Prepare for Winter Emergencies
January 4 At Least 365 More Ways to Enjoy Peanuts
January 5 Epiphany is a Global Celebration
January 6 In Search of Wisdom
January 7 Compromise by Tweaking the Current Economy?
January 8 Will All Mountains Bounce Back?
January 9 Support Hospice Programs
January 10 Champion Snow Benefits
January 11 Promote Healing of Our Wounded Earth
January 12 Baptism Activates Us to Be Liberators
January 13 Music Enhances Healing at All Levels
January 14 Stuck in Tar Sands and Shale Rock
January 15 Discrimination: "Hillbilly" as Disparaging
January 16 Visions of Youth and Dreams of the Elderly
January 17 Should We Strive to Impose Democracy?
January 18 The Global Immigration Phenomenon Confronts Us
January 19 John the Baptist: The Art of Stepping Back
January 20 Knowing Someone who Remembered the Civil War
January 21 Hugs are for Everyone
January 22 January is Remote Garden Preparation Month
January 23 Spreading Word through Digital Media
January 24 Choose Hobbies Well
January 25 Explore Personal Changes and Life Adjustments
January 26 Motivation and the Unique Call to Serve
January 27 Reduce Stress and Live a Higher Quality Life
January 28 Be Mindful of Fuel Economy
January 29 Champion "Small is Beautiful"
January 30 Let's Celebrate Chinese New Year
January 31 The Yurt: A Worthwhile Structure
February, 2014
February 1 Freedom through Non-Violence
February 2 Presenting Christ Who Is Light
February 3 Garden as Light to Others
February 4 Enjoy Native Persimmons in Many Ways
February 5 Are We Frightened by a Possible Pandemic?
February 6 American Mobility Never Ceases
February 7 Charles Dickens: Man of Letters and Compassion
February 8 When Does Education Become a Racket?
February 9 Being Present As Christ's Light
February 10 Physical Exercising for Health
February 11 Celebrate Inventor's Day by Using Our Hands
February 12 Reflections at the Lincoln Memorial
February 13 Take Notice of Random Acts of Kindness Day
February 14 Saints Valentine, Cyril, and Methodius
February 15 Vibrational Pollution and Effects
February 16 Fulfilling the Law Is Freedom to Serve
February 17 Remember Presidents' Day
February 18 Contesting Faulty Consumer Products
February 19 Consider Authentic Puzzles
February 20 Sharing and World Day of Social Justice
February 21 Tackling Our Present Troubles
February 22 Saint Peter, Model for Us All
February 23 Striving for Divine Perfection amid Imperfection
February 24 Help Establish Global Peace
February 25 Champion Solar Applications
February 26 Community Supported Agriculture
February 27 Drugs, Painkillers, and Overdosing
February 28 Lightning: Feared and/or Admired?
March,
2014
March 1 National
Nutrition Month
March 2
Do Not Be Anxious about
Tomorrow
March 3 Living Better
with Natural Disasters
March 4 Should We
"Celebrate" Mardi Gras?
March 5 Remember "We Are
Dust and unto Dust We Shall Return"
March 6 Thoughts during
American Camping Week
March 7 Making Breakfast
the Main Meal
March 8 Irene Dickinson,
Earth Healer
March 9
Confronting Temptations in an Alluring World
March 10 Acid Rain: It
Sounds Ominous -- and Is
March 11 Introduce a New
Fruit Tree Variety
March 12 Consider Fasting
for Others
March 13 Good Samaritan
Day's Lenten Hints
March 14 Pope Francis'
First Anniversary
March 15 Observe Freedom
of Information Day
March 16
Mount Tabor and the Golden Moment
March 17 The Luck of Irish
Americans
March
18 Seeking Balance during March Madness
March 19 Awareness of
Substance Abuse
March 20 Champion
Non-Smoker Rights and Related Issues
March 21 Daily Greens
through Container Gardening
March 22 Food Tripod:
Economy, Nutrition, and Local Produce
March 23
Reflections on Faith: The Woman at the Well
March 24 Protect Domestic
Silent Space and Time
March 25 The Divine Takes
on Human Flesh
March 26 Must We Americans
Continue to Import Oil?
March 27 Art, Environment,
and Earthhealing
March 28 Ask Again: What
Would Jesus Do?
March 29 Let's Refrigerate
Conservatively
March 30
Laetare Sunday and Joy of
the Believer
March 31 Seed Saving as a
Conservation Measure
April, 2014
April 1 Being an April Fool Forty Nine Ways
April 2 Critique Spectator Sports
April 3 See Lotteries as Modern Addiction
April 4 Ginseng, Queen of the Natural Medicinals
April 5 Booker T. Washington and the Dignity of Gardening
April 6 Christ is The Life
April 7 World Health Day and Global Hopes
April 8 Seniors and Driving Problems
April 9 Building Community through Works of Mercy
April 10 Recalling Pierre Teihard de Chardin
April 11 Encourage Young People's Herb Gardens
April 12 Observe Global Warming Day
April 13 Palm Sunday and a Messiah Complex
April 14 Let All Creation Give Praise to God
April 15 Think about Third World Day's Significance
April 16 Awaiting the Next Rise of the Nuclear Phoenix
April 17 Holy Thursday and Service to Others
April 18 Seeing Calvary's Cross Today
April 19 Restore Damaged Lands
April 20 Easter and Cultural Restoration
April 21 Champion Conservationist John Muir
April 22 Reflect on Earth Day 2014
April 23 Connect Sun Day and the Commons
April 24 Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day
April 25 Let Everyday be Arbor & Bird Day
April 26 Discuss the American Interstate System
April 27 New Saints in Our Times
April 28 Observe Holocaust Remembrance Day
April 29 Confront Mean-Spirited Egalitarianism
April 30 Celebrate Metamorphosis and Butterflies
May, 2014
May 1 A Patriot's Prayer
May 2 Why We Must Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
May 3 May Flowers and Derby Day
May 4 Scripture and Fulfillment
May 5 Recognize Cinco de Mayo
May 6 The Rainbow: God's Covenant with Our Earth
May 7 Spring Litter Cleanup is Necessary
May 8 May Is the Perfect Gardening Month
May 9 Always Beware of Impulse Buying
May 10 Highlight Poke Shoots and Berries
May 11 Reflections on Good Shepherd Sunday
May 12 Promote Nurses as Model Caregivers
May 13 Plans, Plans, and Summer Plans
May 14 Iraq Crisis: A Three-Nation Solution?
May 15 Changing Lawn into Edible Landscape
May 16 Celebrate National Bike to Work Day
May 17 Treat Chemicals with Respect
May 18 Jesus: the Way, Truth and Life
May 19 North American Community, Oil, and Jobs
May 20 Coyotes Fill the Carnivore Niche
May 21 Traditions, Mother Goose, and Nursery Rhymes
May 22 World Diversity and Maritime Day
May 23 Respect for the Web of Life
May 24 Consolation
May 25 Jesus' Loved Ones and Associates
May 26 Memorial Day/Decoration Day
May 27 Believers and the Environmental Crisis
May 28 Raising an Alarm about Climate Change
May 29 Avoid Idle Speculation
May 30 Reflect on the Life of Joan of Arc
May 31 The Magnificat's Enduring Promise
June, 2014
June 1 Good News to All Creation
June 2 Celebrate National Go Barefoot Day
June 3 Highlight American Rivers Month
June 4 Athletes and Multi-Million Dollar Academic Enterprises
June 5 World Environment Day and 100% Renewables
June 6 Outdoor Retreat Experiences
June 7 Dogs and Best Friends Day
June 8 Pentecost and Our Spiritual Life
June 9 The Blessings of Porch Sitters
June 10 The Holy Land and Our Right to Return
June 11 Maintain a Composter
June 12 Compose Some Haiku
June 13 National Juggling Day and Focusing
June 14 Patriotism, Migrants, and Our Flag
June 15 Trinitarian Reflections
June 16 Stressed Forests Are Ideal for Reflecting
June 17 The Glory of Pickling
June 18 The Art of Godly/Worldly Balance
June 19 What Is This Juneteenth?
June 20 Consider a Dozen Summer Suggestions
June 21 Cultivate Spiritual Nourishment
June 22 We Are the Body of Christ
June 23 Discuss Brain Drain
June 24 Try Eating in the Wild
June 25 Is Industrial Civilization Heading for Collapse?
June 26 How Do We Cope with Global Catastrophe?
June 27 Healing Earth and the Sacred Heart Devotion
June 28 Celebrate Jewelweed
June 29 Sts. Peter and Paul and Unchanging Rocks
June 30 Appalachia is Worth Celebrating
July, 2014
July 1 What's to Stash and What's to Trash
July 2 Pro-Life Involves a Broad Agenda
July 3 Bringing about Fair Taxes
July 4 Today We Ought to Recall America's Blessings
July 5 Spectator, Competitive, and Recreational Sports
July 6 Time for Spiritual Refreshment
July 7 College Debts and Ongoing Educational Programs
July 8 Promote Geothermal Applications
July 9 Be Satisfied with the Taste of Seasonal Berries
July 10 Retreat Choices within Natural Settings
July 11 The Quandary of Transporting People
July 12 Alternative Biofuels Are Available
July 13 Reflections on Sowing and Reaping
July 14 Grain Threshing Memories
July 15 Abolition 2000 Statement
July 16 Global Child Health Care
July 17 China, Don't Follow Our American Ways
July 18 Appalachia: Positive and Negative Challenges
July 19 Literacy Training and Promotion
July 20 Weeds Teach Us Tolerance
July 21 Black Locust: Weed Tree or More?
July 22 Nuclear Weapons and Power Questions
July 23 A Moment of Grace: We Are the Poor
July 24 Amelia Earhart and History
July 25 Pilgrims Take Journeys in Faith
July 26 Snakes Deserve Our Respect
July 27 Find and Acquire Treasured Resources
July 28 How Do We Handle Impending Catastrophe?
July 29 GUNS: Giving Us Negative Security
July 30 Celebrate God's Gift of Peppers
July 31 St. Ignatius and the Environment
August, 2014
August 1 Personal Growth: Rest Secure or Demand More?
August 2 Observe Breastfeeding Week
August 3 They All Ate and Were Satisfied
August 4 Respect Black Bears
August 5 Protect Against Forest Fires
August 6 Transfiguration and Future Glory
August 7 Emergency Evacuation Plans
August 8 Return to Urban Victory Gardens
August 9 Nagasaki Day and Nuclear Power Abolition
August 10 Placing Our Troubles in the Lord
August 11 Ten Proven Ways to Reduce Grocery Bills
August 12 August Was a Harvest Time for Tobacco
August 13 Visit Kentucky's Natural Bridge
August 14 Attempting to Be Godly
August 15 Mortal Mary Leads the Way
August 16 Mixed Mesophytic Forest
August 17 A House of Prayer for All the Peoples
August 18 Welcoming Back the Bald Eagle
August 19 The Art of Herding Cattle
August 20 Promote Camping as Recreation
August 21 Consider the "Walmartization" of America
August 22 Thomas More: The Man for All Seasons
August 23 Support the Veterans History Project
August 24 The Pope as Rock in the Storm
August 25 Shared Caving Experiences
August 26 Remember Women's Equality Day
August 27 Biking Is Healthy but Risky
August 28 Broaden Mother Teresa of Calcutta's Message
August 29 Whistleblowers Must Take Risks
August 30 Enjoy Sorghum-Making
August 31 Self-Denial, Sharing, and Growing Vitality
September, 2014
September 1 Anniversaries Sad and/or Glorious
September 2 Sow Autumn Greens in Summer Glory
September 3 Travel Versus Glorious Electronic Communication
September 4 Honoring the Glory of a Living Wage
September 5 Peaches Have Their Glory Days
September 6 Respect the Glorious Castor Bean Plant
September 7 The Glory of Successful Fraternal Correction
September 8 We Seek to Glory in Clean Water for All
September 9 Public Lands Glorify the Commons
September 10 Endangered Trees: Threatened Forest Glory
September 11 Burial Grounds: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
September 12 American Bison: The Ancient Glory of the Plains
September 13 Is Population Decline Problematic or Glorious?
September 14 Road Signs and Crosses of Glory
September 15 Appalachian Energy Policy and Return to Glory
September 16 Mayflower Day: Ethnic Pride and False Glory
September 17 Citizenship or Constitution Day and "Old Glory"
September 18 School and the Glory of Good Nutrition
September 19 Inglorious Campaign Contributions
September 20 There's No Glory in Inequality
September 21 Working Is an Act of Glorification
September 22 Breaking Fossil Fuel Addiction Is Glorious
September 23 Autumn Colors Bring Landscape Glory
September 24 Glory in Christian Unity, Not Uniformity
September 25 Glory Be! Limited Land for Food Production
September 26 An Earthhealer's Hopeful Glory
September 27 Choose Good News with a Spice of Glory
September 28 God's Greater Glory through Hospitality
September 29 Michaelmas and Angelic Glory
September 30 Fading Glory: The Indian Summer of Life
October, 2014
October 1 Solar Energy: A Climate Change Alternative
October 2 Know and Champion Sanctuary
October 3 Yom Kippur and Middle East Atonement
October 4 Extend Francis' Blessings
October 5 Care for Earth, God's Vineyard
October 6 Autumn's Dangers
October 7 Secular and Spiritual Empowerment
October 8 Miracles, Prayers, and Community Growth
October 9 Enslavement by Domestic Credit and Debt
October 10 Environmentalism and Church Life
October 11 Question Our Sense of Respect
October 12 Embrace Mystery and Restlessness
October 13 Choose Wisely: Good Money, Bad Money
October 14 Consider Small-Space Gardening
October 15 Teresa of Avila as Model
October 16 World Food Day: Help End Hunger
October 17 Observe Peace and Justice Week
October 18 Consider Arguments for a Greener Diet
October 19 Render Our Civic Duties and Respect Government
October 20 Amazon Deforestation and Food Production
October 21 Pause before Calling Others Names
October 22 Observe Wildlife of the Month: The Squirrel
October 23 Learn from African Hopes and Fears
October 24 Nuclear Power: Dead or Alive?
October 25 Standardizing English as a Global Language
October 26 Love God and Neighbor
October 27 Forecasting Weather and Signs of the Times
October 28 Consider Autumn Hiking Comfort and Choices
October 29 Stop Corporate Welfare
October 30 Walk over a Swinging Bridge
October 31 Reconsider Halloween
November, 2014
November 1 A Saint for All Seasons
November 2 Poor Souls and Daniel Boone's Birthday
November 3 Diet Shifts and Environmental Improvement
November 4 Exercising a Citizen's Right to Vote
November 5 The Gaza Strip: Israel's Concentration Camp
November 6 Greening Healthcare Institutions
November 7 Observe World Community Day
November 8 The Fall of the Berlin Wall
November 9 The Joy of Coming Home
November 10 Encouraging Christian/Moslem Mutual Respect
November 11 Veterans Deserve Our Continued Support
November 12 The Act and Art of Letting Go
November 13 Puzzled by the Karen Silkwood Saga
November 14 Consider Pedestrian Rights
November 15 25 Years after El Salvador Jesuits Murdered
November 16 Our Talents and Opportunities
November 17 Observe American Education Week
November 18 When He Returns Will He Find Faith on Earth?
November 19 Celebrate Chipmunks and Ground Squirrels
November 20 Barns: Environmental Symbol of Communities
November 21 Weighing Climate Change Issues
November 22 National Stop the Violence Day
November 23 Christ As Judge
November 24 Solar PV Shingles and Panels
November 25 Regard Walking as Daily Exercise
November 26 Championing and Promoting Natural Capital
November 27 Thanksgiving Day: Thanks Lord for Simple Things
November 28 Buy Nothing Day
November 29 Tolerating Compulsive Counting Folk
November 30 Advent and St. Andrew as Model
December 2014
December 1 AIDS Day and Current Epidemics
December 2 Recognize Authentic Environmental Stewardship
December 3 Help Keep America Beautiful
December 4 Recording Elders for Holiday Gifts
December 5 Tinsel Day: Comfort or Discomfort?
December 6 Harmony as Our Spiritual Gift
December 7 Awaiting and Hastening the Day of the Lord
December 8 Let's Always Say "Yes" to God
December 9 Benefits in Building Smaller Houses
December 10 Look for Lead in the Home
December 11 Saint Odile and Sacred Space
December 12 Poinsettia Day and December Plants
December 13 Candles amid December's Darkness
December 14 We Are to Be Joyful Heralds and Evangelists
December 15 Welcome the Animals at Christmas
December 16 Addressing a World of Bullies
December 17 Mobilizing Faith-Based Communities
December 18 Internet Freedom and Neutrality
December 19 Beware of Underdog Day
December 20 Finality
December 21 Emmanuel is Present
December 22 Capricorn and Goats
December 23 Are Milder Winters Coming?
December 24 Prison Razor Wire Glistens at Christmas
December 25 Attending to the Best Christmas Gift
December 26 Jesus Christ Activist
December 27 Radon and Our Homes
December 28 Holy Family and Today's Families
December 29 Support the SUN DAY Campaign
December 30 The Privilege of Being People of Service
January 2015
January 1 Reflecting During Troubled Times
January 2 Reasons Climate Change Is Not Given Top Priority
January 3 Discovering Sacred Sights
January 4 Epiphany: Manifesting Mystery
January 5 Moving Us to Divine Mystery
January 6 Observing the World Around Us
January 7 Seeing the Mystery in All Creation
January 8 Perceiving Mystery Within
January 9 Looking Up at the Heavens
January 10 Gazing Always Ahead
January 11 Considering the Meaning of Our Baptism
January 12 Hearing the Call: To Each His/Her Own
January 13 Earthhealing: A Call within a Call
January 14 Listening to Sacred Sounds
January 15 Reaching Deeper Harmony
January 16 Sounds and Silence: Needing Pauses
January 17 Harmonizing within Artistic Activities
January 18 Calling "Samuel, Samuel"
January 19 Tasting the Goodness of the Lord
January 20 Recounting Ways to Prepare Apples
January 21 Establishing a Sacred Aroma
January 22 Dignifying Manual Labor
January 23 Rendering Footprints As Sacred Touch
January 24 Touching the Earth (A Potter Molding Clay)
January 25 Recalling Jonah to Restoration
January 26 Purging Useless Stuff in Order to Focus
January 27 Knowing and Applying a Conservation Ethic
January 28 Refraining from Food Wastes
January 29 Creating Sacred Time and Space
January 30 Defending Our Fragile Earth
January 31 Reciting and Celebrating Our Common Creed
February 2015
February 1 Speaking with Authority
February 2 Celebrating New Light
February 3 Confronting Desolate Sights
February 4 Addressing Wildlife Threats
February 5 Drowning Out Mourning Dove Sounds
February 6 Controlling Noise in Our World
February 7 Experiencing Discord on Our Earth
February 8 Coupling Job's Trials and Global Depression
February 9 Tasting Effects of Water Contamination
February 10 Declaring the Right to Potable Water
February 11 Looming Disturbances in the Atmosphere
February 12 Benefitting from the People's Climate March
February 13 Extending Compassion to Ebola Victims
February 14 Facing Catastrophes with Loving Hearts
February 15 Reflecting on Miracles and Cures
February 16 Needing Redemption Individually and Collectively
February 17 Shrove Tuesday: Stumbling When Not Looking
February 18 Ash Wednesday and Need for Salvation
February 19 Human Rights and China's Move to Freedom
February 20 Caring for the Needs Due to Inequality
February 21 Touching All with Compassion
February 22 Resisting Tempting Allurements and Detours
February 23 Denying the Current Situation
February 24 Excusing Ourselves from the Struggle
February 25 Escaping to Trite or Harmful Allurements
February 26 Coupling Human Suffering with Creation's Groaning
February 27 Recording Environmental Damage and Good Deeds
February 28 Confronting Reality through Annual Retreats
March 2015
March 1 Discovering Our Consolations
March 2 Experiencing Jesus as Perfect Model
March 3 Observing the Flying Birds
March 4 Listening to the Raging Floods
March 5 Smelling and Tasting Dandelions
March 6 Whoa! Whiffing Fresh Horseradish
March 7 Touching Newly-Turned Soil
March 8 Moneychanging in the Temple
March 9 Knowing Jesus as Activist
March 10 Becoming an Activist Like Jesus
March 11 Comparing Acts of Charity and Social Justice
March 12 Considering Pedestrian Rights
March 13 The Healing Jesus
March 14 Participating in Healing
March 15 Coming of Nicodemus by Night
March 16 Visiting James Madison's Montpelier
March 17 The Teaching Jesus
March 18 Applying Jesus' Teaching Methods
March 19 Pondering Once More Who Is This Jesus?
March 20 The Liberating Jesus
March 21 Self-Control is Personal Liberation
March 22 Sacrificing for Others is Mortification
March 23 Reflecting on the Coming of the Lord
March 24 Speaking the Word
March 25 Celebrating the Incarnation
March 26 Presenting the Divine and Human
March 27 Liberating through Our Efforts
March 28 Finding Jesus among the Poor
March 29 Entering Jerusalem as Spectators or Participants
March 30 Immersing in Local Environmental Issues
March 31 Engaging in Radical Compassion
April 2015
April 1 Taking Holy Week Seriously
April 2 Celebrating Jesus as Priest
April 3 Being With Jesus at Calvary
April 4 Stepping Back for a Moment
April 5 Celebrating the Mystery of New Life
April 6 Turning Fear to Joy before Our Eyes
April 7 Listening to the Sounds of April Showers
April 8 Mystifying Aromas of Spring
April 9 Relishing Bittersweet Greens and Memories
April 10 Basking in the Spring Sun
April 11 Showing Mercy/Justice by Climate Change Funding
April 12 Calling Us All to Mercy Sunday
April 13 Discovering Two Standards
April 14 Rejecting the Standard of Materialism
April 15 Choosing the Standard of Radical Sharing
April 16 Noting Difficulties in Decision-Making
April 17 Considering Basic Levels of Humility
April 18 Delving into Deeper Levels of Humility
April 19 Renewing Society: An Integral Economy/Ecology
April 20 Joining Jesus as Solitary Witness
April 21 Knowing Jesus as Compassionate
April 22 Seeing Jesus as Suffering Servant
April 23 Walking the Stations of a Suffering Earth
April 24 Agonizing over a Wounded Earth
April 25 Proclaiming Eco-Beatitudes
April 26 Reflecting on Qualities of a Good Shepherd
April 27 Searching for Reasons to Remove Litter
April 28 Inviting Sufferers into a Healing Community
April 29 Imitating Christ in Compassionate Suffering
April 30 Promoting the Conservation of Spiritual Energy
May 2015
May 1 Building Grace on Nature's Bounty
May 2 Observing the Urgency to Act Now
May 3 Bearing Much as a Fruitful Vine
May 4 Seeing Flowers Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
May 5 Detecting the Sounds of May
May 6 Chancing upon a Lively Vine
May 7 Tasting the Luscious Fruits of May
May 8 Radiating Warmth and Reflecting Rainbows
May 9 Reaffirming Resurrection-Centered Spirituality
May 10 Collaborating within Christ's Loving Service
May 11 Reflecting on the Phenomenology of Power
May 12 Revealing Divine Power at Work in Creation
May 13 Reminding Ourselves of Power over Others
May 14 Discovering Current Levels of Impoverishment
May 15 Confronting Power through Power
May 16 Breaking Loose through Power Manifestations
May 17 Ascending with Christ through Our Humble Work
May 18 Finding Power within Powerlessness
May 19 Showing Urgency through Imitating Christ
May 20 Perceiving Easter as a Radicalizing Event
May 21 Taking on Spiritual Power as Other Christs
May 22 Realizing Power in Being Non-Violent
May 23 Proclaiming the Power of the Poor
May 24 Witnessing to the Power of Pentecost
May 25 Gardening has a Host of Benefits
May 26 Suggesting Things for a Beginning Gardener
May 27 Praying over and Repairing Damaged Land
May 28 Revitalizing a Resilient but Wounded Earth
May 29 Blessings Extend Positive Energy to Others
May 30 Broadening Social Justice to be Christocentric
May 31 Reinterpreting Deep Power in Trinitarian Terms
June, 2015
June 1 Confronting the World in Summertime
June 2 Presenting Challenges from Cliffs
June 3 Rumbling Distant Thunder Startles Us
June 4 Enjoying a Priceless Drink of Cool Water
June 5 Wafting Scent of New‑Mown Hay
June 6 Coming in Contact with Inviting Rocks
June 7 Manifesting the Power of Corpus Christi
June 8 Self-sacrificing as the True Messianic Role
June 9 Affirming the Great Work Ahead
June 10 Bearing Good News to All Creatures
June 11 Proclaiming is Communication, a Two-Way Street
June 12 Spreading Good News and a Paradigm Shift
June 13 Being Protected from Lurking Dangers
June 14 Observing the Mustard Seed's Powerful Growth
June 15 Recognizing the Lowly as Starting to Rise
June 16 Calling for Non-Violent Change
June 17 Ascending & Descending: Rise & Fall of Systems
June 18 Reflecting on How to Act as Change Agents
June 19 Choosing between Earthhealing Leadership Models
June 20 Tempting the Newly Exalted
June 21 Trusting During Storms at Sea
June 22 Being Agents for Environmental Resource Assessments
June 23 Working as a Team to Save Our Earth
June 24 Bringing Down Those in High Places Non-violently
June 25 Acting & Thinking Locally to Act & Think Globally
June 26 Defending Instant Communications as Appropriate
June 27 Orchestrating Environmental Fatigue
June 28 Proclaiming Life for All
June 29 Earthhealing and Personal Health Concerns
June 30 Planning at Mid-Year and Daily Examinations
July, 2015
July 1 Seeing God in All Things
July 2 Concentrating on Fishing
July 3 Revealing Secrets of the Gurgling Stream
July 4 Enjoying Roadside Wildflowers
July 5 Being Prophetic amid Modern Difficulties
July 6 Tasting Native and Home-Grown Fruit
July 7 Learning from Creature Teachers
July 8 Taking a Closer Look at Jesus
July 9 Recognizing Jesus as Perfect Teacher
July 10 Experiencing Jesus as Perfect Healer
July 11 Discovering Jesus as Perfect Activist
July 12 Championing Our American Religious Foundations
July 13 Realizing Earthhealers as Imperfect People
July 14 Coping with Climate Change Denial
July 15 Excusing Ourselves from Climate Change
July 16 Escaping from Environmental Responsibilities
July 17 Deceiving Self as Empowered on One's Own
July 18 Opening to Burnout and Dropout
July 19 Inspiring Good Leadership
July 20 Fence-Sitting as a Preferred Occupation
July 21 Pretending to be Relevant by Spinning Wheels
July 22 Challenging Cynicism in All Its Forms
July 23 Treating Affluence as a Disease
July 24 Discovering Earth's Many Qualities
July 25 Learning to Be Cooperative
July 26 Multiplying Loaves and Renewing Ourselves
July 27 Promoting Appropriate Technology
July 28 Supporting People-Centered Appropriate Technology
July 29 Knowing the Advantages of Appropriate Technology
July 30 Influencing Our Eco-Spirituality by Where We Are
July 31 Experiencing Our Eco-Spirituality by When We live
August 2015
August 1 Celebrating Lammastide in Gratitude
August 2 Feeding the Hungry Impels Us
August 3 Fascinating Insects
August 4 Engaging in Nature's Conversations
August 5 Preserving the Summer Bounty
August 6 Delighting in the Consolations of Summer
August 7 Appreciating the Summer Foliage and Beauty
August 8 Focusing on Major Climate Change Decisions
August 9 Receiving Nourishment for Our Mission
August 10 Believing in the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life
August 11 Announcing God's Spirit as Inspiration
August 12 Recognizing the Good Spirit in Our Lives
August 13 Proclaiming the God Within with Enthusiasm
August 14 Discovering the HERE in Life
August 15 Finding the NOW of Life
August 16 Eating the Bread of Eternal Life
August 17 Interrelating with the WE in Community
August 18 Delving into God's Self-Communication
August 19 Considering Ignatian Tradition and the Trinity
August 20 Striving to Be Godly as Earthhealers
August 21 Commenting Further on the Holy Trinity
August 22 Hoping We Do Not Stumble in Godly Reflection
August 23 Perceiving Multitudes and Remnants
August 24 Working Harmoniously in a Godly Fashion
August 25 Contrasting Harmony and Disharmony
August 26 Healing Work as Harmonizing
August 27 Earthhealing as Special Mission
August 28 Working as Part of Divine Harmony
August 29 Discerning Spirits Communally
August 30 Purifying the Heart by Earthhealers
August 31 Preserving and Enhancing our Enthusiasm
September 2015
September 1 Exploring Community Enhancement
September 2 Attending to Joyful Valleys
September 3 Noticing Autumn's First Signs: Flocking Birds
September 4 Recalling the Smell of Silage
September 5 Tasting "Joy-Foam" at Sorghum Time
September 6 Learning the Art of Healing
September 7 Dancing the Virginia Reel
September 8 Celebrating in a Total Community
September 9 Embracing Cosmic Community
September 10 Considering Church as Community
September 11 Bringing All Together Under Christ
September 12 Listing Church Characteristics
September 13 Realizing that Faith without Works Is Dead
September 14 Participating in Salvation History
September 15 Focusing on Divine Liturgy
September 16 Addressing Liturgy as Formal Prayer and Work
September 17 Honoring Liturgy as Mutual Celebration
September 18 Nourishing Spiritual Life through Liturgy
September 19 Beholding a Consecrated HERE as Real Presence
September 20 Discerning True Service
September 21 Experiencing a Consecrated NOW
September 22 Thinking as a Consecrated WE in Community
September 23 Rendering Sacrifice and Prophetic Witness
September 24 Striving to Imitate the Person of Christ
September 25 Reflecting on Perichoresis and Relationships
September 26 Discovering Community as Trinitarian
September 27 Dedicating Ourselves Totally to God
September 28 Collaborating within and among Churches
September 29 Praying that Community Actions Be Great Works
September 30 Recognizing Various Spirits at Work
October, 2015
October 1 Reflecting on World Vegetarian Day
October 2 Sounds of Coming and Going
October 3 Enjoying the Scent of Wet Autumn Leaves
October 4 Blessings of Man and Wife
October 5 Flowing Water Refreshes the Soul
October 6 Romping amid Piled Leaves
October 7 Honoring Baptism as a Road to Collaboration
October 8 Forgiving as Part of Collaboration
October 9 Entering Ever Deeper Levels of Forgiveness
October 10 Being Receptive to forgiveness
October 11 Confronting Worldly Wealth and Inequality
October 12 Conducting the Sacraments of Life
October 13 Affirming New Life
October 14 Advancing in Eco-Spirituality
October 15 Mustering Coworkers to Earthhealing
October 16 Observing World Food Day
October 17 Making an Autumn Wilderness Retreat
October 18 Rethinking the Folly of Seeking glory
October 19 Encouraging Radical Sharing at all Levels
October 20 Dawning of a New Economic Order
October 21 Promoting Regional Sharing Practices
October 22 Taking National Leadership Roles
October 23 Advocating for International Controls
October 24 Supporting Broad-Based Global Practices
October 25 Pleading for God's Mercy
October 26 Gazing at the Harvest Moon
October 27 Forgiving Polluters?
October 28 Praying a Green "Our Father"
October 29 Discerning Communal Decisions
October 30 Renewing the Face of Our Earth
October 31 Moving to Deeper Mystery
November 2015
November 1 Ushering in a New Earth
November 2 Being Settled or Unsettled
November 3 Refreshing Memories of Autumn Landscapes
November 4 Haunting Bay of the Coon Hounds
November 5 Extolling the Autumn Apple
November 6 Creating a Cosmic Hymn of Praise
November 7 Preparing for the New Heaven and New Earth
November 8 Recalling the Widow's Mite
November 9 Considering the Lateran Basilica as a Home
November 10 Home Goings and Comings
November 11 Understanding that All Have a Right to a Job
November 12 Creating Meaningful Jobs for Workers
November 13 Becoming Christ to Others
November 14 Investing Locally as Inhabitants See Fit
November 15 Reflecting on Apocalypse and Tribulations
November 16 Dreaming of Good Food, Water, Housing and Health
November 17 Dreaming of Schools, Recreation & Human Services
November 18 Making Dreams into a New Creation
November 19 Being Free to Make Work-Related Choices
November 20 Entering the Ongoing Work of Restoration
November 21 Seeing Earthhealing as Unique Service
November 22 Praying Thy Kingdom Come
November 23 Recycling Is Good But Not Enough
November 24 Expecting Other Creatures on a New Earth
November 25 Living with a Certain Uncertainty
November 26 Assembling at Thanksgiving
November 27 Adding Substance to Our Thanksgiving
November 28 Establishing Domestic Sacred Space
November 29 Observing the Signs of Our Times
November 30 Perceiving a New Heaven and New Earth
December 2015
December 1 Waiting with Patience
December 2 Seeing God on Our Evolving Journey
December 3 Finding God in All Things over Time
December 4 Discovering Eco-Spirituality Inherently Social
December 5 Rendering a Time for Everything
December 6 Preparing the Way of the Lord as Heralds
December 7 Hastening the Day of the Lord as Catalysts
December 8 Accelerating the Changes Demanded
December 9 Recognizing Promise or Peril
December 10 Acknowledging Being Called to Presence
December 11 Generating an Enjoyable Christmas Spirit
December 12 Enhancing the Seasonal Spirit
December 13 Rejoicing with Liberation and Inner Peace
December 14 Practicing the Art of Spiritual Stewardship
December 15 Learning Patience & Restlessness Simultaneously
December 16 Realizing Earthhealing as a Communal Enterprise
December 17 Selecting a Humble Cedar Christmas Tree
December 18 Christmas Caroling Ought to Be Global
December 19 Reviewing the Year's Insights
December 20 Willing to Be Peacemakers
December 21 Winter: Pondering Mystery and Overcoming Faults
December 22 Spring: Rising to a More Just Society
December 23 Summer: Coming Closer to the Lord amid Distractions
December 24 Autumn: Affirming Our Sacred Mission
December 25 Wishing You a Blessed Christmas
December 26 Glistening Razor Fence at Manchester Prison
December 27 Admiring the Holy Family
December 28 Healing Earth has Trinitarian Characteristics
December 29 Summarizing Eco-Spirituality Insights
December 30 Earthhealing as a Meaningful Calling
December 31 Bringing Finality to the Year
January, 2016
January 1 New Year's Starting Something Afresh
January 2 Planning with Limited Resources
January 3 Epiphany: Establishing Firm Paths to Peace
January 4 General Gardening Reflections
January 5 Jesus Christ Activist: A Work-in-Progress
January 6 Make Pope Francis' Encyclical a Reality
January 7 The Primacy of Action
January 8 Garden Size Determination
January 9 Garden Variety Selection
January 10 Baptism: A Profound Calling
January 11 Our Baptismal Event
January 12 We are Called to Do Great and Cosmic Deeds
January 13 Divinization and Great Deeds
January 14 Black Lives Matter: A Touchy Issue
January 15 Year‑Round Gardening
January 16 Seedlings and Hot Beds
January 17 Cana: Manifestation of Spiritual Empowerment
January 18 Become Celebrating Activists
January 19 Unity through Inclusivity
January 20 Inauguration: A Year from Today
January 21 Laudato Si (LS): Franciscan AND Ignatian
January 22 Global Ecological Discernment
January 23 Garden Record Keeping
January 24 Jesus as Liberator
January 25 Injured Worker's Advocate
January 26 Ban Fracking in Kentucky and Elsewhere
January 27 Ten Concrete Applications of Laudato Si
January 28 Pluses and Minuses to Lower Price of Gasoline
January 29 Wheelchair and Assisted Gardening
January 30 The Gardener's Gentle Wish
January 31 Confronting Prophetic Rejection
February, 2016
February 1 Healing Earth through Caring for Plants
February 2 Presentation: A Faith Journey
February 3 Encouraging Activism among Seniors
February 4 The Noble Work of Our Hands
February 5 Garden Work and Leisure Time
February 6 Gardening as Re-Creation in Sacred Space
February 7 Are We Willing to be Prophets and Fishers?
February 8 Rhythmic Planetary Vibrations
February 9 Mardi Gras: Perhaps It's Time to Celebrate
February 10 Ash Wednesday: From Dust through Dust to New Life
February 11 Inventor's Day: Work of Hands, Head and Heart
February 12 Praying for Our Governmental Leaders
February 13 Enhancing Voter Opportunities
February 14 Temptation: Part of the Human Condition
February 15 Overcoming Temptation
February 16 An Outdated, Unsustainable & Intolerable System
February 17 Spiritual Sight: Seeing with Eyes of Faith
February 18 Hoot Owls and Haunting Sounds of Winter
February 19 Championing the Consecrated Life
February 20 The Gardener's Act of Loving Sacrifice
February 21 Transfiguration: Foreshadowing Glory
February 22 Discovering Our Consolations
February 23 Eucharistic Consolation and Divine Presence
February 24 Preparing Soil Plots for Maximum Growth
February 25 What is Likeable about Garlic?
February 26 Parousia: Is it Coming Soon?
February 27 Say Goodbye to Fossil Fuels
February 28 Willing to Converse with Strangers
February 29 Leap Year Day: A Gift and Opportunity
March, 2016
March 1 Preparing for Seasonal Change
March 2 Eco-Balance through Organic Gardening
March 3 Six Ways to Show Mercy
March 4 The Demise of Coal
March 5 Welcoming the Renewable Energy Economy
March 6 Standing Up Against Adversity
March 7 Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs and Models
March 8 Developing a Green Thumb for Gardening
March 9 Becoming One With Our Land
March 10 Recapping What Is Wrong with Fracking
March 11 Apple: The Perfect Candidate for Food Variation
March 12 Why Must We Change that Clock Tomorrow?
March 13 Jesus is Resurrection and Life
March 14 Involve Youth in Environmental Activities
March 15 Involve Elders in Environmental Activities
March 16 Use Skype at Critical Times
March 17 St. Patrick's Day Celebration
March 18 Holistic Health and Gardening
March 19 St. Joseph: Patron of Many
March 20 Palm Sunday Starts the Passion Drama
March 21 Greet Springtime in Special Ways
March 22 Resonance
March 23 Betrayal: When Activity Yields to Passivity
March 24 Last Supper Lasting as a Perpetual Institution
March 25 Participating in the Calvary Event
March 26 Death and Burial: A Final Accomplishment
March 27 Awaiting Easter Power and Glory
March 28 Easter Time and a Natural Theology
March 29 Divine Love as Primordial Resonance
March 30 Resonance: An Intuitive Perspective
March 31 The Garden: A Humble Setting
April 2016
April 1 How to Plan Our Work or Free Time
April 2 Renewed Interest in Cisterns
April 3 Mercy, Forgiveness and Miracles
April 4 The Blessings of Easter
April 5 Recycling Is Good But Not Perfect
April 6 The Land Remembers: A Healing Blessing
April 7 Blessing over Damaged Land or Artifact
April 8 A Quest to Understand Resonance
April 9 Championing Green Gardening
April 10 Called to Be and Do the Extraordinary
April 11 Is This the End of the Ages -- Doomsday?
April 12 Henry Clay, A Great Statesman
April 13 In Defense of Generalists
April 14 Resolve to Do Something about Invasive Species
April 15 Rockclimbing in the Red River Gorge
April 16 How Much Gardening Equipment is Needed?
April 17 A Light to the Gentiles
April 18 Keep America Beautiful As a Garden Project
April 19 Celebrate National Hanging Out Day
April 20 Encourage Youth to Plant Trees
April 21 Promote Wildlife Week
April 22 Earth Day: A Focus on Willingness to Act
April 23 Agribusiness Versus Small Farms
April 24 A New Commandment: Love as Jesus Loves
April 25 Doom and Gloom or Vroom and Bloom
April 26 Composting Organic Materials
April 27 April Showers Bring May Flowers
April 28 Achieving Local Environmental Results
April 29 Chemical Warfare Victims' Day
April 30 Gardeners Striving for Wholeness
May, 2016
May 1 Renewing Is Establishing Peace
May 2 Celebrating the Flowers of May
May 3 The Many Benefits of Biking
May 4 Wildfires, Wilderness and Forest Life
May 5 Ways to Counter Gross Economic Inequality
May 6 Construct a Retreat Cabin
May 7 Affirming Our Horse Culture
May 8 Ascension Calls for Action
May 9 Current Ideas about Time
May 10 Trusty Hound Dogs
May 11 It's Time to Sow Hemp Again
May 12 Planting Trees as a Mark of Respect
May 13 Stop Smoking by Going "Cold Turkey"
May 14 Reasons to Celebrate National Herb Week
May 15 Pentecost: A Time to Act; A Time for Silence
May 16 Support Noise Action Week
May 17 Harmonize Sounds and Silence
May 18 Awareness and Coping with Noise
May 19 Cultivating Noise Sensitivity
May 20 Nine Ways to Reduce Noise
May 21 Nine Ways to Create Silent Space
May 22 The Trinity in Our Lives
May 23 The Glory or Fate of Coral Reefs
May 24 Floral Gardens as an Art Form
May 25 What's Wrong with Billionaires?
May 26 Road Rage and Memorial Day Weekend
May 27 Globish: A Universal Language
May 28 Memorial Day and Respectful Memories
May 29 Corpus Christi and Public Devotion
May 30 The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
May 31 A Gardener's Ode to Joy
June, 2016
June 1 Protecting and Assisting Garden Plants
June 2 Some Reasons for Celebrating Rivers
June 3 Halt Damage, Repair the Harmed, Make Reparation
June 4 The Mountain Rhododendron
June 5 Violent Deaths and Sorrow to Loved Ones
June 6 Hike the Sheltowee Trace
June 7 Consider a Poem for the Times: Lazarus' People
June 8 Architects Can Be Earthhealers
June 9 The Wisdom of Seniors
June 10 Wisdom Includes Recognizing God's Gifts
June 11 Visit the Eco-Tourist Center of Kentucky
June 12 Forgiveness in the Jubilee Year of Mercy
June 13 Speak Well of Tulip Poplars
June 14 Old Car Art -- In Junk Yards
June 15 Two Models of Leadership
June 16 The Principle of Subsidiarity and Leadership Choices
June 17 Gambling in Lottery or For a Better World
June 18 Love and Respect on Father's Day
June 19 Accepting One's Cross
June 20 Saying Good Things about Pack Rats
June 21 Native Americans and Aboriginal Day
June 22 Honoring the Kentucky River
June 23 Champion Prairie Tall Grasses
June 24 John, Herald to the Nations
June 25 Discover Creature Companions
June 26 Jesus Is Resolute; So Ought We Be
June 27 Environmental Cost of Face-to-Face Meetings
June 28 Let's Continue Asking Questions
June 29 Some Garden Conservation Techniques
June 30 Gardener's Desire to Conserve Resources
July, 2016
July 1 Declare Independence from Stuff
July 2 Jake, The Wolf Spider
July 3 Apostolic Mobility
July 4 Following American Revolutionaries' Footsteps
July 5 Construction Time in July
July 6 Dying in Vain
July 7 The Abandoned Homestead
July 8 Ducks: Wildlife of the Month
July 9 Understanding: Welcoming Opportunities for Insight
July 10 Know Our Neighbors
July 11 Cheer Up the Lonely Day
July 12 Suggestions on How to Eat Simply
July 13 Tolerance and the Smoker
July 14 Animal Protection and Welfare Groups
July 15 Stopping at "Nowhere" during July Travels
July 16 Promoting Agritourism
July 17 Reflection on the Martha and Mary Story
July 18 Doing, Being and Contemplation in Action
July 19 Moon Day and Moonshine
July 20 Mimosa, The Silk Tree
July 21 Retreat: The Pause That Refreshes
July 22 Backyard Gardening Versus CSAs
July 23 Glaciers Are Endangered Species
July 24 Simple Prayer
July 25 Improving Food Quality
July 26 Discovering Value in Ponds
July 27 Focus and Concentration in July
July 28 The Misfortune of Being Treed
July 29 The Garden: Gateway to Mystery
July 30 Create a Butterfly Garden
July 31 Confronting Greed
August, 2016
August 1 Gardening in August
August 2 How to Be a Revolutionary
August 3 Counsel: Making Right Judgments
August 4 Respect Our Coast Guard
August 5 God is Love
August 6 My Favor Rests
August 7 Parables Are for All of Us
August 8 Bikers, Pedestrians and Infrastructure Improvement
August 9 Recycle Unused Barns in Imaginative Ways
August 10 The Widening VW Diesel Scandal
August 11 My Memory of "Smoky Holler"
August 12 August Flowers Are Worth Celebrating
August 13 Lefthanders' Day and Practical Tolerance
August 14 Bringing Fire to Others
August 15 Making Basic Assumptions
August 16 Relinquishment AND Restitution
August 17 The Art of "Making Do"
August 18 What about Sod or Pressed Earth Houses?
August 19 Recalling Guns of August and Beyond
August 20 Bald Eagles versus Turkeys
August 21 Last First and First Last
August 22 Consider Recycling Made Easy
August 23 European Population Decline
August 24 Using Biofuels and Biomass More Efficiently
August 25 Rural Indoor Air Pollution
August 26 Enjoy a Hermitage Experience
August 27 Mother Teresa's Favorites
August 28 Exalted and Humbled
August 29 John the Baptist as Our Model
August 30 Treasure Oak Shade
August 31 Formulating Gardening Practices
September, 2016
September 1 Extending the Garden Growing Season
September 2 Honor the Cherokee National Holiday
September 3 Laboring to Save the Earth
September 4 Discipleship and Spiritual Discipline
September 5 Promote Urban Forests
September 6 Climate Change and the Poor
September 7 The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Restive
September 8 Champion Literacy for Everyone
September 9 Twelve Steps for Consumer Addicts
September 10 Environmental Beatitudes in Autumn
September 11 Destitution is a Form of Slavery
September 12 Premium Arable Land
September 13 Challenge the Bottled Water Epidemic
September 14 American Military Expenditures: A Cross of Iron
September 15 End National and Domestic Debt Domination
September 16 Full Corn Moon
September 17 Enhancing Our Sense of Citizenship
September 18 God or Money? Fair Taxes or Tax Havens?
September 19 Battlefields in America
September 20 Fortitude as a Gift of the Spirit
September 21 Hosea Speaks Today
September 22 Hispanic Heritage and Fair Trade Practices
September 23 Native American Day, Gratitude and Respect
September 24 Coexisting with Wildlife as Gardeners
September 25 Lazarus = Laz(y) Are Us (We)
September 26 Discernment: Reasons for and against Smoking
September 27 Make Gardening a Family Affair
September 28 Neutral Carbon: A Shell Game?
September 29 The Costs of Nuclear Weapons
September 30 Consider Migratory Birds and Butterflies
October, 2016
October 1 Participate in a Solar Tour
October 2 Strive for Faithful Service
October 3 Earthquakes and Acts of God
October 4 St. Francis as Model Diplomat
October 5 Create a Cane Brake
October 6 A Case for Moderate Vegetarianism
October 7 Bengal Tigers and Other Big Cats
October 8 Create Herbal Teas
October 9 Welcoming Foreigners
October 10 Soft Approach to Lifestyle Change
October 11 Hard Approach: Unless We Change Our Ways...
October 12 Voluntary Change Has Inherent Limitations
October 13 Numbers and Sacred Scripture
October 14 Miscellaneous Autumn Garden Hints
October 15 Peace with Justice Week
October 16 Perseverance Needed Today
October 17 World Food Day Revisited
October 18 St. Luke and the Journey of Faith
October 19 Knowledge: Acting through Proper Experience
October 20 Morality and Nuclear Power
October 21 Faint Voices in the Hills
October 22 October is Passing
October 23 Cherish Simple Prayer
October 24 Unique Ministerial Service
October 25 Proclaiming Good News: Suffering Has Value
October 26 Champion Indoor Physical Exercise
October 27 Culture through Garden Cultivation
October 28 Isolation, Never Again
October 29 Catastrophe: Living Beyond Our Means
October 30 Zacchaeus's House Is Our Earth
October 31 British Influence: Wax or Wane?
November, 2016
November 1 Striving for Sainthood
November 2 Remembrances in November's Indian Summer
November 3 Recalling Nut-Gathering in Autumn
November 4 Updating a Sustainable Energy Blueprint
November 5 Remedy for Vanishing Agricultural Lands
November 6 Confronting Secularity with a Merciful Spirit
November 7 Fossil Fuel-Free and Nuclear Power-Free
November 8 Manifesting Citizenship on Election Day
November 9 A "Man on the Moon" Renewable Energy Program
November 10 Soul-Searching amid Failing Military Solutions
November 11 Reflections on Imagining the Hereafter
November 12 Let's Beware of Scam Artists
November 13 Awaiting the Day of the Lord
November 14 Beavers and Natural Wetlands
November 15 Learning to Share through Gardening
November 16 Consider Creating Sacred Space
November 17 Struggles Triggered by Climate Change
November 18 Enjoy Autumn Pears
November 19 Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation
November 20 Christ's Cross: Weapon of Mass Blessing
November 21 Lead and Universal Children's Day
November 22 Stop the Violence Day
November 23 Piety: Enhancing the Sense of Mystery
November 24 Giving Simple Thanks
November 25 Let's Start Redistributing World Resources
November 26 Encouraging Shut-Ins As Earthhealers
November 27 Self-Denial and Advent
November 28 Borrowing from Future Generations
November 29 Sauerkraut or Choucroute
November 30 A Garden Teaches Patience
December, 2016
December 1 Is It Christmas Card Time Again?
December 2 The Poor: Problem or Family Affair
December 3 Learn to Live with Rabbits
December 4 Repentance Needed Here and Now
December 5 Off-Setting: Modern Snake Oil Sales?
December 6 Charity and the Christmas Spirit
December 7 Looking Again at Fire Safety Day
December 8 America's Saint Names
December 9 Fear of the Lord: Preserving Reverence
December 10 Green-Tinted Human Rights
December 11 Genuine Puzzlement for John the Baptist
December 12 Roses, Poinsettias, Mistletoe, and Evergreens
December 13 Attributing the Driving Time
December 14 Does It Really Matter? Earth Is Lost
December 15 Nine Ways to Make Winter Endurable
December 16 Turn to the Scriptures in Advent
December 17 Renewable America Is Coming
December 18 Joseph's Dilemma
December 19 Wind and Solar Renewable Energy Growth
December 20 Hydropower and Geothermal Sources
December 21 Home Economics in Winter Time
December 22 A Garden as a New Eden
December 23 Where Have All the Honey Bees Gone?
December 24 Make America Green Conscious ASAP
December 25 Christmas Dawns
December 26 Appalachian Christmas Celebration
December 27 God Only Knows
December 28 Holy Innocents Day
December 29 Testing My Civility and Courtesy
December 30 Extended Family Connections
December 31 Final Blessings in Gratitude
January, 2017
January 1 Launch 2017 with Fresh Beginnings
January 2 My Ten Favorite Scripture Passages
January 3 Resolve to Keep a Day Book
January 4 Our Rock of Refuge
January 5 AIDS/HIV Epidemic Update
January 6 Discovering Retreat Time and Space
January 7 Planning Regular Health Checkups
January 8 Truly Living the Epiphany
January 9 Is Air Travel for the Privileged?
January 10 The American Chestnut Arises Again
January 11 Launching the Growing Year: Hot Beds
January 12 Free or Fair World Trade?
January 13 Consider Soups in Winter
January 14 Snow Storms and Climate Change
January 15 Baptism and Life-giving Water
January 16 Promote Religious Freedom
January 17 The Pluses and Minuses of Wood Heating
January 18 Octave for Christian Unity
January 19 Highlight Tame and Scenic Rivers
January 20 Corporations Exist at the Citizens' Pleasure
January 21 Africans: Joys and Sorrows
January 22 Vocational Call in the Twenty-First Century
January 23 Legible Handwriting So Others Can Read
January 24 The Need to Radically Share
January 25 The Internet: Promise and Peril
January 26 An Examination of Conscience
January 27 Reviewing Cautions Against Gambling
January 28 99 Simple Lifestyle Suggestions
January 29 Urgency and Reform
January 30 Respect Animals and Especially Pets
January 31 Encourage Inspiration
February, 2017
February 1 Even Groundhogs Can Teach Us
February 2 A Light for Us to Enlighten Others
February 3 A Global Solution: Solar Cookers and Ovens
February 4 Weigh Natural Versus Synthetic Fibers
February 5 Ways to Become a Light to the World
February 6 Enhance the Art of Story-Telling
February 7 Urban Simple Living
February 8 Maintain Efficient Vehicles and Drivers
February 9 Learn to Pray from the Heart
February 10 Support Enthusiastic Tour Guides
February 11 Reflections on Abraham Lincoln
February 12 Called to Discern What We Must Do
February 13 Improve Bird Habitats
February 14 The Manifold Mystery of Love
February 15 Launch Gardening in Your Backyard
February 16 Recognize Intrusiveness as a Modern Vice
February 17 Practice Responsible Consumerism
February 18 Cell Phone and Electronic Device Overuse
February 19 Must It Be an Eye for an Eye?
February 20 Presidents' Day and the American Way
February 21 Earthhealing and We the People
February 22 Promote Cooperatives
February 23 Plan Eco-Vacationing Near Home
February 24 Explore Our Local Historic Roots
February 25 Help Create Quiet Zones
February 26 Do Not Worry About Tomorrow
February 27 Think before You Drink
February 28 Start Lent on a Spiritual Note
March, 2017
March 1 Ash Wednesday's Message: Sacrifice and Love
March 2 Creative Meals for Lent
March 3 Faith, Fiction, Fantasy and Reality
March 4 Fostering Greater Respect
March 5 Temptations To Do and Not to Do
March 6 The Complex Issue of Genetic Engineering
March 7 Ideal Time to Prune Trees and Shrubs
March 8 Singing the Benefits of Trees
March 9 Select a Wholesome Garden Variety
March 10 Destitution Is the Form of Slavery
March 11 Honor the Sabbath Rest
March 12 Transfiguration and Earthhealing
March 13 Benefits and Disadvantages of Underground Homes
March 14 Celebrate the Heavenly Vibrations
March 15 Wind Power's Emerging Advantages
March 16 To Jet or Not to Jet: Flying Is for the Birds
March 17 Respect Non-Timber Forest Products
March 18 Encourage Others to Watch for the Birds
March 19 Proclaiming Water As Essential for Life
March 20 Encourage Students to Act Environmentally
March 21 Spring Comes in Fits and Starts
March 22 Celebrate Spring's Arrival with "Greens"
March 23 Sharing Limited Space with Wildlife
March 24 We Become Our Land: Resonance
March 25 The Incarnation in Our Lives
March 26 Faith Models: The Blind Man and Others
March 27 Recognizing the Roles of Senior Citizens
March 28 Solar-Powered Cars Are a Challenge
March 29 Finding Sacred Space within the Heart
March 30 Great Blue Heron, Nature's Delight
March 31 Choose Green Recreation Activities
April, 2017
April 1 Smoking: A Cruel April Fool’s Joke
April 2 "I Am the Resurrection"
April 3 Confront Television Addiction
April 4 Review Types of Safe Walkways
April 5 Start Thinking Solar
April 6 Organize an Arbor Day Event
April 7 Consider Public Service Announcements
April 8 Travel Lightly
April 9 A Journey to Faith
April 10 Learn about a Cordwood Building
April 11 Always Plan before You Build
April 12 Teach-in Tips for Global Warming Day
April 13 Holy Thursday: Called to be Caregivers
April 14 Good Friday: Death of the Forest
April 15 Holy Saturday: Sorrow Turned to Joy
April 16 Easter Faith in 2017
April 17 Space Versus Down-to-Earth Costs
April 18 Celebrate Citizen Monitors: Modern Paul Reveres
April 19 National Hanging Out Day
April 20 Green Construction Suggestions
April 21 Honor the Elders
April 22 Think Organic Green
April 23 God's Mercy, Faith and Showers
April 24 Expose the Epidemic of Consumption
April 25 The Question
April 26 Murphy's Appalachian Law
April 27 Encourage Volunteer Activity
April 28 Some Ways to Save Time
April 29 Make a Pilgrimage
April 30 Journey to Emmaus and Back
May, 2017
May 1 Joseph the Worker
May 2 The Value of Mulching
May 3 Why Solar Churches?
May 4 Space Tourism
May 5 Defend the Roadless Forest
May 6 Thirteen Ways to Save Energy
May 7 Tending Sheep: Protecting the Commons
May 8 Peace Poles
May 9 Endangered Species
May 10 Floral Gardens
May 11 Coping with Information Overload
May 12 Multipurpose Cemeteries
May 13 The Way, the Truth and the Life
May 14 Mother's Day: Love from Love
May 15 Alternative Justice Approaches
May 16 Beautifying the Surroundings
May 17 Hastening the Move from a Fossil Fuel Economy
May 18 Become a Green Gardener
May 19 Championing Old-Growth Forests
May 20 Weeds Can Be Controlled
May 21 Resurrection-Centered Spirituality
May 22 Our Oceans and Seas: The Last Frontiers
May 23 Meetings, Meetings
May 24 All Tourism Needs to be Green
May 25 Large- and Small-Scale Hydropower
May 26 Destroy Remaining Chemical Weapons
May 27 Eight Reasons for Reducing Lawns
May 28 A Case against Idle Observation
May 29 Visit Cemeteries
May 30 Twelve Ways to Save Water
May 31 Reflecting on the Magnificat
June, 2017
June 1 Earthhealing and the Need for Planning
June 2 Now Is the Time to Think Smaller
June 3 Trails and River Celebrations
June 4 Pentecost: Light Prayer
June 5 World Environment Day 2017
June 6 D-Day Remembrances
June 7 Cisterns: Conserve Rain Water
June 8 Guidelines for Edible Landscaping
June 9 Oral and Video History
June 10 Bird Sanctuaries
June 11 Celebrate Trinity and Community
June 12 Spirit Creatures: Animal and Plant
June 13 Create Herbal Teas
June 14 Honoring Flag Day
June 15 Ten Commandments of Resource Use
June 16 Preserve Languages
June 17 Being Paternal
June 18 Corpus Christi
June 19 Making Composting Acceptable
June 20 Support the Global Village
June 21 Resource Conservation Gardening Techniques
June 22 Monitoring and Assessing
June 23 Radical Peace and the Sacred Heart
June 24 John the Baptist
June 25 Fear Not, the Lord Is with Us
June 26 Champion and Treasure Heritage Seed
June 27 Stewardship and Our Earth
June 28 Observe -- Don't Make -- Fireworks Displays
June 29 Sts. Peter and Paul: Together But Different
June 30 Reassess the Budget
July, 2017
July 1 Canada: A Good Neighbor
July 2 Making Christ Our Focus
July 3 Called to Mercy, Not Sacrifice
July 4 Declare Resource Interdependence
July 5 Care for Our Heart
July 6 Wholesome Vacation Time
July 7 Confrontation: Good or Bad?
July 8 Promoting the Beauty and Utility of Lakes
July 9 Sustaining a Humble Heart amid Uncertainties
July 10 Chestnut Memories: A Wake Amid Reawakening
July 11 Eleven Reasons for Locally Grown Food
July 12 Promote Freedom Gardens
July 13 Community Gardens and Group Activities
July 14 Becoming Restorers of the Landscape
July 15 Championing Quality at Harvest Time
July 16 Becoming Soil for Good Seed
July 17 Food Preserving Techniques
July 18 Resource Self-Control
July 19 Farmers' Markets and Other Produce Sources
July 20 Food Distribution Systems
July 21 Domestic Potable Water Supplies
July 22 Using Food Storage Space Well
July 23 Weeds and Tolerance
July 24 Climate Change and the Poor
July 25 "Affluenza" versus Simpler Living
July 26 Overcoming Food Wastes
July 27 Restorative Justice through Community Service
July 28 Wildscape and Wildlife
July 29 Martha and Mary
July 30 Suffering Humanity, A Treasure Worth Discovering
July 31 God's Grandeur: An Ignatian Vision
August, 2017
August 1 Let Us Learn Essentials from the Poor
August 2 Water Fountains Sing to Us
August 3 Feeding People in Times of Food Shortages
August 4 Mobile Homes: Good and Bad
August 5 Family Reunions
August 6 Transfiguration
August 7 Nuclear Power Versus Wind Energy
August 8 Solar Hot Water Systems
August 9 Promote Intergenerational Gardening
August 10 Consider Becoming Self-Taught
August 11 Plan an Autumn Garden
August 12 Champion Local and Global Villages
August 13 Material Versus Spiritual Security
August 14 Revere the Ark of the Covenant
August 15 Mary: Gentle Woman
August 16 Global Population: Explosion or Decline
August 17 Domestic Indoor Environment
August 18 Conflict Resolution and Ecological Concerns
August 19 Common Lands and Private Property Rights
August 20 Reflecting on Humility and Faith
August 21 Toxic Chemicals: A Social Justice Advocacy Issue
August 22 Photovoltaic Solutions
August 23 Local Concern Versus Globalization
August 24 Discuss Animal "Rights"
August 25 Listen to the Mockingbird
August 26 Valuing Hands-on Work Experience
August 27 Keys to the Kingdom and Responsibility
August 28 Promoting a Case for Bilingualism
August 29 Speaking the Truth: A Prophetic Stance
August 30 The Internet and Global Communications
August 31 A Fresh Look at Vitality
September, 2017
September 1 Labor: Rights and Responsibilities
September 2 Consolation: Kind Words and Deeds
September 3 Self-Denial Needed Today
September 4 Curb Soft Drink Use
September 5 Ozone: Friend or Foe?
September 6 Celebrate the Labyrinth
September 7 Reflection on Travel Experiences
September 8 Solar Greenhouses and Cold Frames
September 9 Ten Commandments of the Forest
September 10 Networking with Those in Trouble
September 11 In Defense of Wilderness
September 12 Promote and Enjoy Home Hobbies
September 13 Christians, Genesis and Earthhealing
September 14 The Sign of the Cross
September 15 Let's Try Organizing
September 16 Insulation and Weatherization
September 17 Citizenship Day: A Forgiving America
September 18 American Foreign Aid and Charity
September 19 Use Caution with Household Chemicals
September 20 Gardening as a Social Enterprise
September 21 Consider Simple Funerals
September 22 Celebrate Autumn Time
September 23 Spice Your Meals with Variety
September 24 Coming to Realize Our Gifts
September 25 Just How Much Insurance?
September 26 Natural Sounds All Around
September 27 Road Blocks to Renewable Energy
September 28 Mold, the Asbestos of the 2000s
September 29 Learning to Eat Lower on the Food Chain
September 30 Traveling on U.S. Route 68
October, 2017
October 1 The First Day of the Rest of Life
October 2 St. Francis, Patron of Environmentalists
October 3 St. Francis (Continued)
October 4 St. Francis (Continued)
October 5 Learn through Autumn Gardening
October 6 Face Indebtedness in a Spiritual Way
October 7 Provide proper Lighting for All
October 8 Count the Blessings of the Vineyard
October 9 Challenge a Slipping Memory
October 10 Fire Prevention Week's Do and Don't List
October 11 Discover Backyard America
October 12 Prepare for Possible Local Disasters
October 13 Focus on Ginseng, a Wonder Plant
October 14 Harvest Nature's Produce
October 15 Invite the Uninvited
October 16 Establish a Family and Local History
October 17 Observe World Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 18 Tackle a Turnover of Yard into Garden
October 19 Address Tobacco Use
October 20 Care for Ourselves as We Age
October 21 Converse with Plants and Animals
October 22 Render to Each Its Due
October 23 Dry Food with Solar Energy
October 24 Consider Disarmament Week
October 25 Attend to Shut-ins
October 26 Choose When and Where to Use Synthetics
October 27 Dress for the Season
October 28 Create a New Eden
October 29 Express Our Love of God and Neighbor
October 30 Make Green Tourist Areas
0ctober 31 Celebrate the Eve of All Hallows
November, 2017
November 1 Thank God for Many Good Folks
November 2 Diamonds in the Rough
November 3 Does Our Democracy Needs Strengthening?
November 4 Trees and Leaves
November 5 Reflecting on Practicing What We Preach
November 6 Hunting as Sport or Necessity
November 7 Prepare a Living Will
November 8 Should We Will Organs for Others?
November 9 The Church as Our Home
November 10 Build and Maintain a Worm Composting Bin
November 11 Veterans' Day: A Transitory Sacrifice
November 12 Learning to Await the Transition
November 13 Recognizing Eco-Hypocrisy
November 14 Ten Reasons for Dry Composting Toilets
November 15 Restoring Wildlife Habitats
November 16 Darkness Expands
November 17 The Turkey as National Bird
November 18 Reread Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
November 19 Using Our Talents Well
November 20 Culinary Herb Growing and Use
November 21 Consider Micro Hydropower
November 22 Winterizing the Garden
November 23 Thanksgiving Thought and Prayer
November 24 Is This a Good Day for Gift Purchase?
November 25 Design and Build a Garden Pool
November 26 Christ the King
November 27 Small-Scale Farming Is Essential
November 28 Work on a Nature Trail
November 29 Sharing Food Locally and Globally
November 30 Resonating with Our God Within
December, 2017
December 1 Ten Ways to Prepare for Winter
December 2 Plan a Winter Nature Walk
December 3 Active Waiting
December 4 Automobile Accidents Happen
December 5 Hobbies, Crafts and Arts
December 6 Twelve Gifts Worth Considering
December 7 Remembering Painful Events
December 8 Eve and Mary: Choices
December 9 Hard Question: Why Billionaires?
December 10 Preparing the Way
December 11 Learn about Valuable Windbreaks
December 12 Establishing a Global Village
December 13 Consider Garden Economics
December 14 Enlightened Self-Interest, Really?
December 15 Lighten Up; It's Divine Humor
December 16 The True Meaning of Christmas Gifts
December 17 Rejoice Always
December 18 Good Grief
December 19 Safe Decorations
December 20 Create a Quieter House
December 21 Winter Solstice and Light
December 22 Tough Times for Those in Real Need
December 23 Can We Pray Always?
December 24 Mary and Joseph
December 25 Divine Sensations
December 26 The Word Proclaims Peace
December 27 Fight for the Environment
December 28 Choose Life
December 29 End-of-Year Reminders
December 30 The Holy Family Presentation
December 31 A Gaelic Blessing
January, 2018
January 1 New Year's Here
January 2 Recite a Litany of the Earth
January 3 Protect Birds in Various Ways
January 4 Promote Reasons for Living Simply
January 5 Consider Peacemaking Activities
January 6 Plan an Annual Retreat
January 7 Glory in the Story
January 8 Baptism: Reassuring Us to Act
January 9 Strive to Become an Eco-Traveler
January 10 Resolve to Salt Less this Winter
January 11 Launch the Gardening Year
January 12 Make a Winter Twelve-Veggie Soup
January 13 Treasure Rural Experiences
January 14 Listen for the Seasonal Calls
January 15 Purge Elements of Residual Racism
January 16 Encourage Daily Physical Exercise
January 17 Learn from Ben Franklin: Stay Active
January 18 Eight Ways to Simplify One's Life
January 19 Celebrate Windpower in America
January 20 Reflections Where Life Expectancy Declines
January 21 The Jonah Story Applies to All
January 22 Care for the Car
January 23 Reuse Materials
January 24 Make a Forest Pledge
January 25 St. Paul's Day and Ecumenism
January 26 Save Our Hemlocks
January 27 Protect Our Wildlife
January 28 Called to Exercise Authority
January 29 Questioning Retirement
January 30 The Hunger for Community
January 31 Declare All Time Extraordinary
February, 2018
February 1 Come, Come, First Robin
February 2 Recognize Candle Power
February 3 Show Hospitality to Wildlife
February 4 Curing and Healing
February 5 Initiate Early Gardening
February 6 Identify Sacred Private Space
February 7 Let's Accept Old Age
February 8 Good Reasons for Composting
February 9 Confronting Noise Pollution
February 10 Curb Fat Twelve Ways
February 11 Touching Compassion for the Infirm
February 12 Celebrate Abe Lincoln's Birthday
February 13 Welcome Ashes
February 14 Turning Words into Deeds
February 15 Eat Less Meat
February 16 Attend to Entrances and Signage
February 17 Tackle Invasive Species Such as Kudzu
February 18 Endure Trials and Temptations
February 19 Striving to Live in Hope
February 20 Utilize Wood Properly
February 21 Frequent Public Worship Space
February 23 Consider Domestic Waterfalls
February 23 Does America Have a State Religion?
February 24 Acknowledge Our Need for Rest
February 25 Participating in the Transfiguration
February 26 Construct Privacy Screens and Noise Barriers
February 27 Simplify Life as a Community Project
February 28 Pray for Global Restoration
March, 2018
March 1 Expand the "Rails to Trails" Program
March 2 Resistance and Civil Disobedience
March 3 Winter's Hidden Hope
March 4 Conversing with the Woman at the Well
March 5 Discover Gardening as Sacred
March 6 Defend Solar and Windpower against Naysayers
March 7 Recognize the Art of Pretending
March 8 Living with Potential Disaster
March 9 Design Tranquil Living Space
March 10 Consider a Retreat Cabin
March 11 Practice Faith as a Public Act
March 12 Plant Trees and Berries as a Community Project
March 13 Challenge Inconsistent Drug Policies
March 14 Encourage Temporary Cold Frames
March 15 Sing the Black Mountain Blues
March 16 Revisit Past Predictions
March 17 St. Patrick and Clover
March 18 Confront Death to Self
March 19 Coal Ash Ponds and Toxic Substances
March 20 Celebrate the Vernal Equinox
March 21 Learn about Virtually Wild Ginseng
March 22 Why Retire?
March 23 Become Earthhealing Individuals
March 24 Become Earthhealing Groups
March 25 Palm Sunday: Hollow Shouts of Adulation
March 26 Promote Disaster Alert and Relief Systems
March 27 Review My Conflict with Crows
March 28 Spy Wednesday
March 29 Nursing Homes
March 30 Calvary and Human Wounds
March 31 Resurrection and the Garden
April, 2018
April 1 We are Easter People
April 2 Easter Monday: Bless the Earth
April 3 Jerry Waddle and Ducks
April 4 All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)
April 5 Champion Appropriate Technology
April 6 Salt of Our Earth
April 7 Observe World Health Day
April 8 St. Thomas, Easter and Divine Mercy
April 9 Baby Boomers and Senior Citizenhood
April 10 Appreciate and Support Environmental Art
April 11 Promote Fresh Vegetables and Fruit
April 12 An Imperfect Culture: Who Are We Fooling?
April 13 Peace in the Holy Land: A New Resolve
April 14 In Defense of Income Taxes
April 15 The Road to and from Emmaus
April 16 Health Care a Major Issue
April 17 Pessimistic or Optimistic Ecoview
April 18 Enjoy Spring Hikes
April 19 Faltering Empire or Something Better
April 20 Spring Rains and Resulting Storm Water
April 21 Earth Day Recommitment
April 22 Shepherding in Times of Crises
April 23 Preservation Week and Being Realistic
April 24 National Screen-Free and TV-Turnoff Week
April 25 Some Questions for Us Auto Users
April 26 Appalachian Floods
April 27 Listening to Nature and Beyond
April 28 Reminding Ourselves of a Possible Catastrophe
April 29 Connected through the Vine
April 30 Gambling in a Good Way
May, 2018
May 1 Look with Wonder to the Stars
May 2 Derby Day Celebration
May 3 2018 National Day of Prayer
May 4 The Gift of Wildflowers
May 5 Reaffirm Animal Care
May 6 A Special Commandment of Love
May 7 Help Preserve Rainforests: The Planet's Lungs
May 8 Review Democracy 101
May 9 Support Green Building Programs
May 10 Protect Streams and Channels
May 11 Changing from American to Global Measuring Systems
May 12 Simplify Lawn Care
May 13 Ascension: Why Look to the Sky?
May 14 Is Capitalism Compatible with Good Environmentalism?
May 15 Wisdom of Elders is Overlooked
May 16 Sustainability and Environment
May 17 Holy Land: A One-State Solution?
May 18 National Endangered Species Day
May 19 Hasten Green Energy Practices
May 20 Pentecost: The Restless Wind
May 21 The Call for Prophetic Response
May 22 A Global Maritime Corps
May 23 Charity and/or Justice
May 24 Contrasting Economic Views
May 25 Resource Conscious Acts of Love
May 26 Rachel Carson's Birthday
May 27 Resonating with the Trinity
May 28 Memorial Day and Senior Moments
May 29 Being Faithful Is a Success Story
May 30 Internet and Spreading Good News
May 31 Be Conscious of Lead Contamination
June, 2018
June 1 Participating in National River Cleanup Day
June 2 Promoting National Trails Day
June 3 Building up the Body of Christ
June 4 Patronizing Tailgate or Farmers' Markets
June 5 Learning to be Smart Campers
June 6 Dealing with Poisons
June 7 Teaching Good Environmental Practice
June 8 Sightseeing Values
June 9 Rethinking Our Rest Time
June 10 Battling the Powers of Evil: Opioid Addiction
June 11 Returning Phoenix: Nuclear Power
June 12 Juggling and Multitasking
June 13 Respecting Church/State Separation
June 14 Celebrating Flag Day
June 15 Deriving Safe Pharmaceuticals from Plants
June 16 Gardening Intensively
June 17 Bringing Mustard Seed to Fruition
June 18 Enjoying International Picnic Day
June 19 Curbing Climate Change at Low Cost
June 20 Eating Right
June 21 Greeting the Summer Solstice
June 22 Stinging Summer Insects
June 23 Staying Alert to Hidden Environmental Problems
June 24 imitating John the Baptist
June 25 Learning from Custer's Last Stand
June 26 Actualizing the Gift of Peace
June 27 Remembering Helen Keller
June 28 Welcoming the Strawberry Moon
June 29 Picking Blackberries
June 30 Mandating a World Food Reserve
July, 2018
July 1 Improving Quality of Life
July 2 Cultivating Anglo-American Friendship
July 3 Learning to Endure Summer's Heat
July 4 Reflecting on the Declaration of Independence
July 5 Liberating from Credit and Debt
July 6 Recalling the "Jogger's Lament"
July 7 Realizing the Extend of Opioid Overdosing
July 8 Challenged to Be Prophetic
July 9 Savoring Summer Hikes
July 10 Discouraging Pests through Interplanting
July 11 Battling Pests with Friendly Insects and Wildlife
July 12 Remembering to Water Garden Plants
July 13 Celebrating National Ice Cream Day
July 14 Looking to France as a Model Nation
July 15 Ministering Lightly
July 16 Broadening the Scope of "Captive Nations Week"
July 17 Introducing Mortality in "Endless July"
July 18 Implementing Wildlife Controls
July 19 Restricting Salt Intake
July 20 Building with Green Methods and Materials
July 21 Discovering Pollution Effects of Fracking
July 22 Striving to Lead the Floundering
July 23 Giving Appreciation to Volunteers
July 24 Assisting the Landless
July 25 Emphasizing Harmony as Both Means and Goal
July 26 Learning about Medicinal Herbs
July 27 Recognizing Light Pollution at Buck Moon
July 28 Traveling by Air: Not All Benefits
July 29 Multiplying Loaves
July 30 Fighting Hunger in America in 2018
July 31 Staying Cool through Summer's Second Half
August, 2018
August 1 Harvesting and Thankfulness
August 2 Gratitude for Mid-Summer's Green
August 3 Stay Nearer Home This Year
August 4 Consider Nut Tree Plantings
August 5 Confronting Hunger in the World
August 6 We Must Rid the World of Nukes
August 7 Cromer Ridge
August 8 Degrees of Environmental Greenness
August 9 Ten Ways to Beat the Heat
August 10 Animals Far and Near as Friends
August 11 Changing Pattern of American Ethnicity
August 12 Proclaim the Real Presence
August 13 Skygazing and the Perseid Meteor Showers
August 14 Domestic Tornado Shelters and Food Storage
August 15 Mary and Choice
August 16 Toxic Chemicals in Your Home
August 17 Growing Disparity of Rich and Poor
August 18 Reaffirm Appropriate Technology
August 19 Nourishing Belief in the Future
August 20 How Do We Look upon Terrorists?
August 21 Honoring Centenarians and Other Elders
August 22 Don't Pet or Make Pets of Wildlife
August 23 Energy Efficiency: Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
August 24 Earthhealing and Environmental Consciousness
August 25 Migrants and American Opportunity
August 26 Trust in the Lord
August 27 Tomatoes and Avoiding Cancer
August 28 Down-to-Earth Spirituality Versus Pretending
August 29 The Reality of Leaving Home
August 30 Native American Lands and Renewable Energy
August 31 Support International Relief Groups
September, 2018
September 1 Seventy-Eight Years Ago: Second World War Begins
September 2 Act Justly in Troubled Times
September 3 Labor Day and the Privilege of Work
September 4 Prisons, Justice and Balancing Budgets
September 5 Support Single-Payer Health Insurance
September 6 Consider Your Appliance Use
September 7 Encourage Artists and Artisans
September 8 That All May Be Literate
September 9 We Are Called to Be Healers
September 10 Yard Sales and Swapping Ideas
September 11 Confronting Lack of Civility
September 12 Autumn Gardens Can Be Productive
September 13 Selective Service for Men AND Women?
September 14 Chemical Weapons: Bluegrass Army Depot
September 15 Begin National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 16 Denial, Cross and Good Deeds
September 17 Citizenship Day and Model Citizens
September 18 World Water Monitoring Day
September 19 Stay Calm in Stormy Weather
September 20 Dethroning King Coal
September 21 Observe World Gratitude Day
September 22 Autumnal Equinox and Peace
September 23 Improving Our Service for Others
September 24 Should Wildlife Lovers Discourage Hunting?
September 25 Climate Change Consumes our Attention
September 26 Admiring and Preserving Covered Bridges
September 27 Learn Something New Every Day
September 28 Celebrate Native American Days
September 29 Let's Appreciate Our Teachers
September 30 Find God and Good in All
October 2018
October 1 World Vegetarian Day
October 2 Attend an Autumn Festival
October 3 Observe Space Week 2018
October 4 Bless All the Earth
October 5 The Joy of New Wine
October 6 Domestic Solar Tours in 2018
October 7 Champion the Nuclear Family
October 8 Should We Save Battlefields?
October 9 Americans and the World Court
October 10 We Need Fire Prevention Measures
October 11 The Hospice Workers' Prayer
October 12 Columbus Day and Earth Science Week
October 13 Peace Corps and Volunteers
October 14 Called to Strive to Be Perfect
October 15 Harvesting Corn in Times Past
October 16 Food Insecurity and World Food Day
October 17 Youth Museums with Autumn Leaves
October 18 Time to Abolish the Death Penalty
October 19 North American Martyrs
October 20 Moon Day: Apollo VII 50th Anniversary
October 21 Proper Aspirations to Greatness
October 22 Lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis
October 23 Franz Jaegerstaetter: Conscientious Objector
October 24 We Can Each Make a Difference
October 25 Choose Snacks Wisely
October 26 Promote American Bamboo or River Cane
October 27 Relishing Autumn Scenes: Migrating Geese
October 28 Seeing the Need to Disarm
October 29 Anniversary of the Great Stock Market Crash
October 30 It Is Time to Redeem Tobacco
October 31 Should We Smile on Halloween?
November, 2018
November 1 Call Forth the Overlooked Saints
November 2 Pray for Those Who Passed On
November 3 Solving Deer Proliferation
November 4 Two Great Commandments: Love God and Neighbor
November 5 Know the Reality of Instant Communications
November 6 Take the 2018 Simple Lifestyle Test
November 7 Recall the Catholic Worker Founders
November 8 Create Domestic Comfort Zones
November 9 Honor War Veterans
November 10 World Science Day for Peace and Development
November 11 Acknowledge the Power of the Widow's Mite
November 12 Take Seriously Geography Awareness Week
November 13 Set a Swords-into-Plowshares Course
November 14 Make America Recycles Day Meaningful
November 15 Observe Use Less Stuff Day
November 16 Drive Smart This Holiday Season
November 17 St. Elizabeth of Hungary
November 18 Learn Lessons by Observing
November 19 Set a Priority to Focus on the World's Poor
November 20 Celebrate National Family Week
November 21 Inventory Our Service Potential
November 22 Thank God on Thanksgiving Day
November 23 Learn to Count Calories
November 24 Make Proper Food Choices
November 25 Act Kingly with Christ the King
November 26 Ten Ways to Make Churches Greener
November 27 Consider An Autumn Verse
November 28 Be Prepared with ICE: In Case of Emergency
November 29 Reintroduce Advent Celebrations
November 30 Accept the Coming of Winter
December, 2018
December 1 Climate Change Can Still be Halted
December 2 Advent: Turning Reflection into Action
December 3 Participate in Eco-Walk Programs
December 4 Consider Insulated Window Shades
December 5 ARE the United States Unique?
December 6 Strive to Control Kudzu
December 7 Ensure Domestic Fire Safety
December 8 Proclaim Mary -- Mother of Earth
December 9 Prepare the Way of the Lord
December 10 Participate in Human Rights Day
December 11 Confront Urban Sprawl
December 12 Celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 13 Beware of Bad Reclamation Practices
December 14 Become Friends with Wintering Birds
December 15 Remember FDR and a Second Bill of Rights
December 16 Rejoice in the Lord Always
December 17 Fly on Wright Brothers Day?
December 18 Profess Our Creed through Deed
December 19 Show that the Death Penalty Is Not Pro-Life
December 20 Appreciate Sacajawea Day
December 21 Welcome the Winter Solstice
December 22 Do Something Special at Christmas
December 23 Blessed Are You Among Women
December 24 Twas the Day before Christmas ... and Panic
December 25 Live the Magnificat
December 26 Confirm Our Down-to-Earth Spirituality
December 27 Count Your 2018 Blessings
December 28 Remember to Pray for and with Children
December 29 Have Soup on Winter Days
December 30 Give Sacred Space to Youth
December 31 Glance Back and Look Ahead
January, 2019
January 1 Starting the Year Anew
January 2 Learning to Plan Ahead
January 3 Winter Riders
January 4 Expecting Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters
January 5 Resisting Expansion of Nuclear Power
January 6 Epiphany: Questioning Peacemaking Right Now
January 7 Bear Arms, Not Ammo
January 8 Distinguishing between Needs and Wants
January 9 Considering the Shared Commons
January 10 Promoting an Essential Needs Economy
January 11 Preparing for the Growing Season
January 12 Greening Building Construction
January 13 Cherishing Our Baptism
January 14 Providing Health Care for All
January 15 Fighting Hunger Here and Now
January 16 Eucharist: Memorial, Cosmic Mystery and Food
January 17 Defending Our Water Commons
January 18 Circles within Circles: Praying for Church Unity
January 19 Giving Thanks for January's Blessings
January 20 Celebrating the Cana Event in Our Lives
January 21 Hugging a Tree?
January 22 Anticipating Climate Toll
January 23 Supporting Renewable Energy
January 24 Taking Responsibility Individually & Collectively
January 25 Reflecting on the Conversion of St. Paul
January 26 Fuller Commenting on Enlightened Self-Interest
January 27 Initiating Eleven Types of Liberation
January 28 Observing Road Safety Practices
January 29 Redefining the Privilege of Offsetting
January 30 Rereading "The Economic Bill of Rights"
January 31 Affirming that Nothing is Ever Lost
February, 2019
February 1 Take and Receive Abundant Blessings
February 2 Candles and Other Energy Sources
February 3 Support Hometown Prophets
February 4 Commit Yourself to Ongoing Education
February 5 Realize That Weather Can Be Intrusive
February 6 U.S. Counties with Saints Names
February 7 The Poor Will Rise and Bring Change
February 8 Healing Earth and Need for Regulations
February 9 Look for Proper Financial Controls
February 10 Risking to Do the Lord's Work
February 11 Give Thanks for February's Blessings
February 12 Ode to the February Born
February 13 Is Hunger a Form of Terrorism?
February 14 Promote Renewables Now
February 15 Celebrate Mourning Doves
February 16 Salvation For All Demands Radical Sharing
February 17 Blessed Are the Poor
February 18 Woe to the Rich
February 19 Is Garlic Something Special?
February 20 Are We Willing to Halt Climate Change?
February 21 Recasting the Spirituality of Gardening
February 22 Respect Our Cultural Commons
February 23 Is Modern Warfare Ever Justified?
February 24 Willing to Extend Our Compassion
February 25 Glory in the Lowly Dandelion
February 26 Celebrate "Mountain Moments"
February 27 An Urgent Need for Authentic Agents of Change
February 28 Critique Animal Protection Policy
March, 2019
March 1 Winter's Hidden Hope
March 2 Accept Responsibility and Unintended Consequences
March 3 Acquiescence: A Failure to Speak Out
March 4 Avoid March Madness
March 5 Shrove Tuesday and Meat Consumption
March 6 Remember That We Are Dust and Ashes
March 7 Consider Lenten Diet Changes
March 8 Advance Food Security Globally
March 9 Expose Affluence Realistically
March 10 Confront the Temptation to Refrain from Acting
March 11 Observe Johnny Appleseed Day
March 12 Acknowledge Air as Commons
March 13 Attend to Good Samaritan Day
March 14 Create Variation through Herbs and Spices
March 15 Learn about Tea Parties Past and Present
March 16 Green Upcoming St. Patrick's Day
March 17 Transfiguration and Healing Our Earth
March 18 Thank God for March
March 19 Garden for Economic Reasons
March 20 List Our Spring Chores at the Vernal Equinox
March 21 Value Forests in Many Ways
March 22 Redirect the Contrasumers
March 23 Championing the Fundamental Right to Work
March 24 Learn about the First Missionary
March 25 Incarnation: Let Earth and Heaven Kiss
March 26 Explore Our Use of the Word "Development"
March 27 Celebrate Our North American Wildlife
March 28 Let's Avoid Information Overload and Fake News
March 29 Recalling Great Depression Days
March 30 Affirm Healthy Habits; Shun Unhealthy Ones
March 31 Laetare Sunday: Dare to Become a Witness
April, 2019
April 1 Promote the Family Farm
April 2 Give Thanks for April's Blessings
April 3 Designate Per Capita Energy Use Properly
April 4 Gather Spring Greens
April 5 Reclaim Our Land Commons
April 6 Learn Critical World Health Threats
April 7 Reflect upon the Account of the Adulterous Woman
April 8 Participate in National Volunteer Week
April 9 Big Government Is Bad; Little Government Is Worse
April 10 Strive to Become Ever More Merciful
April 11 Inspire Workers to Own Their Workplaces
April 12 Global Warming Coming Sooner and Faster
April 13 Greed Can Ruin Democracy
April 14 Wave Palms Deliberately
April 15 Yes, We Are Pan Americans
April 16 Let's Compensate Domestic Caregivers
April 17 List Tips for Seasonal Garden Work
April 18 Maundy Thursday and Service
April 19 Calvary and the Mystery of Redemption
April 20 Awaiting Balance, Invitation and Promise
April 21 Celebrate Resurrection and New Life
April 22 On Earth Day Accept, Not Assign, Blame
April 23 Patronize Green Conference Alternatives
April 24 Must Jails Be What Jails Are?
April 25 Publicize Renewable Energy's Successes
April 26 Reform and Empower the United Nations
April 27 When Did We See You Hungry and Not Feed You?
April 28 Consider Divine Mercy and Earthhealing
April 29 Encourage Physical Exercising
April 30 Confront Wall Street For What It Is
May, 2019
May 1 Joseph the Worker: Championing the Right to Work
May 2 Considering Mulberries for Edible Landscapes
May 3 Staying Cool in Discussing Climate Change
May 4 Asking Soteriological Questions
May 5 Fishing in Today's World
May 6 Listing Rainwater Barrel Benefits
May 7 Bestowing the Blessings of May
May 8 Defending Wildlife, Wilderness and Forest Commons
May 9 Reflecting on Ecotourism in Appalachia
May 10 Facing Reality as Deepening Spirituality
May 11 Using Tools Properly
May 12 Hearing the Call to Mission
May 13 Breaking Silence on World Communications Day
May 14 Degrees of Environmental Concern: Thinking Globally
May 15 The Second Degree: Acting Locally
May 16 The Third Degree: Collaborating with Others
May 17 Varying Spices and Herbs for Dishes
May 18 Facing Cultural Bankruptcy
May 19 Loving: The Unfinished Story
May 20 Contrasting Material and Spiritual Privilege
May 21 Challenging Talents Used for Material Privilege
May 22 Revealing the Mixed Mesophytic Forest
May 23 Confronting the Drug Culture
May 24 Decorating Graves of Loved Ones
May 25 Exposing Greed as a Vice
May 26 Planting the Gift of Peace at Home
May 27 Living with Daily Routines
May 28 Discussing Natural Gas: A Bright Future?
May 29 Saying Farewell to the Last Survivor of the Bo
May 30 Spreading Good News through a Loving Community
May 31 Building a New World Order on the Magnificat
June, 2019
June 1 Who Should Clean Up Our Rivers?
June 2 How Do We Celebrate Christ's Ascension?
June 3 Are You Taking Time Off in Summer Months?
June 4 How Many Sounds of Water Can You Distinguish?
June 5 Why Is Reducing Meat Consumption Environmental?
June 6 Should We Make Fuel Ethanol from Corn?
June 7 What Are the Three Legs of a Sound Energy Policy?
June 8 Must We Go from Short- to Long-Term Environmentalism?
June 9 Pentecost: Do We Spread the Good News?
June 10 Can You List the Ten Commandments of Capitalism?
June 11 Is Increased Global Atmospheric Methane a Problem?
June 12 Are Reduced Spatial Requirements Greener?
June 13 Should We Perform Public Acts of Piety?
June 14 Do You Treat Old Glory with Respect?
June 15 Do We Honor Fatherly Self-Sacrifice?
June 16 How Do We Live the Trinitarian Mystery?
June 17 Is There a Universal Right to Health Access?
June 18 Will Our Nation Create a Proper Energy Mix?
June 19 Why Must We Conserve Resources?
June 20 How about Some Verses: Steadfastness?
June 21 Must We Make Hay While the Sun Shines?
June 22 Why Should We Celebrate Public Service Day?
June 23 How Do We Testify to Christ's Presence Today?
June 24 Do We Truly Believe in Transformed Bread and Wine?
June 25 What about a Marshall Plan for Emerging Nations?
June 26 Should Jerusalem be Internationalized?
June 27 Why a Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy?
June 28 What Are the June Blessings?
June 29 Have You Resolved to Live within Your Means?
June 30 Can Diplomacy Replace Military Might?
July, 2019
July 1 Refrain from Optimistic Budgets
July 2 Make a Mid-Year Review in July
July 3 Champion Solar Photovoltaics
July 4 Enhance American Independence through Sustainability
July 5 Counter Corporate Funds for Political Activities
July 6 Question the St. Francis Pledge's Completeness
July 7 Bring Good News
July 8 Confront Wage Theft As a Global Problem
July 9 Travel the Local Back Roads
July 10 Try Route 68: The Main Street of Kentucky
July 11 Entitle Jacques Marquette "Premier Franco-American"
July 12 Make July a Good Retreat Time
July 13 Thank God for July Blessings
July 14 Reflect on Being Good Samaritans
July 15 Acknowledge Drug Ubiquity
July 16 Recite Creation's Eighth Day
July 17 Accept Collective Blame: Don't Point Fingers
July 18 Observe the American Barn: An Endangered Species
July 19 Celebrate Space Week: Tidy-up Outer Space
July 20 Decide When Numbers Count
July 21 Be Satisfied in Being a Martha
July 22 Create Your Own Autumn Garden
July 23 Promote Solar Hot Water Systems
July 24 Share with the Hungry and Forsaken
July 25 Sing a Planetary Ode to Joy
July 26 Welcome Spanish?
July 27 Repair Lead-Painted Houses with Caution
July 28 Recite a Green "Our Father"
July 29 Discuss "Creation-Centered Spirituality"
July 30 Hasten the Renewable Energy Economy
July 31 Consider Ignatian Principles and the Environment
August, 2019
August 1 The Blessings of August: Thank God
August 2 Coal Ash: Searching for a Green Solution
August 3 Environmental Solutions: Work AND Pray
August 4 Spiritual Motivation: Becoming Truly Secure
August 5 Hemp Reintroduction: The Time Has Come
August 6 Transfiguration: A New Heaven and A New Earth
August 7 Euphoria: A Worker's Attitude
August 8 Reclaiming the Commons: Our Maritime Commons
August 9 Urban Gardens: Twenty-First Century Victory Gardens
August 10 Reality: A Basis for Authentic Spirituality
August 11 Destiny: The Best Preparation Is in Giving
August 12 Scything: Battling August Weeds
August 13 Collectibles: Educational and Green Aspects
August 14 The Great Divide: Rich Get Richer and Poor...
August 15 Mary: Gentle Lady and Revolutionary Model
August 16 Blueberries: Beneficial in So Many Ways
August 17 Revelation: God-Given Opportunities
August 18 Peacemaking: Tearing Down and Rebuilding
August 19 Marginalization: Jeremiah, Jesus, and FDR
August 20 Imperfect Prophets: Unclear Prophetic Messages
August 21 How Many Ways Are There to Age Gracefully?
August 22 A Poem: Deep Service
August 23 Fear: Need We Be Fearful or Fearless?
August 24 Population Decline: Some Ill Effects
August 25 The Narrow Gate: Self-Satisfaction and Smugness
August 26 Capitalism: State, Corporate or Neither?
August 27 St. Monica: A Saint for Our Times
August 28 The Corporate Person: A Form of Idolatry
August 29 Interconnectedness: We ALL Need to Work Together
August 30 Watering: Slaking Thirsty Garden Plants
August 31 Finishing a Phase: Time to Move On Hopefully
September, 2019
September 1 Humility: Ways to Become Exalted
September 2 Jobs Galore; Workers Anxious; Funds in Havens
September 3 Champion the Intellectual Commons
September 4 Let's Halt Overconsumption by the Affluent
September 5 New "Fire Season" Suggestions
September 6 Consider Travel Checklists
September 7 Grow a Variety of Autumn Greens
September 8 Wise Use of Possessions and Discipleship
September 9 Clean Water: Worthy of Respect
September 10 Elderberry: The Modest Berry
September 11 Environmental Lessons from Oil Disasters
September 12 The Spirituality of a Non-Royalist
September 13 Endangered Languages: Alsatian and Others
September 14 Gratitude for September Gifts
September 15 Prodigal Son and Forgiving Father
September 16 Pokeweed Revisited
September 17 Six Arenas to Exercise our Citizenship
September 18 World Water Monitoring Day: Urgent Times
September 19 Do Wild Foods Taste Better?
September 20 Call for a Nuclear-Free Middle East
September 21 Desalination: A Technological Frontier
September 22 Resourcefulness and Stewardship
September 23 Practical and Theoretical Environmental Issues
September 24 Visiting Old Friends Retirement Facility
September 25 Natural Gas Use Does Not Curb Climate Change
September 26 Global Sanitation Problems and Solutions
September 27 Celebrate Family-Related Green Activities
September 28 Autumn Camping: Twelve Suggestions
September 29 Lazarus and the Wages of Affluence
September 30 Poem: "Times Are Changing"
October, 2019
October 1 Food Attitudes: A Personal Journey
October 2 Food as Divine Blessing
October 3 Food as Taken for Granted
October 4 Food in Simple Games
October 5 Food as Ordinary Nourishment
October 6 Increase Our Faith
October 7 Food as Enjoyment
October 8 Yom Kippur: The Perpetual Call for Inclusivity
October 9 Talking Less about Hog-Killing Events
October 10 Food Production and Land Stewardship
October 11 Limits to Global Food Assistance
October 12 Focus on Food-Growing Crops
October 13 Showing Appreciation for Miracles
October 14 Honor Migrant Farm Workers
October 15 Foods and Patriotism
October 16 Food Day Is Every Day
October 17 Food as Festive
October 18 Eating Food as a Total Experience
October 19 The Sounds that Accompany Food
October 20 Bread for the World Sunday
October 21 The Four Marks of a Good Cook
October 22 The Taste of Good Food
October 23 The Scent of Good Food
October 24 Food as Gift to Celebrate
October 25 Food as Sacred
October 26 Worthy Communion When Neighbors Are Hungry?
October 27 The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
October 28 Fasting for Self AND Others
October 29 The Joy of Gardening
October 30 Ways to Reduce or Avoid Food Wastes
October 31 Food Habits Change
November, 2019
November 1 Thinking about Food and Climate Change
November 2 Emphasizing Local Food-Growing, Less Purchasing
November 3 Invite Those Who Are Ostracized
November 4 Weighing an Organic Gardening Direction
November 5 Being Concerned about Food Nutrition
November 6 Resolving Issues While Partaking Meals
November 7 Knowing Food Source Is Good Quality Control
November 8 Gardening Demands Patience by Everyone
November 9 Becoming Local: We Are What We Eat
November 10 Professing a Living God
November 11 Choosing Simpler Nutritious Foods
November 12 Considering Small-Scale Gardening Techniques
November 13 Preserving Surplus Food and Never Wasting
November 14 Creating Our Own Fast Foods
November 15 Controlling Enticing and Tempting Foods
November 16 Sharing Food and the Final Judgment
November 17 Knowing the Signs of Our Times
November 18 Keeping the Food Distribution System Fair
November 19 Distributing Food Commodities Properly
November 20 Emerging Vegetarianism
November 21 Calculating Total Food Energy
November 22 Designating Food as a Powerful Weapon
November 23 Reducing Fat and Sugar Intake
November 24 Choosing a Throne or a Cross
November 25 Seeing Food as a Gift to Share
November 26 Supporting a Global Food-Sharing Program
November 27 Celebrating Food as a Bounty
November 28 Thanking God for All Good Gifts
November 29 Expanding Food Consciousness
November 30 Adjusting to the Age of Climate Change
December, 2019
December 1 When Do We Wait and When Not Wait?
December 2 Sustainability: An Ambiguous Concept
December3 Communications:TheOverlookedCommons
December 4 Artificial vs. Natural Christmas Decorations
December 5 Return Christ to "Xmas"
December 6 Gift Giving and St. Nicholas
December 7 Energy Efficiency as the New Frontier
December 8 Mary: Pure Transparency
December 9 Caroling and Christmas Songs
December 10 Rethink Lawns in the Climate Change Era
December 11 Weighing Marijuana Legalization
December 12 Basic Elements within a Social Discernment
December 13 Advent: Alertness in Looking Back and Ahead
December 14 Celebrating the "Bill of Rights"
December 15 Focus on the Lord in Hard Times
December 16 Distinguishing Primary and Secondary Rights
December 17 Promoting Utility-Scale Geothermal Power
December 18 Will Renewable Energy Come Fast Enough?
December 19 Tearing Down the Old Homestead
December 20 Winter's Gift
December 21 Local Attractions: The Fitchburg Furnace
December 22 Practice Patience in Troubled Times
December 23 Counting Our December Blessings
December 24 The Art of Preparing for a Great Event
December 25 The Ultimate Christmas Gift
December 26 Prudence and Climate Change Deniers
December 27 Healing Benefits of Classical Music
December 28 Facing Our Phobias, Especially Phobophobia
December 29 May All Families Stay United
December 30 Get Serious: Make Realistic Resolutions
December 31 ALL Can Be Earthhealers
January, 2020
January 1 Making Peace a National and Global Resolution
January 2 Ten Components to a Renewable Energy Economy
January 3 Knowing Detrimental Effects from Wealth Disparity
January 4 Welcoming the Census-taker
January 5 Epiphany: Tell It Like It Is
January 6 Weighing Pros and Cons of Electronic Books
January 7 Recognizing Houseplant Benefits
January 8 Lawns or Wildscape: Presenting Divergent Views
January 9 Failing to Say Goodbye to King Coal
January 10 Attending or Avoiding Meetings
January 11 Baptism: Called by the Exclusive ONE ...
January 12 ...to Reclaim the Commons by the Inclusive ALL
January 13 Overcoming Barriers to Physical Exercise
January 14 Making Long-Range Garden Plans
January 15 Moments of Sorrow
January 16 Converting "Retirement Years" to Public Service
January 17 Creating Work Opportunities for Citizens
January 18 Forgiving Student Loans through Public Service
January 19 Salvation Reaching Out to All
January 20 Considering Work as Curse or Blessing
January 21 Choosing Later Educational Opportunities
January 22 Giving Loved Ones Permission to Die
January 23 Winter's Moments of Gratitude
January 24 Championing Plenty of Sleep vs. Enough Sleep
January 25 Bringing Oneness to the Christian Community
January 26 Urgent Times Demanding a Reformed People
January 27 Support Language Revitalization
January 28 Critiquing the Current Economic System
January 29 Preparing for Dying: A Worthy Exercise
January 30 Identifying Reclaimers of the Commons
January 31 Reviewing Our American Freedoms
February, 2020
February 1 Elements of a Global Energy Policy
February 2 Beatitudes and Blessings
February 3 Enjoy "Appalachian Winter"
February 4 Need for Religious Celebration Today
February 5 Champion Wellbeing through Nature Experiences
February 6 Vacation by Reducing the Carbon-Print
February 7 Benefits of a Rocking Chair
February 8 Disparity of Wealth and Environmental Crisis
February 9 Lighten up the World
February 10 Competition or Win/Win Approaches
February 11 Geothermal Energy: Renewable and Promising
February 12 Make Personal and Family Gardening Choices
February 13 Saving Earth Is Part of Salvation History
February 14 Express Love from the Heart
February 15 Gratitude Heals Our Wounded Earth
February 16 Discerning Our Likeness to Jesus
February 17 Presidents' Day: Expand the American Dream
February 18 Celebrate "Random Acts of Kindness Day"
February 19 Contrasumers: Moving Towards a Balanced Economy
February 20 Confront Climate Change Naysayers
February 21 Review Disaster Supplies
February 22 Beware of the Addictive Internet
February 23 An Eye for Eye and a Tooth for Tooth
February 24 The Last of the Civil War Kids
February 25 Geoengineering: Promising or Just Plain Hubris?
February 26 Lent: A Favorable Time to Speak Up
February 27 Lessons from Birds: Trust, Freedom, Joy
February 28 Gurgling Creeks: Nature's Musical Sounds
February 29 Make This Leap Day Something Special
March, 2020
March 1 Facing Current Temptations
March 2 Interior Ecology: A Personal Frontier
March 3 Listing Components of an Interior Ecology
March 4 Enriching Our Interior Ecology
March 5 Praying Every Day
March 6 Championing Hidden Freedoms of the Elderly
March 7 Facing Hypocrisy in All Its Forms
March 8 Transfiguration as Goal, Calling and Blessing
March 9 Discussing Spirituality and Political Action
March 10 Proclaiming Adequate Food for All
March 11 Declaring the Right to Potable Water
March 12 Affirming Clean Air Is Essential for All
March 13 Questioning Issues Arising Over Rights
March 14 Working for a Livelihood
March 15 Confronting the Samaritan Woman at the Well
March 16 Creating Opportunities for Proper Education
March 17 Promoting Affordable Housing and Home Care
March 18 Accessing Adequate Health Care
March 19 Defending Public Assembly and Worship
March 20 Providing Privacy and Silent Space
March 21 Spring Has Sprung: Being Right With the World
March 22 Being Radicalized by Faith
March 23 Sponsoring Programs to Green the Landscape
March 24 Planting Trees as a Greening Practice
March 25 Curbing Climate Change: Being Right with Earth
March 26 Preserving Our Wildlife Treasure
March 27 Maintaining Freedom of Press and Communications
March 28 Protecting the Vast Ocean Commons
March 29 Discovering Christ as the Resurrection and Life
March 30 Establishing Cultural and Historic Sites
March 31 Ensuring Mobility: Being Right with Migrants
April, 2020
April 1 Listening and Discerning God's Voice
April 2 Partaking in a Seder
April 3 Addressing Climate-Change-Related Weather Events
April 4 Accepting Evidence and a Crime Against Humanity
April 5 Proclaiming Royal Titles
April 6 Keeping Easter a Non-commercial Celebration
April 7 Sharing Globally Is Healthy
April 8 Working for Greater Food Security
April 9 Consecrating Us to Serve
April 10 Extending the Calvary Event to the World
April 11 Being Empowered to Rise with the Lord
April 12 Announcing Easter Past, Future, and Present
April 13 Reflecting on Time: Past, Future, and Present
April 14 Appreciating Roads for Their Blessings
April 15 Spreading Easter Blessings
April 16 Contesting the Individual Right to Bear Arms
April 17 Preparing for a Veggie/Floral Garden
April 18 Recounting That We Are Easter People
April 19 Celebrating Mercy Sunday
April 20 Recording Our Ethnic Diversity and Change
April 21 Living in the Boondocks
April 22 Considering Earth Day's Fiftieth Anniversary
April 23 Trimming an Obscene Military Budget
April 24 Discerning Use of Land for Food and Biofuels
April 25 Benefiting from Social Networking
April 26 Finding Companions on the Road to Emmaus
April 27 Promoting Raised-Bed Gardening
April 28 Showing Compassion for Our Wounded Earth
April 29 Demonstrating the Existence of God through Love
April 30 Accepting the Challenge of Creative Writing
May, 2020
May 1 Wildflower Week Is Worth Celebrating
May 2 Should We Be Concerned about Commercial Justice?
May 3 Becoming Sheepgates for Others
May 4 Aging Can Involve Adventures
May 5 The Marginalized Activist Dilemma
May 6 "No New Taxes" versus "TAX THE RICH"
May 7 National Day of Prayer
May 8 Energy Efficiency Demands Top Priority
May 9 Social Responsibility in 2020
May 10 Learning to Be of Service to Others
May 11 How to Combat Mounting Food Prices
May 12 Renewable Energy: An Answer, but When?
May 13 Right to Have Land -- Particular Land?
May 14 Poke Salad Time and Celebrations
May 15 Decisions During a Tomato Year
May 16 The Ambivalence of Armed Forces Day
May 17 Doing Good Deeds through Self-Control
May 18 Every Person Is Irreplaceable
May 19 Radical Sharing Reconsidered
May 20 Water Rights and Water Shortages
May 21 We Champion Trees for Many Reasons
May 22 The Ministry of Shared Suffering
May 23 Clean Nuclear Energy? Not So!
May 24 The Grace of Holy Discontent
May 25 Urban Centers: For better or Worse
May 26 Windpower and Changing Landscapes
May 27 Thinking with the Church in 2020
May 28 Haircuts: An Earth Healing Topic?
May 29 Discerning When to Drive or Not
May 30 Memorials: Real and/or Artificial
May 31 Pentecost and World Evangelization
June, 2020
June 1 Happiness, Confrontation and Holy Discontent
June 2 Babel Dispersal Today and Beyond
June 3 Good News Will Ultimately Triumph
June 4 Ten Reasons for Small-Scale Hydropower Now
June 5 Fiftieth Anniversary of Earth Day
June 6 National Trails: A Great Infrastructure Investment
June 7 Sharing Blessings in the Divine Family
June 8 Can Religionless Spirituality Heal Our Earth?
June 9 Activist Options for Senior Citizens' Day
June 10 Dangers Resulting from Disparity of Wealth/Power
June 11 Two Views on Material Possessions
June 12 Is Good News a Two-Way Street?
June 13 Protect Silent Space in a Busy, Connected World
June 14 Corpus Christi: Becoming a Eucharistic Activist
June 15 Defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
June 16 Elk Presence and Proliferation
June 17 World Day to Combat Drought
June 18 Raspberry Season Fosters Creativity
June 19 Elitism is Anti-Democratic
June 20 Similarity in Making-Hay and Healing Earth
June 21 Do Not Be Afraid, the Lord Is with Us
June 22 Should We Preserve Nature as Untouched?
June 23 The Future of Earth Healing, Inc.
June 24 Helping to Create the Future
June 25 Time to Make Cucumber Pickle
June 26 Kentucky: Touch-of-Green Positive Aspects
June 27 Paul Bunyan Day and Pax Americana
June 28 Growing in Service with Proper Motivation
June 29 Kentucky: Touch-of-Green Negative Aspects
June 30 Questions at the 2020 Half-Year Review
July, 2020
uly 1 Being Sensitive During the Second Half of 2020
July 2 Taxing All Fairly Is Not a Partisan Issue
July 3 Trying to Make July Tolerable
July 4 American Independence Minus Pretensions
July 5 Meek and Humble of Heart -- And Also Angry
July 6 Is Credit-Card Enslavement a Wakeful Nightmare?
July 7 Giving the Emptying Plains Back to the Buffalo
July 8 Biofuels for Vehicles versus Food for the Poor
July 9 Checklist for Reducing Stress in Difficult Times
July 10 How Do We Address the Power of Corporations?
July 11 The Right to Potable Water
July 12 Becoming Efficient Sowers of Good News
July 13 Keeping Renewable Energy Production Decentralized
July 14 The Jury is Out on Fracking and Shale Gas
July 15 Recognizing the Need to Count Important Matters
July 16 Suggestions for Improving Annual Retreats
July 17 The Elite Versus the People
July 18 Militarization of Space: Another Problem?
July 19 Tolerating Weeds amid the Wheat
July 20 Tackling the Overpopulation of Cattle
July 21 First Bull Run: Reflecting on Civil War Issues
July 22 Thunder and Lightning: Taking Proper Precautions
July 23 A Problem of the Commons: Resistance to Antibiotics
July 24 Let's Work to Eliminate Hunger Now
July 25 Ten Reasons for Small-Scale Hydropower Now
July 26 Invest in the Treasure of Spiritual Motivation
July 27 Benefits from Redistribution through Fair Taxes
July 28 Summer Drinks Revisited
July 29 Reclaiming the Commons: A Simple Formula
July 30 Do We Have Time?
July 31 Discernment of Spirits
August, 2020
August 1 Celebrating Green As the Color of August
August 2 Not Letting Bad News Hinder Our Work
August 3 Reflecting on Physical and Spiritual Journeys
August 4 Nationalizing with Caution and Care
August 5 Preparing for Autumn Garden
August 6 Replicating Fukushima in New Mexico?
August 7 Harvesting Silage in August
August 8 Rowing as Ideal Physical Exercise
August 9 Living with the Storms of Insecurity
August 10 Connectedness: Creating a Balanced Practice
August 11 Finding Plums, A Favorite Wild and Domestic Fruit
August 12 Debunking Twelve Popular American Myths
August 13 Challenging the System through Confrontation
August 14 Exposing Misuse of the Air Commons
August 15 Seeing Mary in Place, Time, and Among Us
August 16 Universalism: Extending Care to All
August 17 Struggling to Keep Water Supplies Accessible
August 18 Managing Private Property as Good Stewards
August 19 Contrasting the Material and Spiritual Culture
August 20 Recognizing World Health As Global Security
August 21 Balancing Sounds and Silence
August 22 Encouraging People to Be Change Agents
August 23 Rattling the Keys of the Kingdom
August 24 Taxing the Rich for God's and Our Sake
August 25 Becoming Prophetic Builders of a Just System
August 26 Revealing Elements for Restructuring the System
August 27 Promoting World Federalism to Save Our Earth
August 28 Living Within One's Means
August 29 Realizing That We Are Both Powerless and Powerful
August 30 Denying Self to Follow the Lord
August 31 Rereading Upturned Plow
September, 2020
September 1 Vine-Growing and Wine-Making
September 2 Thinking Globally, Acting Locally -- With All
September 3 Justifying Pastoral Work
September 4 Facing Dilemma for Pro-Life Environmentalists
September 5 Considering the Condition of Staycationers
September 6 Correcting Fraternally Is a Duty
September 7 Laboring for Some Is Dreaming for Others
September 8 Realizing Efficiency + Renewables = Security
September 9 Defending Public Lands
September 10 Remembering on Swap Ideas Day
September 11 Discovering Okra's Many Benefits
September 12 Earthhealing and the Laws of Ecology
September 13 Forgiving Again and Again
September 14 First Law: Everything is Connected to Everything Else
September 15 Second Law: Everything Must Go Somewhere
September 16 Third Law: Nature Knows Best
September 17 Fourth Law: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
September 18 St. Matthew and His Gospel
September 19 International Coastal Cleanup
September 20 Divine Generosity Should Be Our Way
September 21 International Day of Peace
September 22 Social Contacts: Formal or Informal?
September 23 Expanding Our Earthhealing Ministries
September 24 Celebrate the Black Walnut
September 25 Restitution for Native Americans
September 26 Vatican City: Carbon Neutral and Pro-Environment
September 27 Parable of Two Sons and Assuming Responsibilities
September 28 Interacting with an Emerging China
September 29 Wisdom of the Elders Versus Selfishness
September 30 A Wonderful Memory: Mary Byrd Davis
October, 2020
October 1 Making 20 Suggestions for a Busy October
October 2 Ensuring Jewelweed Benefits throughout the Year
October 3 Playing with Fire and Campfires
October 4 Restoring the Forsaken Vineyard
October 5 Acknowledging Social Addictions
October 6 Confronting Social Addictions
October 7 Healing Social Addictions
October 8 Expecting a Successor?
October 9 Learning Lessons from Champlain's Exploits
October 10 Performing Small Earthhealing Acts: Good or Bad?
October 11 Coming to the Banquet
October 12 Growing "Three Sisters"-- Corn, Beans, and Squash
October 13 Disposing Nuclear Waste and Modern Mythology Day
October 14 Pinpointing the Devil: Is Evil Personified?
October 15 Enthroning the Sacred Heart in Our Home
October 16 Observing World Food Day
October 17 Being Aware of Food Insecurity and Terrorism
October 18 Rendering to Caesar and to God
October 19 Visiting a Martyrs' Shrine
October 20 Witnessing as Long-Term Spiritual Investment
October 21 Respecting Limited Garden-Space
October 22 Distinguishing the Shades of Green Works
October 23 Doing Away with Nuclear Power
October 24 Celebrating United Nations Day
October 25 Loving God with Our Whole Heart
October 26 Playing Games with Ecological Issues
October 27 Seed-Saving and Endangered Species
October 28 Earthhealing: St. Jude, Patron of the Impossible
October 29 Navigating One's Good Name in Credulity's Shoals`
October 30 Practicing What We Preach
October 31 Challenging Fuel Price Speculation
November, 2020
November 1 Imitating Saints: Mortal and Immortal Models
November 2 Praying for All Poor Souls
November 3 Voting "Pro-Environment AND Pro-Life"
November 4 Prolonging Barefoot Days
November 5 Discerning Switchgrass as a Biofuel
November 6 Choosing a Resurrection-Centered Spirituality
November 7 Keeping the Clocks Unchanged
November 8 Awaiting the Expectant One
November 9 Balancing Material and Spiritual Growth
November 10 Confronting Immoral Privileges
November 11 Remembering Military Veterans
November 12 Dressing Warmly and Lowering Room Temperature
November 13 Being Spiritually, Mentally & Physically Fit
November 14 Affirming Biophilia: November's Hidden Blessing
November 15 Using Talents During Faithful Expectancy
November 16 Championing International Day for Tolerance
November 17 Conquering Hunger and Homelessness
November 18 Resolving to Use Less Stuff
November 19 Celebrating International Men's Day
November 20 Knowing When Affluence Is Excessive
November 21 Reflecting on Ways to Be Less Violent
November 22 Establishing Christ's Kingdom
November 23 Upholding Thanksgiving Myths for Better or Worse
November 24 Welcoming Change as Enlivening
November 25 Pondering Stock Market Numbers
November 26 Striving to Be Always Thankful
November 27 Observing Buy Nothing Day
November 28 Asking Whether Wild Turkeys Are Really Wild?
November 29 Awakening to a New Church Year
November 30 Sharing Limited Land with Others
December, 2020
December 1 Selecting Relevant Information
December 2 Being Effective Charities among the Poor
December 3 Advocating for Cordwood Buildings
December 4 Insisting on Some Domestic Renewable Utilities
December 5 Considering 30 Non-Monetary Christmas Gifts
December 6 Practicing Patience in Troubled Times
December 7 Championing Smokehouses on Fire Safety Day
December 8 Proclaiming Mary: Mother of the Poor
December 9 Substituting Fossil Fuels with Renewable Energy
December 10 Celebrating Trees or Vestigial Paganism
December 11 Reflecting on International Mountain Day
December 12 Assisting Those in Addiction
December 13 Presenting Good News with Advent Joy
December 14 Observing Heaven and Earth Kiss
December 15 Making Environment THE Pro-Life Issue
December 16 Downsizing Expectations Is a Blessing
December 17 Discovering More to Re-gifting Day
December 18 Feeding the Birds Is Worth Considering
December 19 Being Called "Radical" Is a Compliment
December 20 Honoring the House of David
December 21 Welcoming the Winter Solstice
December 22 Proclaiming Burgoo: Kentucky's Premier Dish
December 23 Promoting Prisoner Community Service
December 24 Making Christmas Special for Young and Old
December 25 Extending Christmas Greetings
December 26 Balancing Time to Rest and Time to Act
December 27 Recalling, Planning and Living Each Day
December 28 Suffering with Christ
December 29 Repeating "Eagles and Butterflies:" Sally Ramsdell
December 30 Bringing Seasonal Warmth and Comfort into 2021
0December 31 Counting on Things That Count
January, 2021
January 1 Giving Global Peace a Chance
January 2 Predicting Thirty Trends
January 3 Reviewing the Sense of Privilege
January 4 Facing Indebtedness: Burden Future Generations?
January 5 Asking Honestly Whether Academic Life Is Worth It
January 6 Questioning America's Sense of Greatness
January 7 Welcoming the Sour-Pickle People
January 8 Monitoring Elected Leadership
January 9 Supporting the U.S. Postal Service
January 10 Observing Jesus' and Our Baptism
January 11 Knowing That We Are Old When...
January 12 Being Present in Times of Troubles
January 13 Acting Now to Heal Our Wounded Earth
January 14 Appealing to All Citizens to be Earthhealers
January 15 Revealing Racism and Public Racial Pride
January 16 Questioning Whether Israel Is a Spoiled Brat
January 17 Speak, Lord, Your Servant is Listening
January 18 Snowbirding: A Green Option?
January 19 Promoting Peanuts: Ecologically Green Food
January 20 Earthhealing's Ten Eco-balances
January 21 Using More Public Transportation
January 22 Selecting Trees for Windbreaks
January 23 Considering Advantages of Electronic Books
January 24 Making Jonah a Light-Hearted Story
January 25 Giving Nine Reasons to Downsize Lifestyles
January 26 Waiting Out the Snowstorm
January 27 Googling for Better or Worse
January 28 Quercus Falls: Remembering Departed Human Oaks
January 29 Encouraging Earth Renewers
January 30 Remembering Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal
January 31 Teaching with Authority
February, 2021
February 1 Favoring Fossil Fuel Still over Renewable Energy
February 2 Giving Light to All on Candlemas Day
February 3 Mourning Dove: Harbinger of Spring
February 4 Honoring Our Constitution by Initiating a Second
February 5 Feeding Hungry Folks Venison
February 6 Confronting Injustice as Christian Virtue
February 7 Discovering Job's Trials Are Ours as Well
February 8 Finding Private Wealth Incompatible with Democracy
February 9 Championing the Humble Potato
February 10 Walking for Your Health
February 11 Encouraging Inventiveness in Earthhealing
February 12 Suggesting Ways to Avoid Cabin Fever
February 13 Sowing Peas Early in Kentucky
February 14 Healing Troubled People, Troubled Earth
February 15 Expanding Washington and Lincoln Insights
February 16 Pondering Marti Gras: Fat Tuesday
February 17 Observing Ash Wednesday Ramifications
February 18 Greening Maritime Transportation
February 19 Praying Your Own Way
February 20 Knowing Facts About Global Deforestation
February 21 Keeping the Status Quo Is Tempting
February 22 Realizing Spectator Sports Can Be Unhealthy
February 23 Working for World Understanding and Peace
February 24 Celebrating Flowers in Every Season
February 25 Anticipating More Global Extreme Disasters
February 26 Exposing the Drug Overdose Epidemic
February 27 Risking While Challenging Cultural Reality
February 28 Transfiguring a New Heaven and New Earth
March, 2021
March 1 Finding Eight Reasons to Support Wind Energy
March 2 Sharing Pets with Neighbors
March 3 Overthrowing Nobility of Wealth Non-Violently
March 4 Declaring Tax Havens "Concentration Camps of Wealth"
March 5 Fading Glory of Nuclear Energy
March 6 Reflecting on Time When "Springing Ahead"
March 7 Cleansing a Temple
March 8 Making This a Flowering Year
March 9 Recalling Monitor, Merrimac and Aircraft Carriers
March 10 Welcoming Onions as a Spice of Life
March 11 Reciting Flood Tide
March 12 Selecting a Variety of Fruit and Nut Trees
March 13 Being Silent When We Are Attacked?
March 14 Lifting the Cross on Laetare Sunday
March 15 Reducing Climate Change Gases with Green Cement
March 16 Turning the Garden Soil with a Spade
March 17 Highlighting the Light-Hearted Irish
March 18 Promoting Democracy in the Church
March 19 Quilting Day: Social, Art, Utility, and Creativity
March 20 Celebrating Spring Equinox: Fine Time to Shine
March 21 Dying to Self in Order to Rise Again
March 22 Treating Heirlooms, Legacy Materials, and Junk
March 23 Making Quality of Life through Spices and Herbs
March 24 Leaving Job Creation to the Rich Is Wrong
March 25 Reflecting on Annunciation Day and Dewfall
March 26 Housecleaning in Spring Covers Many Areas
March 27 Limiting TV time: Instead Read, Pray, and Reflect
March 28 Seeing Palm Sunday: Foolishness of a Fickle Crowd
March 29 Changing Global Climate: A Moral Dilemma
March 30 Contrasting Agribusiness and Small Farmers
March 31 Respecting the Rights of Migrants
April 2021
April 1 Holy Thursday: Enriching Old and New Ritual
April 2 Good Friday: Extending Calvary in Space and Time
April 3 Holy Saturday: Making This a Day of Repose
April 4 Renewing in Easter Spirit, Life, Love, and Energy
April 5 Realizing Renewable Growth Is Explosive
April 6 Challenging Isolationism
April 7 Highlighting Horseradish and Bitter Herbs
April 8 Awaiting Global Warming
April 9 Debunking America's Silence to the Wealthy
April 10 Defending Today's Robin Hoods
April 11 Believing in Divine Mercy
April 12 Saying the Right Word at the Right Place and Time
April 13 Recalling Thomas Jefferson and Power of the Word
April 14 Reviewing Culinary and Commercial Sweeteners
April 15 Celebrating Photography as Part of Earthhealing
April 16 Collaborating Globally in Times of Crisis
April 17 Controlling Invasive Species
April 18 Burning Hearts on Our Journey of Faith
April 19 Inviting Tourists to Kentucky's Natural Bridge
April 20 Reviewing Mountaintop Removal and Its Costs
April 21 Recalling April Memories
April 22 Promoting Earth Day and Easter Empowerment
April 23 Championing an Authentic Upward Mobility
April 24 Demonstrating as Prophets for Change
April 25 Being Good Shepherds in an Addicted World
April 26 Assessing Academic Rip-offs and Modern Education
April 27 Thawing and Changing Polar Conditions
April 28 Reflecting on Ten Approaches to Staying Hopeful
April 29 Demonstrating Publicly in Solidarity with Others
April 30 Keeping Environment Beautiful is Truly Earthhealing
May 2021
May 1 Making May Day a Worker's Day
May 2 Addressing Excessive Consumerism Like Vinedressing
May 3 Conquering Pandemics and Tropical Diseases
May 4 Damaging Democratic Process through Super PACs
May 5 Being Good Samaritans as Earthhealers
May 6 Finding Enough Work for Every American
May 7 Making an Herb Garden a Place of Prayer
May 8 Questioning Whether Coal Has a Future
May 9 Earthhealing Involves Loving People and Earth
May 10 Rejoicing in Springtime Delights
May 11 Declaring the Holy Land a Pilgrimage Destination
May 12 Earthhealing Is Essentially Quite Practical
May 13 Admitting "Through My Fault" Is Humbling
May 14 Questioning Whether Libertarianism Is Unchristian
May 15 Being a True Prophet Is Difficult
May 16 Joining with Christ as Priest, Prophet and King
May 17 Looking up to Heaven? Why Not Act Now?
May 18 Finding Fulfillment in Work
May 19 Designating today's Robin Hoods as Agents of Change
May 20 Reclaiming "In God We Trust"
May 21 Listening to Renewable Sources Blowing and Splashing
May 22 Celebrating World Turtle Day
May 23 Pentecost: Proclaiming the Power of the Word
May 24 Exposing Corporatocracy and America's Victimhood
May 25 Discussing Natural Gas Development and Application
May 26 Downsizing as an Earthhealing Practice
May 27 Applying AA Twelve-Step Program to Social Addiction
May 28 Fulfilling Memorial Day through Deepening Love
May 29 Declaring Joan of Arc a Perennial Teenager
May 30 Discovering the Trinity in Our Lives
May 31 Promoting Radical Environmental Change
June 2021
June 1 Anticipating Summer's Heat
June 2 Beholding Earth as Mystery
June 3 Considering Space for Renewable Energy Facilities
June 4 Making a Social/Environmental Way of the Cross
June 5 Celebrating World Environment Day
June 6 Discovering Eucharist as Our Nourishment
June 7 Protecting from the Sun
June 8 Attending UN Conference on the Environment, 1972
June 9 Promoting Porch Swings on Senior Citizens' Day
June 10 Yelling Drill Baby Drill! Cheap Fuel or Strategy?
June 11 Affirming that God is Love
June 12 Being Poor Can Be Enriching
June 13 Reflecting on the Mustard Seed
June 14 Waving Flag, Patriotism and World Citizenship
June 15 Enjoying Free Time as an Art
June 16 Repeating the Motto "In God We Trust"
June 17 Discerning Citizenship Responsibilities
June 18 Emerging Authentic Eco-Spirituality
June 19 Fleeting Time and Summer Solstice
June 20 Enduring the Storms at Sea
June 21 HERE: Recognizing a Down-to-Earth Spirituality
June 22 NOW: Embracing a Spirituality of Compassion
June 23 WE: Finding a Resurrection-Centered Spirituality
June 24 Learning from John the Baptist
June 25 Exulting the Lowly Is an Imperative
June 26 Seeking Models of Enthusiasm in Summertime
June 27 Appreciating the Miracles of Life
June 28 Viewing Oregano: "Delight of the Mountains"
June 29 Championing Invasive Wineberries
June 30 Thinking Small and Thinking Big
July 2021
July 1 Attempting to Focus Today
July 2 Celebrating the Fourth in New Ways
July 3 Humbly Seeking God's Help Is Truly Patriotic
July 4 Risking Being Prophets Today
July 5 Writing Letters Still Has Charm and Value
July 6 Remembering Sightseeing Trips
July 7 Listening to Water Sounds
July 8 Discovering the Existence of Solastalgia
July 9 Questioning the Focus on "Cheap" Natural Gas
July 10 Refraining from Constant Social Contact
July 11 Sending Missionaries Out Two by Two
July 12 Harvesting Is a Joyful Time
July 13 Attending to Smokers Who Are Killing Themselves
July 14 "Reclaiming the Commons:" Eccentric or Socially Just?
July 15 Refining the Urgent Climate Change Strategy
July 16 Affirming a Culture of Life
July 17 Controlling Ragweed
July 18 Being Sheep without a Shepherd
July 19 Designing Green Picnics
July 20 Deworming Tobacco Plants and Praying Mantises
July 21 Enjoying Mint: A Summer Beverage of Choice
July 22 Realizing Earthhealing as Democratic, Not Elitist
July 23 Affirming True Democratic Process through Solidarity
July 24 Recognizing Soybeans as a Green Food Crop
July 25 Multiplying the Loaves
July 26 Rethinking Competitive Games and Playing to Win
July 27 Contrasting America's Attitudes about Wealth
July 28 Chanting in Harmony as Cosmic Resonance
July 29 Existing Nightmare: Nuclear Powerplants
July 30 Enduring Increased Frequency of Weather Extremes
July 31 Earthhealing Has Ignatian Roots
August 2021
August 1 Time to Give Physical AND Spiritual Nourishment
August 2 Time to Appreciate August's Wildflowers
August 3 Time to Enjoy Watermelon Day
August 4 Time to Polish the Art of Hospitality
August 5 Time to Ask Whether Racial Bias Lingers
August 6 Time to Take "The Shakertown Pledge"
August 7 Time to Beg for Help from Others
August 8 Time to See Eucharist as Pledge of Eternal Life
August 9 Time to Defend Dilapidated Barns
August 10 Time to Talk About Tree Troubles
August 11 Time to Think about Autumn Gardens
August 12 Time to Think Differently: Ten Suggestions
August 13 Time to Preserve Abundant Produce
August 14 Time for Eucharistic Promoters to Help the Needy
August 15 Time to Stop Pretending: The Assumption
August 16 Time to Confront Modern Atheism
August 17 Time for Conference on Christianity & Ecology?
August 18 Time to Ask How Survivors Cope with AIDS
August 19 Time to State Reasons Why I'm No Capitalist
August 20 Time to Be Concerned about Homeless Animals
August 21 Time Once in a Blue Moon to See Godliness in Work
August 22 Time to See Eucharist as Empowering Us to Act
August 23 Time to Recognize Inordinate Love for Automobiles
August 24 Time to Hike and Time to Bike
August 25 Time to Use Grandpa's Oxen at Church Construction
August 26 Time for Ten Simple-Living Travel Hints
August 27 Time to Revisit an Authentic Eco-Spirituality
August 28 Time to Promote Resurrection-Centered Spirituality
August 29 Time to Guard Against Material Allurements
August 30 Time to Reconsider Legal Moonshining
August 31 Time to Gather More Time Sayings
September 2021
September 1 Solving Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder
September 2 Evaluating Creation-Centered Spiritualities
September 3 Honoring Tony Mazzocchi, Labor Warrior
September 4 Creating Jobs through Environmental Protection
September 5 Attending Those with Hearing Impediments
September 6 Affirming the American Dream by a Living Wage
September 7 Encouraging the Grandma Moses in Elders
September 8 Breaking Up Banks Too Big to Fail
September 9 Choosing Grapes as a Fruit of the Season
September 10 Expanding the Web of Life on Swap Ideas Day
September 11 Recalling Peace Place
September 12 Discussing Faith vs. Works with Faith & Works
September 13 Haunting Mists of September
September 14 Bearing Our Crosses During Hard Times
September 15 Confessing to Be a Fiscal Conservative
September 16 Maintaining Connections in Living -- and Dying
September 17 Reflecting on Citizenship and Our Constitution
September 18 Concerning World Water Monitoring Day
September 19 Forsaking Greed and Taking a Servant's Role
September 20 Learning from Creature/Teachers
September 21 Sharing Our Bounty on World Gratitude Day
September 22 Simplifying Lives after Pandemic Experiences
September 23 Risking Interactive Blogging
September 24 Celebrating Native American Day in California
September 25 Tweeting Has Some Hidden Advantages
September 26 Practicing Tolerance Among Believers
September 27 Investing More in Clean Energy
September 28 Making a Twelve-Ingredient Autumn Salad
September 29 Cherishing the Time We Can't Slow Down
September 30 Homesteading as a Lifestyle Choice
October 2021
October 1 Tolerating Non-Believers. What about Non-Belief?
October 2 Clashing of Good and Evil
October 3 Reaffirming Traditional Marriages
October 4 Honoring St. Francis as Environmentalist
October 5 Attaining Peace of Soul
October 6 Learning and Teaching Tree Identification
October 7 Confronting Our Vestigial Clan Mentality
October 8 Saving through Homemade Laundry Soap
October 9 Promoting Clean Electric Vehicles
October 10 Passing a Camel through a Needle's Eye
October 11 Distinguishing Different Degrees of Earthhealing
October 12 Accepting Positive Criticism with a Proper Spirit
October 13 Persevering in the Act of Challenging
October 14 Saying Goodbye to American King Coal
October 15 Rendering Hospitality and Friendship
October 16 Observing World Food Day Today
October 17 Comforting Afflicted; Afflicting Comfortable
October 18 Being Political but not Partisan
October 19 Feeling the Agony of a Dying Language
October 20 Honoring Kateri: Patroness of the Environment
October 21 Limiting Food Intake and Being Aware of Obesity
October 22 Practicing Meditation in a Busy World
October 23 Polling Numbers: What Do They All Mean?
October 24 Begging for Divine Help Today
October 25 Bearing Arms in a Permissive Society
October 26 Selecting Hickory Nuts as a Labor of Love
October 27 Choosing Beneficial and Sobering News
October 28 Finding Tax Havens Worse Than We Thought
October 29 Accepting of God's Will in All Things
October 30 Concluding October with Halloween
October 31 Considering Mortality and Love of God
November 2021
November 1 Honoring Saints as Spiritual Resources
November 2 Dying with Dignity
November 3 Challenging the Aristocracy of Wealth
November 4 Creeping Chernobyl and Piketon Worker Safety
November 5 Remembering That the Voiceless are Hurting
November 6 Uprooting Our Selfish Tendencies
November 7 Observing the Widow's Mite as Generosity
November 8 Passing On and Passing Over
November 9 Controlling Guns and Ammo: Why Private Arsenals?
November 10 Hearing the Call to Universal Fellowship
November 11 Respecting the Sacrifices of Veterans
November 12 Gardening Year-Round without a Greenhouse
November 13 Championing the Nobility of Poor Citizens
November 14 Seeing Climate Change as Sign of the Times
November 15 Affirming Renewable Energy Generation Capacity
November 16 Tolerating Damage to Earth?
November 17 Enduring Another Hot Year
November 18 Recalling the Sensational Aromas of Autumn
November 19 Recycling Old Tires in Different Ways
November 20 Sharing Our National Gifts
November 21 Coming of the Kingdom and Our Participation
November 22 Moving Ethnicity: Ethnic Atlas of the U.S.
November 23 Integrating Tough Love into Corrective Action
November 24 Discovering the Power of Gratitude
November 25 Appreciating Our Thanksgiving Bounty
November 26 Recognizing Consumerism and Permissiveness
November 27 Curbing Over-Consumerism
November 28 Reflecting on Kairos, Chronos, and Advent
November 29 Balancing Physical and Spiritual Needs
November 30 Protecting the Commonwealth from Billionaires
December 2021
December 1 Hoping During the Advent Season
December 2 Proclaiming Expectancy an Advent Characteristic
December 3 Existing While Stranded in a Blizzard
December 4 Preserving the Last Rose of Summer
December 5 Becoming Forerunners of the Future
December 6 Attacking Climate Change
December 7 Realizing that Pearl Harbor Could Reoccur
December 8 Considering Immaculate Conception and Motivation
December 9 Decorating with Taste, Safety, and Cost in Mind
December 10 Emerging Ethnic Group in Appalachia
December 11 Finding Ethnic Amalgamation or Diversification
December 12 Coming of the Savior: A Joyful Advent
December 13 Identifying State-by-State Ethnic Groups
December 14 Honoring Sacagawea's Contribution to America
December 15 Confronting So-called "Corporate Persons"
December 16 Promising Renewable Geothermal Energy
December 17 Making It in America and Wright Brothers Day
December 18 Caregiving and Institutionalization
December 19 Expecting Parents: A Blessed Advent
December 20 Realizing that Winter Is Coming
December 21 Praying for Our Country on Forefather's Day
December 22 Presenting Gus at the First Christmas
December 23 Constructing a Meditation Garden
December 24 Spreading the Pure Joy of Christmas
December 25 Recalling Christmas and Manchester Prisoners
December 26 Struggling Families: Parents and Children
December 27 Planning for 2022
December 28 Creating a Novel Soup Today
December 29 Seeing God as Eternal Potter; We Are the Clay
December 30 Recognizing Anti-Catholic English Words
December 31 Counting Your 2012 Blessings
January 2022
January 1 Viewing 2022 as a Time for Reflection
January 2 Leading Others to Epiphany
January 3 Creating Monthly Environmental Themes
January 4 Continuing Monthly Environmental Themes
January 5 Observing January Sights
January 6 Expecting Great Things for 2022
January 7 Realizing that a Death Penalty Is Uncivilized
January 8 Listening to Winter Water Sounds
January 9 Reaffirming Our Baptismal Vows
January 10 Reforming the Academic System
January 11 Wondering About Free Higher Education
January 12 Keeping Academic Pursuits Simple
January 13 Donating within a Democracy
January 14 Shrinking Arctic Ice Cap: A Mixed Blessing
January 15 Treasuring Our Ethnicity
January 16 Being Uniquely Called by God
January 17 Listening to the Wisdom of Ben Franklin
January 18 Coming Together Ecumenically
January 19 Taking in the Aromas of January
January 20 Respecting Ethnic and Ecological Consciousness
January 21 Cultivating Tastes for Future Garden Produce
January 22 Critiquing Our Consumer-Based Culture
January 23 Needing to Always Seek Reformation
January 24 Supporting Bereavement Programs
January 25 Confronting Climate Change Denial
January 26 Discussing Negativism without Being Negative
January 27 Concerning Caffeinated and Other Beverages
January 28 Tracking Footprints in the Snow
January 29 Recognizing Renewable Energy: Tidal Energy
January 30 Speaking the Prophetic Truth
January 31 Challenging the "Right to Die"
February, 2022
February 1 Broadening Perspectives through Reading History
February 2 Viewing Winter Delights
February 3 Offering Prayers and Asking Prayers
February 4 Celebrating Peanuts-in-Foods Day
February 5 Emphasizing Twelve Reasons for Solar Energy
February 6 Finding and Incorporating New Earthhealers
February 7 Enchanting Soundscape of February
February 8 Helping Youth Enjoy Nature's Benefits
February 9 Witnessing During Critical Times
February 10 Maintaining Mental Balance in Various Ways
February 11 Tasting Sweet Things in February
February 12 Championing Lincoln: A Needed Hero
February 13 Blessing the Poor
February 14 Being Neighborly and Martin Buber's I and Thou
February 15 Highlighting Indoor Aromas in Mid-February
February 16 Remedying Depression through Outdoor Activity
February 17 Finding Saints for Every Age
February 18 Growing in Active Faith
February 19 Popularizing Solar System Day
February 20 Willing to Extend Our Compassion
February 21 Rising up of the Poor -- Christian Revolution
February 22 Expanding George Washington's Dream
February 23 Honoring Polycarp, Martyr and Saint
February 24 Fracking: Panacea or Problem?
February 25 Listing Dandelions' Environmental Benefits
February 26 Protecting Our Face in Winter
February 27 Failing to Speak Out
February 28 Inducing Sleep without Pills
March 2022
March 1 Championing a Wind-Energized Economy
March 2 Fashioning Our Lent into a New Opportunity
March 3 Making an Environmental Examination of Conscience
March 4 Remembering the Sounds of Floods
March 5 Defensing Daydream among Elders
March 6 Tempting the Earthhealer Today
March 7 Reviewing the Temptations of Perpetua & Felicity
March 8 Making Sausage
March 9 Dreaming about the Future: Alternative Scenarios
March 10 Choosing Moderation, Proper Food or Dieting
March 11 Creating an Emergency Grab-and-Go Kit
March 12 Celebrating Good Samaritan Day Tomorrow
March 13 Earthhealing and the Power of Transfiguration
March 14 Recognizing Gunbearers as Insecure People
March 15 Being Slow at Handing Out Superlatives
March 16 Seeing Limits to Physical but not Spiritual Growth
March 17 Hemp-Growing Is Legal Again
March 18 Returning Swallows to San Juan Capistrano
March 19 Preparing the Church to Be a Catalyst of Change
March 20 Conversing Frankly with the Woman at the Well
March 21 Observing World Forestry Day
March 22 Melting of the Arctic Sheet
March 23 Saying a Brief Prayer at the Reflection's End
March 24 Preparing a Seasonal Garden Salad
March 25 Speaking and Writing Faithfully: Word Power
March 26 Earthhealing Practice and Realism
March 27 Celebrating the Blind Man's Courage
March 28 Taking Electricity for Granted
March 29 Encouraging Local Voluntary Hospital Chaplains
March 30 Making a First Impression a Lasting One?
March 31 Affirming a Possible 2030 Renewable Energy Economy
April, 2022
April 1 Countering Climate Change Deniers
April 2 Joining the Battle between Good and Evil
April 3 Living Eternally: Martha, Mary and Lazarus
April 4 Welcoming Silver Showers
April 5 Challenging an Enlightened Church to Speak
April 6 Creating a Firestorm to Bring Change
April 7 Affirming Life as Glory of Creation
April 8 Recognizing Our Consumer Addictions
April 9 Finding the Glory of Creation in Springtime
April 10 Processing with Palms
April 11 Controlling Air and Related Pollution
April 12 Answering Global Warming with Renewable Energy
April 13 Recalling Spy Wednesday: Loyalty and Betrayal
April 14 Performing Priestly Service for Others
April 15 Being Present at Calvary
April 16 Pausing and Awaiting the New Fire
April 17 Rising with the Lord
April 18 Escaping Methane: Hot Air or Scorching Gas?
April 19 Rejecting the "Right" to Automatic Weapons
April 20 Acquainting Ourselves with Fossil Fuel Problems
April 21 Focusing on Cardinal or Theological Virtues
April 22 Remembering Lou Lipps: A Down-to-Earth Jesuit
April 23 Breaking the Myth: Handouts Go to the Poor
April 24 Needing God's Mercy Today
April 25 Attacking Over-Competitiveness in Our Culture
April 26 Assessing Strengths and Weaknesses of the Church
April 27 Curbing Climate Change through Church Witness
April 28 Reflecting on Non-Violent Revolution
April 29 Supporting Renewal in Urgent Times
April 30 Approaching Climate Change by Soft or Hard Sell
May 2022
May 1 Earthhealing and Life's Final Journey
May 2 Recounting the Earthly Joys of Our Faith
May 3 Coupling Healing with Earth: Various Meanings
May 4 Listing Flower Benefits during Wildflower Week
May 5 Testing Academia: Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune
May 6 Healing Earth and Nursing Qualities
May 7 Stating the Universal Right to Good Health
May 8 Shepherding and Pasturing among Wounded Sheep
May 9 Serving Others Is a Privilege
May 10 Using "Charity" as Power
May 11 Opting for Garden Variety with Its Benefits
May 12 Debunking America's State Religion Human
May 13 Conserving Water for Growing Food in Dry Times
May 14 Producing Food on Land for Essential Needs
May 15 Earth Healing as a Form of Glorification
May 16 Making the Peace Dividend a Golden Opportunity
May 17 Being Aware of Authentic Charitable Need
May 18 Finding Whether Enclosing the Commons Continues Today
May 19 Introducing a Climate-Changing Pollutant: Soot
May 20 Recalling the Benefits of Bicycles
May 21 Discussing Ocean Problems and Solutions
May 22 Establishing Peace in Times of Turmoil
May 23 Listing Edible Landscaping Benefits
May 24 Conversing with the Spiritually Unaffiliated
May 25 Housing Is a Global Need
May 26 Taking Responsibility to Save Our Earth
May 27 Respecting Memorial Times and Places
May 28 Honoring Photographs and Precious Memories
May 29 Celebrating the Ascension and Memorial Day
May 30 Contrasting Private Wealth to Commonwealth
May 31 Affirming the Principle of Environmental Commons
June 2022
June 1 Reviewing June's Pluses and Minuses
June 2 Celebrating the Cyrus Cylinder and Human Rights
June 3 Making Hay: Pleasant and Unpleasant Memories
June 4 Upholding Our Earth on World Environment Day
June 5 Inspiring Pentecostal Differences and Similarities
June 6 Spicing Cherry Season with Happy Memories
June 7 Declining Importance of American Coal
June 8 Promoting Climate Activism
June 9 Dying Victims and Living Parents
June 10 Realizing that Global Wildlife Is Under Peril
June 11 Supporting Wilderness Preserves
June 12 Being Godly Bear the Marks of the Trinity
June 13 Knowing Canadian Tar Sands Exploitation Dangers
June 14 Discussing Civil Disobedience on Flag Day
June 15 Possessing Guns and Being Unarmed
June 16 Introducing Forgiveness to an Unforgiving Culture
June 17 Enhancing Our Wildlife Protection
June 18 Fostering Hospitality on International Picnic Day
June 19 Holding Corpus Christi a New Covenant Cosmic Event
June 20 Highlighting World Refugee Day
June 21 Bringing a Halt to Global Deforestation
June 22 Car-Pooling and Sharing Many Resources
June 23 Taking Up Our Daily Cross Faithfully
June 24 Healing Earth through Reparation
June 25 Championing Property Limitations
June 26 Following Jesus on the Journey to Jerusalem
June 27 Listing Benefits and Risks of Natural Gas
June 28 Affirming Agreements on National Handshake Day
June 29 Designating Books-in-Progress a Novel Concept
June 30 Tackling Unwelcome Medical Costs and Wastes
July 2022
July 1 Discovering America's Community Relations
July 2 Creating Justice for All
July 3 Exploring Ways to Peace
July 4 Expressing Love for Our Country through Deeds
July 5 Purging Military Terms from Our Vocabulary
July 6 Coming to an Understanding of What "Success" Means
July 7 Anticipating an Energy Economy Minus Coal
July 8 Revealing Wage Theft as a Major Problem
July 9 Supporting Labor Union Organizing Today
July 10 Reflecting on the Good Samaritan Parable
July 11 Trying to Spell the Sound of Rushing Water
July 12 Making an Annual Retreat Is a Free Decision
July 13 Appreciating the Exquisite Tastes of July
July 14 Promoting UNESCO Global Cultural Sites
July 15 Recognizing Damage to Our Cultural Commons
July 16 Listing Green Tourist Guidelines
July 17 Choosing the Better Part: Mary and Martha
July 18 Seeing Wood Biomass as Benefit or Disaster
July 19 Tolerating Less Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution
July 20 Defining Culture Differently
July 21 Examining What This Means: God Is Love
July 22 Eating Food With Others Has Sacred Significance
July 23 Addressing Anti-Boredom Month
July 24 Having a Prayerful Persistence
July 25 Promoting Tourism/Retiree Communities
July 26 Considering American Ethnic Changes
July 27 Cultivating Our Sense of Gratitude
July 28 Tearing Down the Idols All Around Us
July 29 Championing Variety in Salads and Other Foods
July 30 Remembering Ignatius Loyola -- and Francis of Assisi
July 31 Trusting Foolishly in Material Possessions
August 2022
August 1 Praising August's Glorious Landscape
August 2 Destroying Stored Chemical Weapons
August 3 Congratulating "The Catholic Worker" at Eighty-Nine
August 4 Improving Our National Infrastructure
August 5 Climbing a Mountain is Enthralling
August 6 Comparing Transfiguration and Hiroshima Day
August 7 Healing Our Earth: A Sacred Trust
August 8 Asking Whether No-Growth Philosophy Is Proper
August 9 Controlling Guns or Being Controlled by Guns
August 10 Preserving Produce for Winter
August 11 Affirming the Future of Wind Power
August 12 Bragging About Our Good Deeds?
August 13 Highlighting Unique Rock formations
August 14 Setting Strategic Fires through Charismatic Word
August 15 Trusting Mary: God's Instrument of Grace
August 16 Preparing a Late Summer Garden
August 17 Continuing American Heroic Traditions: Emil Kapaun
August 18 Questioning "Radical Conservatives"
August 19 Watching Our Electronics Lower Practical Skills
August 20 Threatening Birds in Various Ways
August 21 Choosing to Move Forward with the Poor
August 22 Advancing an Atmosphere of Contrasumption
August 23 Calling Geothermal the Friendliest Energy Source
August 24 Responding When Death Comes Close to Us
August 25 Recognizing Nitrogen's Feast or Famine
August 26 Being Fully Aware of Humankind Week
August 27 Reflecting on Church as Compassionate
August 28 Cultivating the Virtue of Humility
August 29 Facing Security and Insecurity in Today's World
August 30 Accepting Our Limitations As Empowering
August 31 Celebrating Paw Paws: A Native American Fruit
September 2022
September 1 Reflecting on the Serenity Prayer
September 2 Benefiting from Local Church Sales
September 3 Warning Levels of Severe Climate Change
September 4 Releasing the Death Grip on Possessions
September 5 Facing Global Unemployment: A Volatile Time Bomb
September 6 Ridding Ourselves of Clericalism
September 7 Combatting Clericalism through Democratic Means
September 8 Knowing Throwaway Culture's Detrimental Effects
September 9 Gleaning Can Be Ecological
September 10 Curbing Weapons Trade through Real Offsetting
September 11 Celebrating the Prodigal's Return
September 12 Counting Traffic Fatalities in Appalachia
September 13 Being Thankful for Bountiful Grape Harvests
September 14 Probing the Mystery of the Holy Cross
September 15 Realizing Environmental Gun Threats
September 16 Questioning Domestic Tar Sands Development
September 17 Constituting Citizenship in 2022
September 18 Mastering the Art of Servanthood
September 19 Saving Our Wounded Earth
September 20 Discussing Aquaculture and Modern Fish Farming
September 21 Proclaiming Good News as Church
September 22 Listening for September's Distinctive Sounds
September 23 Preparing Domestic Space for Winter
September 24 Caring for Creation on National Public Lands Day
September 25 Being Aware of Lazarus in Our Midst
September 26 Returning to the Land of Origin
September 27 Touching and Celebrating Earth through Dancing
September 28 Considering a Recorded Funeral Oration
September 29 Supporting Disaster Early Warning Systems
September 30 Glancing Back and Looking Ahead
October 2022
October 1 Spicing Silent Space/Time with Reflection
October 2 Cultivating Faithfulness and Godly Service
October 3 Encouraging Outdoor Play in October
October 4 Espousing a National Carbon Tax
October 5 Celebrating Simple Lifestyle Day
October 6 Respecting Resident Birds and Wildlife
October 7 Reflecting on the Rosary
October 8 Viewing Kids as Rebels or Revolutionaries
October 9 Thanking God for Everyday Miracles
October 10 Pressing for National Gun Licensing
October 11 Sharing Economy: Collaborative Consumption Model
October 12 Recycling Naturally All Around Us
October 13 Compromising Domestic Sound and Silence
October 14 Rediscovering America through Respect for All
October 15 Providing Nutrition for Poor Folks
October 16 Struggling to Remain Faithful Today
October 17 Protesting Triggered at a Global Level
October 18 Celebrating Pumpkins: A Truly American Delight
October 19 Bullying: A Local and National Phenomenon
October 20 Focusing on World Food Needs
October 21 Acknowledging a Troubled Earth
October 22 Opting Fundamentally with the Poor
October 23 Seeking a Prayerful Attitude
October 24 Empowering Us to Act Spiritually
October 25 Proclaiming a Christian Revolutionary Manifesto
October 26 Reviewing Eco-Conservative Stages of Life
October 27 Being a Socially Addicted People
October 28 Promoting Prayerfulness within the Church
October 29 Presenting Forty-Four Titles for Trees
October 30 Desiring Salvation for All
October 31 Loving through Deeds and Sainthood
November 2022
November 1 Honoring Unsung Saints
November 2 Reflecting on “The Hour of Our Death"
November 3 Viewing Food Quality, Quantity, Safety and Access
November 4 Being On- or Off-the-Grid
November 5 Melting Pot or Diversification in American Population
November 6 Encouraging Others in the Midst of Adversity
November 7 Taking the State of Climate Seriously
November 8 Realizing Fair Trade as Socially Beneficial
November 9 Trading Unfairly in Fauna and Flora
November 10 Celebrating Indian Summer
November 11 Honoring Local War Veterans
November 12 Molding a Just World
November 13 Remaining Steadfast in Uncertain Times
November 14 Challenging the Sounds of November
November 15 Considering Consumers as Good or Bad
November 16 Confronting Excessive Property Holdings
November 17 Pledging that is Anti-Democratic
November 18 Defining Methane a Blessing or a Curse
November 19 Pondering Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
November 20 Designating Christ the King Monarch or Servant
November 21 Accepting that You Are Getting Older When…
November 22 Knowing Where You Were 59 Years Ago Today
November 23 Stealing Wages is Global
November 24 Assuming Gratitude through Simple Thanks
November 25 Spreading the Message: Buy Nothing Day
November 26 Sharing through Simp0le Living
November 27 Preparing for the Advent Season
November 28 Respecting the Skunk or Polecat
November 29 Promoting Economic Development through Church
November 30 Blessings of Advent Include Self-Denial
December 2022
December 1 Reflecting on the Dangers of Riches
December 2 Becoming More Down-to-Earth
December 3 Challenging a Greener Global Future for China
December 4 Honoring John the Baptist
December 5 Celebrating Tinsel Day
December 6 Choosing Ideal Gifts for Christmas
December 7 Sharing Can Be Patriotic
December 8 Dawning of a New Age: The Immaculate Conception
December 9 Being Ourselves During Favorable Times
December 10 Licensing Automobiles AND Guns
December 11 Spreading Joy Amid Today’s Hard times
December 12 Having Rain Barrels
December 13 Assisting Others in Giving and Giving Up
December 14 Scenting the Holiday Season with Cedar
December 15 Admiring the Beautiful Ohio River Valley
December 16 Energizing Our Information Communications Technology
December 17 Enjoying the Northern Cardinal: A True Winter Delight
December 18 Supporting Those Who Are Starting Families
December19 Reflecting or Acting: Which Is First?
December 20 Providing for Season's Special Treats
December 21 Christening the Yuletide
December 22 Listing Indoor Environmental Cautions
December 23 Realizing that I Have a Christmas Dream
December 24 The Burning Babe on Christmas Eve
December 25 Visiting Bethlehem: City of David
December 26 Reaffirming Our Trust in God
December 27 Expanding the Pro-Life Field of Issues
December 28 Encouraging Catalytic Action in the Church
December 29 Fleeing to Safer Places by Families
December 30 Watching the Horizon for New Highlights
December 31 Bestowing an American Blessing
January 2023
January 1 Making This a Day of Peace
January 2 Keeping This Website Operating
January 3 Preparing for Winter Emergencies
January 4 Enjoying Peanuts 365 Different Ways
January 5 Healing Scarred Mountains
January 6 Celebrating Epiphany as a Global Event
January 7 Reforming the Current Economic System
January 8 Being Baptized to Serve Others
January 9 Supporting Hospice Programs
January 10 Championing Snow Benefits
January 11 Treating Our Wounded Earth with Care
January 12 Exposing the Term “Hillbilly” as Disparaging
January 13 Healing at All Levels through Music
January 14 Exploiting Tar Sands and Shale Rock
January 15 Humbling Words by John the Baptist
January 16 Seeing Youthful Visions and Elderly Dreams
January 17 Striving to Impose Democracy
January 18 Confronting the Global Immigration Phenomenon
January 19 Searching for Holy Wisdom
January 20 Knowing Someone Who Remembered the Civil War
January 21 Giving Hugs to Others
January 22 Motivating Us to Serve Others
January 23 Spreading Word through Digital Media
January 24 Choosing Hobbies Well
January 25 Celebrating Chinese New Year Festivities
January 26 Preparing Remotely for a Garden in January
January 27 Being Mindful of Fuel Economy
January 28 Reducing Stress and Living a Higher Quality Life
January 29 Reflecting on the Beatitudes
January 30 Exploring Personal Changes and Life Adjustments
January 31 Discovering the Yurt a Worthwhile Structure
February 2023
February 1 Affirming Freedom through Non-Violence
February 2 Presenting Christ Who Is Light
February 3 Enlightening Others through Gardening
February 4 Enjoying Persimmons in Many Ways
February 5 Being Present as Christ’s Light
February 6 Discovering American Mobility Never Ceases
February 7 Meeting Dickens: Man of Letters and Compassion
February 8 Recognizing Some Education as a Racket
February 9 Calling St. Peter a Model for Us All
February 10 Exercising Physically for Health
February 11 Celebrating Inventor's Day by Using Our Hands
February 12 Fulfilling the Law Is Freedom to Serve
February 13 Taking Notice of Random Acts of Kindness Day
February 14 Recalling Sts. Valentine, Cyril, and Methodius
February 15 Sensing Vibration Pollution and Effects
February 16 Tackling Our Present Troubles
February 17 Sharing and World Day of Social Justice
February 18 Contesting Faulty Consumer Products
February 19 Striving for Divine Perfection amid Imperfection
February 20 Remembering Presidents' Day
February 21 Reflecting on the Lincoln Memorial
February 22 Welcoming Ash Wednesday
February 23 Considering Authentic Puzzles
February 24 Helping Establish Global Peace
February 25 Championing Solar Applications
February 26 Confronting Temptations in an Alluring World
February 27 Overdosing Drugs and Painkillers
February 28 Lightning: Fearsome and admirable
March 2023
March 1 Recognizing National Nutrition Month
March 2 Manifesting Openness about Tomorrow
March 3 Living Better with Natural Disasters
March 4 Breaking with the Fossil Fuel Economy
March 5 Attending Mount Tabor and the Golden Moment
March 6 Celebrating American Camping Week
March 7 Making Breakfast the Main Meal
March 8 Remembering Irene Dickinson, Earth Healer
March 9 Watching What We Eat
March 10 Sounding Ominous: Acid Rain
March 11 Introducing a New Fruit Tree Variety
March 12 Reflecting on Faith: The Woman at the Well
March 13 Fulfilling Good Samaritan Day
March 14 Marking Pope Francis' Tenth Anniversary
March 15 Observing Freedom of Information Day
March 16 Declaring “Small Is Beautiful”
March 17 Announcing the Luck of Irish Americans
March 18 Seeking Balance during March Madness
March 19 Enjoying Laetare Sunday
March 20 Championing Non-Smoker Rights
March 21 Providing Greens through Container Gardening
March 22 Creating a Food Tripod
March 23 Considering Fasting for Others
March 24 Protecting Domestic Silent Space and Time
March 25 Taking on Human Flesh
March 26 Affirming New Life
March 27 Embracing Art, Environment, and Earthhealing
March 28 Asking Again: What Would Jesus Do?
March 29 Refrigerating Conservatively
March 30 Being Aware of Substance Abuse
March 31 Saving Seed as a Conservation Measure
April 2023
April 1 Being an April Fool Forty-Nine Ways
April 2 Reliving Palm Sunday
April 3 Seeing Lotteries as Modern Addiction
April 4 Titling Ginseng “Queen of Natural Medicinals”
April 5 Designating Gardening as a Noble Art
April 6 Serving Others and Holy Thursday
April 7 Seeing Calvary's Cross Today
April 8 Restoring Damaged Lands
April 9 Proclaiming Easter to the World
April 10 Celebrating Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
April 11 Encouraging Young People's Herb Gardens
April 12 Becoming Aware of Global Warming
April 13 Critiquing Spectator Sports
April 14 Giving Praise to God by All Creation
April 15 Reflecting on Global Differences
April 16 Revealing New Saints in Our Times
April 17 Celebrating Metamorphosis and Butterflies
April 18 Affirming World Health as a Global Goal
April 19 Driving Problems and Seniors
April 20 Recognizing Conservationist John Muir
April 21 Connecting Sun Day and the Commons
April 22 Reflecting on Earth Day 2023
April 23 Building Community through Works of Mercy
April 24 Taking Daughters and Sons to Work Day
April 25 Letting Everyday be Arbor & Bird Day
April 26 Highlighting America’s Interstate System
April 27 Awaiting the Next Rise of the Nuclear Phoenix
April 28 Observing Holocaust Remembrance Day
April 29 Confronting Mean-Spirited Egalitarianism
April 30 Seeing Christ as The Life
May 2023
May 1 Reciting a Patriot's Prayer
May 2 Moving Spiritually to a Non-Carbon Economy
May 3 Championing May Flowers
May 4 Observing the Fulfillment of Scripture
May 5 Recognizing Cinco de Mayo
May 6 Celebrating Rainbow: God's Covenant with Earth
May 7 Proclaiming Jesus: the Way, Truth and Life
May 8 Recognizing May as the Perfect Gardening Month
May 9 Being Always Aware of Impulse Buying
May 10 Highlighting Poke Shoots and Berries
May 11 Peacemaking in Times of Crises
May 12 Promoting Nurses as Model Caregivers
May 13 Creating Plans, Plans, and Summer Plans
May 14 Becoming Jesus’ Loved Ones and Associates
May 15 Changing Lawn into Edible Landscape
May 16 Participating within a North American Community
May 17 Treating Chemicals with Respect
May 18 Seeing Spring Litter cleanup as Necessary
May 19 Observing National Bike-to-Work Day
May 20 Filling the Carnivore Niche with Coyotes
May 21 Affirming World Cultural Diversity Day
May 22 Remembering Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes
May 23 Sharing Good News with All of Creation
May 24 Respecting the Web of Life
May 25 Discovering Consolation
May 26 Avoiding Idle Speculation
May 27 Cooperating During an Environmental Crisis May 28 Discovering Pentecost in Our Spiritual Life
May 29 Memorial Day/Decoration Day
May 30 Reflecting on the Life of Joan of Arc
May 31 Reciting the Magnificat's Enduring Promise
June 2023
June 1 Overdosing with Fentanyl
June 2 Observing National Go Barefoot Day
June 3 Highlighting American Rivers Month
June 4 Proclaiming Trinitarian Reflections
June 5 Striving on World Environment Day for 100% Renewables
June 6 Undertaking Outdoor Retreat Experiences
June 7 Confronting Academic Athletic Enterprises
June 8 Celebrating Best Friends Day
June 9 Blessings of Porch Sitters
June 10 Returning to the Holy Land
June 11 Being Part of the Body of Christ
June 12 Composing Some Haiku
June 13 Juggling Day and Focusing
June 14 Considering Patriotism, Migrants, and Our Flag
June 15 Supporting Urban Forestry
June 16 Healing Earth and the Sacred Heart
June 17 Pickling in All Its Glory
June 18 Affirming a Sense of Balance
June 19 Knowing the Significance of Juneteenth
June 20 Cultivating Spiritual Nourishment
June 21 Considering a Dozen Summer Suggestions
June 22 Maintaining a Composter
June 23 Discussing Brain Drain
June 24 Eating in the Wild
June 25 Dealing with Fear in the Modern World
June 26 Coping with Global Catastrophe
June 27 Reflecting While in a Stressed Forest
June 28 Prizing Jewelweed
June 29 Unchanging Rocks: Sts. Peter and Paul
June 30 Promoting Appalachia
July 2023
July 1 Deciding What's to Stash and What's to Trash
July 2 Giving a Cup of Water is Pro-Life
July 3Bringing about Fair Taxes
July 4 Recalling America's Blessings
July 5 Discussing Spectator and Competitive Sports
July 6 Enjoying the Taste of Seasonal Berries
July 7 Considering College Undertakings Today
July 8 Promoting Geothermal Applications
July 9 Welcoming Spiritual Refreshments
July 10 Choosing a Retreat within Natural Settings
July 11 Transporting People Can Be Problematic
July 12 Discussing Alternative Biofuels
July 13 Affirming Global Child Health Care
July 14 Threshing Grain Memories
July 15 Reaffirming the Abolition 2000 Statement
July 16 Reflecting on Sowing and Reaping
July 17 Hoping That China Doesn’t Follow American Ways
July 18 Challenging Appalachia: Positively and Negatively
July 19 Exposing Negative Security through Guns
July 20 Experiencing a Moment of Grace: We Are the Poor
July 21 Discovering Black Locust: Weed Tree or More?
July 22 Turning Once More to Dangers of Nuclear Weapons
July 23 Realizing Weeds Teach Us Tolerance
July 24 Celebrating Amelia Earhart and Her Story
July 25 Taking a Pilgrim Journey of Faith
July 26 Deserving Our Respect Extends to Snakes
July 27 Proclaiming God's Gift of Peppers
July 28 Coping with Impending Catastrophe
July 29 Promoting Literacy Training
July 30 Acquiring Treasured Resources
July 31 Joining St. Ignatius and the Environment
August 2023
August 1 Demanding More or Resting Secure
August 2 Observing Breastfeeding Week
August 3 Overcoming Global Hunger
August 4 Respecting Black Bears
August 5 Protecting Against Forest Fires
August 6 Proclaiming Transfiguration and Future Glory
August 7 Being Aware of Emergency Evacuation Plans
August 8 Returning to Urban Victory Gardens
August 9 Reflecting on Nuclear Power Abolition
August 10 Visiting Kentucky’s Natural Bridge
August 11 Reducing Grocery Bills Ten Proven Ways
August 12 Harvesting Tobacco in August
August 13 Placing Our Troubles in the Lord
August 14 Attempting to Be Godly
August 15 Leading the Way with Mary
August 16 Mixed Mesophytic Forest
August 17 Camping as Recreation
August 18 Welcoming Back the Bald Eagle
August 19 The Art of Herding Cattle
August 20 Having a House of Prayer for all the Peoples
August 21 Consider the "Walmartization" of America
August 22 Thomas More: The Man for All Seasons
August 23 Support the Veterans History Project
August 24 Biking Is Healthy but Risky
August 25 Shared Caving Experiences
August 26 Remember Women's Equality Day
August 27 Seeing the Pope as Rock in the Storm
August 28 Broaden Mother Teresa of Calcutta's Message
August 29 Whistleblowers Take Risks
August 30 Enjoy Sorghum-Making
August 31 Self-Denial, Sharing, and Growing Vitality
September 2023
September 1 Being Aware of Anniversaries Sad and/or Glorious
September 2 Sowing Autumn Greens in Summer Glory
September 3 Honoring a Living Wage on Labor Day
September 4 Traveling Versus Electronic Communicating
September 5 Realizing that Peaches Have Their Days
September 6 Respecting the Beautiful Castor Bean Plant
September 7 Endangering Forest Life by Sick Trees
September 8 Seeking Clean Water for All
September 9 Supporting Public Lands as Part of the Commons
September 10 Performing Successful Fraternal Correction
September 11 Finding Burial Grounds: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
September 12 Becoming More Aware of the American Bison
September 13 Considering Population Decline
September 14 Observing Road Signs and Crosses of Glory
September 15 Searching for an Appalachian Energy Policy
September 16 Commemorating Mayflower Day
September 17 Celebrating Constitution Day and "Ole Glory"
September 18 Recognizing Good Nutrition Education
September 19 Analyzing Campaign Contributions
September 20 Discovering the Horror of Gross Inequality
September 21 Championing Christian Unity, Not Uniformity
September 22 Breaking Fossil Fuel Addiction
September 23 Displaying Autumn Landscape Glory
September 24 Working Is an Act of Privilege
September 25 Designating Land for Food Production
September 26 Finding Earthhealing Characteristics
September 27 Choosing Good News for Better Living
September 28 Learning Ever Greater Hospitality
September 29 Remembering Michaelmas and Angels
September 30 Fading Glory: The Indian Summer of Life
October 2023
October 1 Affirming or Denying Service
October 2 Knowing and Championing Sanctuary
October 3 Promoting Solar Energy: A Renewable Alternative
October 4 Extending Francis' Blessings
October 5 Treating Miracles, Prayers, and Community Growth
October 6 Remembering Autumn's Dangers
October 7 Distinguishing Secular and Spiritual Empowerment
October 8 Caring for Earth, God's Vineyard
October 9 Being Enslaved by Domestic Credit and Debt
October 10 Connecting Environmentalism and Church Life
October 11 Questioning Our Sense of Respect
October 12 Having Teresa of Avila as Model
October 13 Choosing Wisely: Good Money, Bad Money
October 14 Considering Small-Space Gardening
October 15 Embracing Mystery and Restlessness
October 16 Observing World Food Day: Help End Hunger
October 17 Celebrating Peace and Justice Week
October 18 Creating Arguments for a Greener Diet
October 19 Observing Wildlife of the Month: The Squirrel
October 20 Reflecting on Amazon Deforestation
October 21 Pausing before Calling Others Names
October 22 Rendering Civic Duties: Respecting Government
October 23 Learning from African Hopes and Fears
October 24 Focusing on Nuclear Power: Dead or Alive
October 25 Standardizing English as a Global Language
October 26 Stopping Corporate Welfare
October 27 Forecasting Weather and Signs of the Times
October 28 Considering Autumn Hiking Comfort and Choices
October 29 Loving God and Our Neighbor
October 30 Walking over a Swinging Bridge
October 31 Reconsidering Halloween
November 2023
November 1 Having a Saint for All Seasons
November 2 Remembering the Poor Souls
November 3 Observing World Community Day
November 4 Exercising a Citizen's Right to Vote
November 5 Calling the Gaza Strip a Concentration Camp
November 6 Greening Health Care Institutions
November 7 Shifting Diets for Environmental Improvement
November 8 Recalling the Fall of the Berlin Wall
November 9 Letting Go as Part of Life
November 10 Encouraging Christian/Moslem Mutual Respect
November 11 Continuing Support for Veterans
November 12 Reliving the Joy of Coming Home
November 13 Puzzling Karen Silkwood Saga
November 14 Discovering When Silence Is a Sin
November 15 25 Years after El Salvador Jesuits Murdered
November 16 Celebrating Chipmunks and Ground Squirrels
November 17 Observing American Education Week
November 18 Finding Faith on Earth
November 19 Utilizing Our Talents and Opportunities
November 20 Viewing Barns as Symbolic
November 21 Weighing Climate Change Issues
November 22 Considering National Stop the Violence Day
November 23 Thanksgiving Day: Thanks Lord for Simple Things
November 24 Buying Nothing Day
November 25 Walking as Good Daily Exercise
November 26 Proclaiming Christ as Judge
November 27 Championing and Promoting Natural Capital
November 28 Promoting Solar PV Shingles and Panels
November 29 Tolerating Compulsive Counting Folks
November 30 Welcoming Advent and St. Andrew as Model
December 2023
December 1 Helping Keep America Beautiful
December 2 Recognizing Authentic Environmental Stewardship
December 3 Becoming Advent People
December 4 Recording Elders for Holiday Gifts
December 5 Observing Tinsel Day Carefully
December 6 Making Harmony Our Spiritual Gift
December 7 Looking for Lead in the Home
December 8 Saying "Yes" to God
December 9 Benefiting by Building Smaller Houses
December 10 Awaiting and Hastening the Day of the Lord
December 11 Praying to Saint Odile
December 12 Noticing Poinsettia Day and December Plants
December 13 Lighting Candles amid December's Darkness
December 14 Mobilizing Faith-Based Communities
December 15 Welcoming Animals at Christmas
December 16 Addressing a World of Bullies
December 17 Being Joyful Heralds and Evangelists
December 18 Exploring Internet Freedom and Neutrality
December 19 Being Aware of Underdog Day
December 20 Reflecting on Finality
December 21 Glistening Prison Razor Wire at Christmas
December 22 Discussing the Benefits of Goats
December 23 Coming Milder Winters
December 24 Recognizing that Emmanuel Is Present
December 25 Attending to the Best Christmas Gift
December 26 Proclaiming Jesus Christ Activist
December 27 Detecting Radon in Our Homes
December 28 Looking Back and Looking Ahead
December 29 Supporting the SUN DAY Campaign
December 30 Being People of Service
December 31 Celebrating the Holy Family and Our Families
January 2024
January 1 Reflecting During Troubled Times
January 2 Changing Climate Is Not Given Top Priority
January 3 Discovering Sacred Sights
January 4 Observing the World Around Us
January 5 Moving Us to Divine Mystery
January 6 Manifesting Mystery: The Epiphany
January 7 Considering the Meaning of Our Baptism
January 8 Perceiving Mystery Within
January 9 Looking Up to the Heavens
January 10 Gazing Always Ahead
January 11 Seeing the Mystery in All Creation
January 12 Hearing the Call: To Each His/Her Own
January 13 Earthhealing: A Call within a Call
January 14 Calling "Samuel, Samuel"
January 15 Reaching Deeper Harmony
January 16 Sounds and Silence: Needing Pauses
January 17 Harmonizing within Artistic Activities
January 18 Listening to Sacred Sounds
January 19 Tasting the Goodness of the Lord
January 20 Recounting Ways to Prepare Apples
January 21 Recalling Jonah to Restoration
January 22 Dignifying Manual Labor
January 23 Rendering Footprints as Sacred Touch
January 24 Touching the Earth (A Potter Molding Clay)
January 25 Establishing a Sacred Aroma
January 26 Purging Useless Stuff in Order to Focus
January 27 Knowing and Applying a Conservation Ethic
January 28 Defending Our Fragile Earth
January 29 Creating Sacred Time and Space
January 30 Refraining from Food Wastes
January 31 Reciting and Celebrating Our Common Creed
February 2024
February 1 Addressing Wildlife Threats
February 2 Celebrating New Light
February 3 Confronting Desolate Sights
February 4 Speaking with Authority
February 5 Drowning Out Mourning Dove Sounds
February 6 Controlling Noise in Our World
February 7 Experiencing Discord on Our Earth
February 8 Coupling Job's Trials and Global Depression
February 9 Tasting Effects of Water Contamination
February 10 Declaring the Right to Potable Water
February 11 Looming Disturbances in the Atmosphere
February 12 Benefitting from the People's Climate March
February 13 Extending Compassion to Ebola Victims
February 14 Facing Catastrophes with Loving Hearts
February 15 Reflecting on Miracles and Cures
February 16 Needing Redemption Individually and Collectively
February 17 Shrove Tuesday: Stumbling When Not Looking
February 18 Ash Wednesday and Need for Salvation
February 19 Human Rights and China's Move to Freedom
February 20 Caring for the Needs Due to Inequality
February 21 Touching All with Compassion
February 22 Resisting Tempting Allurements and Detours
February 23 Denying the Current Situation
February 24 Excusing Ourselves from the Struggle
February 25 Escaping to Trite or Harmful Allurements
February 26 Coupling Human Suffering with Creation's Groaning
February 27 Recording Environmental Damage and Good Deeds
February 28 Confronting Reality through Annual Retreats
February 29 Facing Troubles in Our World
March 2024
March 1 Discovering Our Consolations
March 2 Experiencing Jesus as Perfect Model
March 3 Observing the Flying Birds
March 4 Listening to the Raging Floods
March 5 Smelling and Tasting Dandelions
March 6 Whoa! Whiffing Fresh Horseradish
March 7 Touching Newly-Turned Soil
March 8 Money-changing in the Temple
March 9 Knowing Jesus as Activist
March 10 Becoming an Activist Like Jesus
March 11 Comparing Acts of Charity and Social Justice
March 12 Considering Pedestrian Rights
March 13 The Healing Jesus
March 14 Participating in Healing
March 15 Coming of Nicodemus by Night
March 16 Visiting James Madison's Montpelier
March 17 The Teaching Jesus
March 18 Applying Jesus' Teaching Methods
March 19 Pondering Once More Who Is This Jesus?
March 20 The Liberating Jesus
March 21 Self-Control is Personal Liberation
March 22 Sacrificing for Others is Mortification
March 23 Reflecting on the Coming of the Lord
March 24 Speaking the Word
March 25 Celebrating the Incarnation
March 26 Presenting the Divine and Human
March 27 Entering Jerusalem as Spectators and Participants
March 28 Celebrating Jesus as Priest
March 29 Being with Jesus at Calvary
March 30 Celebrating the Mystery of New Life
March 31 Engaging in Radical Compassion
April 2024
April 1 Taking Easter Time Seriously
April 2 Liberating through Our Efforts
April 3 Finding Jesus among Poor
April 4 Stepping Back for a Moment
April 5 Immersing in Local Environmental Issues
April 6 Showing Mercy/Justice by Climate Change Funding
April 7 Calling Us All to Mercy Sunday
April 8 Mystifying Aromas of Spring
April 9 Relishing Bittersweet Greens and Memories
April 10 Basking in the Spring Sun
April 11 Turning Fear to Joy before Our Eyes
April 12 Listening to the Sounds of April Showers
April 13 Discovering Two Standards
April 14 Rejecting the Standard of Materialism
April 15 Choosing the Standard of Radical Sharing
April 16 Noting Difficulties in Decision-Making
April 17 Considering Basic Levels of Humility
April 18 Delving into Deeper Levels of Humility
April 19 Renewing Society: An Integral Economy/Ecology
April 20 Joining Jesus as Solitary Witness
April 21 Knowing Jesus as Compassionate
April 22 Seeing Jesus as Suffering Servant
April 23 Walking the Stations of a Suffering Earth
April 24 Agonizing over a Wounded Earth
April 25 Proclaiming Eco-Beatitudes
April 26 Reflecting on Qualities of a Good Shepherd
April 27 Searching for Reasons to Remove Litter
April 28 Imitating Christ in Compassionate Suffering
April 29 Inviting Sufferers into a Healing Community
April 30 Promoting the Conservation of Spiritual Energy
May 2024
May 1 Building Grace on Nature's Bounty
May 2 Observing the Urgency to Act Now
May 3 Bearing Much as a Fruitful Vine
May 4 Seeing Flowers Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
May 5 Collaborating within Christ's Loving Service
May 6 Chancing upon a Lively Vine
May 7 Tasting the Luscious Fruits of May
May 8 Radiating Warmth and Reflecting Rainbows
May 9 Ascending with Christ through Our Humble Work
May 10 Detecting the Sounds of May
May 11 Reflecting on the Phenomenology of Power
May 12 Reaffirming Resurrection-Centered Spirituality
May 13 Reminding Ourselves of Power over Others
May 14 Discovering Current Levels of Impoverishment
May 15 Confronting Power through Power
May 16 Breaking Loose through Power Manifestations
May 17 Revealing Divine Power at Work in Creation
May 18 Finding Power within Powerlessness
May 19 Witnessing to the Power of Pentecost
May 20 The Mystery of All Creation
May 21 Taking on Spiritual Power as Other Christs
May 22 Realizing Power in Being Non-Violent
May 23 Proclaiming the Power of the Poor
May 24 Showing Urgency through Imitating Christ
May 25 Gardening has a Host of Benefits
May 26 Reinterpreting Deep Power in Trinitarian Terms
May 27 Praying over and Repairing Damaged Land
May 28 Revitalizing a Resilient but Wounded Earth
May 29 Blessings Extend Positive Energy to Others
May 30 Broadening Social Justice to be Christocentric
May 31 Suggesting Things for a Beginning Gardener
June 2024
June 1 Confronting the World in Summertime
June 2 Manifesting the Power of Corpus Christi
June 3 Rumbling Distant Thunder Startles Us
June 4 Enjoying a Priceless Drink of Cool Water
June 5 Wafting Scent of New‑Mown Hay
June 6 Coming in Contact with Inviting Rocks
June 7 Presenting Challenges from Cliffs
June 8 Self-sacrificing as the True Messianic Role
June 9 Obeying the Will of God
June 10 Bearing Good News to All Creatures
June 11 Proclaiming is Communication, a Two-Way Street
June 12 Spreading Good News and a Paradigm Shift
June 13 Being Protected from Lurking Dangers
June 14 Calling for Non-Violent Change
June 15 Recognizing the Lowly as Starting to Rise
June 16 Observing the Mustard Seed's Powerful Growth
June 17 Ascending & Descending: Rise & Fall of Systems
June 18 Reflecting on How to Act as Change Agents
June 19 Choosing between Earthhealing Leadership Models
June 20 Tempting the Newly Exalted
June 21 Working as a Team to Save Our Earth
June 22 Being Agents for Environmental Resource Assessments
June 23 Trusting During Storms at Sea
June 24 Bringing Down Those in High Places Non-violently
June 25 Acting & Thinking Locally to Act & Think Globally
June 26 Defending Instant Communications as Appropriate
June 27 Orchestrating Environmental Fatigue
June 28 Affirming the Great Work Ahead
June 29 Earthhealing and Personal Health Concerns
June 30 Planning at Mid-Year and Daily Examinations
Juky 2024
July 1 Seeing God in All Things
July 2 Concentrating on Fishing
July 3 Revealing Secrets of the Gurgling Stream
July 4 Enjoying Roadside Wildflowers
July 5 Learning from Creature Teachers
July 6 Tasting Native and Home-Grown Fruit
July 7 Being Prophetic amid Modern Difficulties
July 8 Taking a Closer Look at Jesus
July 9 Recognizing Jesus as Perfect Teacher
July 10 Experiencing Jesus as Perfect Healer
July 11 Discovering Jesus as Perfect Activist
July 12 Coping with Climate Change Denial
July 13 Realizing Earthhealers as Imperfect People
July 14 Championing Our American Religious Foundations
July 15 Excusing Ourselves from Climate Change
July 16 Escaping from Environmental Responsibilities
July 17 Deceiving Self as Empowered on One's Own
July 18 Opening to Burnout and Dropout
July 19 Pretending to be Relevant by Spinning Wheels
July 20 Fence-Sitting as a Preferred Occupation
July 21 Inspiring Good Leadership
July 22 Challenging Cynicism in All Its Forms
July 23 Treating Affluence as a Disease
July 24 Discovering Earth's Many Qualities
July 25 Learning to Be Cooperative
July 26 Supporting People-Centered Appropriate Technology
July 27 Promoting Appropriate Technology
July 28 Multiplying Loaves and Renewing Ourselves
July 29 Knowing the Advantages of Appropriate Technology
July 30 Influencing Our Eco-Spirituality by Where We Are
July 31 Experiencing Our Eco-Spirituality by When We live
August 2024
August 1 Celebrating Lammastide in Gratitude
August 2 Feeding the Hungry Impels Us
August 3 Fascinating Insects
August 4 Delighting in the Consolations of Summer
August 5 Preserving the Summer Bounty
August 6 Engaging in Nature's Conversations
August 7 Appreciating the Summer Foliage and Beauty
August 8 Focusing on Major Climate Change Decisions
August 9 Receiving Nourishment for Our Mission
August 10 Believing in the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life
August 11 Proclaiming the God Within with Enthusiasm
August 12 Recognizing the Good Spirit in Our Lives
August 13 Announcing God's Spirit as Inspiration
August 14 Discovering the HERE in Life
August 15 Finding the NOW of Life
August 16 Delving into God's Self-Communication
August 17 Interrelating with the WE in Community
August 18 Eating the Bread of Eternal Life
August 19 Considering Ignatian Tradition and the Trinity
August 20 Striving to Be Godly as Earthhealers
August 21 Commenting Further on the Holy Trinity
August 22 Hoping We Do Not Stumble in Godly Reflection
August 23 Contrasting Harmony and Disharmony
August 24 Working Harmoniously in a Godly Fashion
August 25 Perceiving Multitudes and Remnants
August 26 Healing Work as Harmonizing
August 27 Earthhealing as Special Mission
August 28 Working as Part of Divine Harmony
August 29 Discerning Spirits Communally
August 30 Purifying the Heart by Earthhealers
August 31 Preserving and Enhancing our Enthusiasm
September 2024
September 1 Exploring Community Enhancement
September 2 Attending to Joyful Valleys
September 3 Noticing Autumn's First Signs: Flocking Birds
September 4 Recalling the Smell of Silage
September 5 Tasting "Joy-Foam" at Sorghum Time
September 6 Celebrating in a Total Community
September 7 Dancing the Virginia Reel
September 8 Learning the Art of Healing
September 9 Embracing Cosmic Community
September 10 Considering Church as Community
September 11 Bringing All Together Under Christ
September 12 Listing Church Characteristics
September 13 Realizing that Faith without Works Is Dead
September 14 Participating in Salvation History
September 15 Focusing on Divine Liturgy
September 16 Addressing Liturgy as Formal Prayer and Work
September 17 Honoring Liturgy as Mutual Celebration
September 18 Nourishing Spiritual Life through Liturgy
September 19 Beholding a Consecrated HERE as Real Presence
September 20 Thinking as a Consecrated WE in Community
September 21 Experiencing a Consecrated NOW
September 22 Discerning True Service
September 23 Rendering Sacrifice and Prophetic Witness
September 24 Striving to Imitate the Person of Christ
September 25 Reflecting on Perichoresis and Relationships
September 26 Discovering Community as Trinitarian
September 27 Dedicating Ourselves Totally to God
September 28 Collaborating within and among Churches
September 29 Praying that Community Actions Be Great Works
September 30 Recognizing Various Spirits at Work
October 2024
October 1 Reflecting on World Vegetarian Day
October 2 Sounds of Coming and Going
October 3 Enjoying the Scent of Wet Autumn Leaves
October 4 Romping amid Piled Leaves
October 5 Flowing Water Refreshes the Soul
October 6 Blessings of Man and Wife
October 7 Honoring Baptism as a Road to Collaboration
October 8 Forgiving as Part of Collaboration
October 9 Entering Ever Deeper Levels of Forgiveness
October 10 Being Receptive to forgiveness
October 11 Affirming New Life
October 12 Conducting the Sacraments of Life
October 13 Confronting Worldly Wealth and Inequality
October 14 Advancing in Eco-Spirituality
October 15 Mustering Coworkers to Earthhealing
October 16 Observing World Food Day
October 17 Making an Autumn Wilderness Retreat
October 18 Dawning of a New Economic Order
October 19 Encouraging Radical Sharing at all Levels
October 20 Rethinking the Folly of Seeking glory
October 21 Promoting Regional Sharing Practices
October 22 Taking National Leadership Roles
October 23 Advocating for International Controls
October 24 Supporting Broad-Based Global Practices
October 25 Forgiving Polluters?
October 26 Gazing at the Harvest Moon
October 27 Pleading for God's Mercy
October 28 Praying a Green "Our Father"
October 29 Discerning Communal Decisions
October 30 Renewing the Face of Our Earth
October 31 Moving to Deeper Mystery
November 2024
November 1 Refreshing Memories of Autumn Landscapes
November 2 Being Settled or Unsettled
November 3 Ushering in a New Earth
November 4 Haunting Bay of the Coon Hounds
November 5 Extolling the Autumn Apple
November 6 Creating a Cosmic Hymn of Praise
November 7 Preparing for the New Heaven and New Earth
November 8 Home Goings and Comings
November 9 Considering the Lateran Basilica as a Home
November 10 Recalling the Widow's Mite
November 11 Understanding that All Have a Right to a Job
November 12 Creating Meaningful Jobs for Workers
November 13 Becoming Christ to Others
November 14 Investing Locally as Inhabitants See Fit
November 15 Dreaming of Schools, Recreation & Human Services
November 16 Dreaming of Good Food, Water, Housing and Health
November 17 Reflecting on Apocalypse and Tribulations
November 18 Making Dreams into a New Creation
November 19 Being Free to Make Work-Related Choices
November 20 Entering the Ongoing Work of Restoration
November 21 Seeing Earthhealing as Unique Service
November 22 Expecting Other Creatures on a New Earth
November 23 Reviewing Our "YouTube" Series
November 24 Praying Thy Kingdom Come
November 25 Living with a Certain Uncertainty
November 26 Assembling at Thanksgiving
November 27 Adding Substance to Our Thanksgiving
November 28 Establishing Domestic Sacred Space
November 29 Observing the Signs of Our Times
November 30 Perceiving a New Heaven and New Earth
December 2024
December 1 Waiting with Patience
December 2 Seeing God on Our Evolving Journey
December 3 Finding God in All Things over Time
December 4 Discovering Eco-Spirituality Inherently Social
December 5 Rendering a Time for Everything
December 6 Accelerating the Changes Demanded
December 7 Hastening the Day of the Lord as Catalysts
December 8 Preparing the Way of the Lord as Heralds
December 9 Recognizing Promise or Peril
December 10 Acknowledging Being Called to Presence
December 11 Generating an Enjoyable Christmas Spirit
December 12 Enhancing the Seasonal Spirit
December 13 Learning Patience & Restlessness Simultaneously
December 14 Practicing the Art of Spiritual Stewardship
December 15 Rejoicing with Liberation and Inner Peace
December 16 Realizing Earthhealing as a Communal Enterprise
December 17 Selecting a Humble Cedar Christmas Tree
December 18 Christmas Caroling Ought to Be Global
December 19 Reviewing the Year's Insights
December 20 Spring: Rising to a More Just Society
December 21 Winter: Pondering Mystery and Overcoming Faults
December 22 Willing to Be Peacemakers
December 23 Summer: Coming Closer to the Lord amid Distractions
December 24 Autumn: Affirming Our Sacred Mission
December 25 Wishing You a Blessed Christmas
December 26 Glistening Razor Fence at Manchester Prison
December 27 Summarizing Eco-Spirituality Insights
December 28 Healing Earth has Trinitarian Characteristics
December 29 Admiring the Holy Family
December 30 Earthhealing as a Meaningful Calling
December 31 Bringing Finality to the Year
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Environment -- General
-- Climate Change
-- Indoor
-- Pollution and Protection
-- Silent Space and Noise
Ethnicity and States
Family
Food
-- Berries, Fruit, Nuts & Vegetables
-- Nutrition
-- Preparation and Preservation
-- Security and Hunger
Forest and Trees
Gardening
Gifts
Guns
Health -- General
-- Addictions
-- Fitness
-- Safety
Historical Documents and Preservation
Holy Cross & Sacrifice
Homilies -- General
-- Advent
-- Christmas and Epiphany
-- Baptism and Vocation
-- Lent
-- Holy Week
-- Easter and Ascension
-- Pentecost
-- Trinity
-- Transfiguration
-- Jesus
-- Shepherd
-- Mary
-- Personal Practices
-- Social Issues
Housing and Construction
Human Rights
International Issues and Policy
Labor, Jobs, and Retirement
Land Conservation and Development
Money
National Policy
-- Prisons
-- Space
National Holidays
Organizations
Peace and War Issues
People -- Saints
People -- Others
Personal -- Actions
-- Attitudes
-- Discernment
-- Planning
-- Prayer
-- Sensations
Plants
-- Flowers
Population
Poverty & Wealth
Prolife & Environment
Recreation
Religion, Theology and Public Prayer
Retreats
Social Attitudes
Thanksgiving and Blessings
Time
Tourism
Travel and Transportation
Verses
-- Floral Verses
Virtue
Waste and Resource Use
Water Conservation and Protection
Weather and Seasons
Agriculture
May 11, 07 Hemp Cultivation?
July 26, 07 The Value of Ponds
August 25, 07 Tobacco's Future
September 11, 07 Arable Land Shortages
June 21, 08 Heritage Seed
July 8, 08 Lakes and Aquaculture
July 14, 08 Agribusiness
July 21, 08 Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives
October 14, 08 Harvesting Nature's Produce
November 26, 08 Give Small-Scale Farming a Chance
June 2, 09 Patronizing Tailgate or Farmers' Markets
June 15, 09 Engineering Pharmaceuticals from Crops
July 11, 09 Battling Pests with Insects and Wildlife
July 18, 09 Implementing Wildlife Controls
August 4, 09 Consider Nut Tree Plantings
October 15, 09 Harvesting Corn in Times Past
July 21, 10 Observe the American Barn: An Endangered Species
August 5, 10 Hemp Reintroduction: The Time Has Come
August 12, 10 Scything: Attending to August Weeds
July 20, 11 Tackling the Overpopulation of Cattle
August 6, 11 Harvesting Silage in August
March 30, 12 Agribusiness Versus Today's Small Farmers
July 20, 12 Deworming Tobacco Plants and Praying Mantises
July 24, 12 Soybeans Are Also a Green Food Crop
June 3, 13 Making Hay: Pleasant and Unpleasant Memories
September 20, 13 Aquaculture and Modern Fish Farming
Animals and Wildlife
February 1, 07 Winter Owls
March 3, 07 The Elk Have Returned
April 17, 07 The Red Fox
May 12, 07 Migratory Birds
May 17, 07 The Trusty Hound Dog
June 20, 07 Pack Rats
July 2, 07 Jake, The Wolf Spider
July 10, 07 Ducks: Wildlife of the Month
July 12, 07 Where Have All the Honey Bees Gone?
August 20, 07 Eagles and Turkeys
October 2, 07 Bengal Tigers and Other Big Cats
November 24, 07 Beavers and Natural Wetlands
December 3, 07 Rabbits
February 1, 08 Groundhogs Teach Us Something
March 19, 08 Watch for the Birds
June 12, 08 Spirit Creatures: Animals
July 28, 08 Wildscape and Wildlife
August 25, 08 The Mockingbird
November 18, 08 The Turkey, National Bird
February 7, 09 Come, Come, First Robin
March 27, 09 Review of My Conflict with Crows
June 22, 09 Stinging Summer Insects
July 18, 09 Implementing Wildlife Controls
August 22, 09 Don't Pet or Make Pets of Wildlife
October 20, 09 Observe Flying and Grazing Geese
November 9, 09 Solve the Deer Proliferation Problem
February 18, 10 Celebrate the Mourning Doves
April 19, 10 Participate in National Volunteer & Wildlife Week
March 27, 10 Celebrate North American Wildlife Day
June 16, 11 Elk and Large Wildlife Presence and Proliferation
July 7, 11 Giving the Emptying Plains Back to the Buffalo
July 20, 11 Tackling the Overpopulation of Cattle
November 21, 11 Are Wild Turkeys Really Wild?
February 3, 12 Harbinger of Spring: The Mourning Dove
May 22, 12 How About Celebrating World Turtle Day?
September 6, 12 Is Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder Solved?
March 18, 13 Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano
August 20, 13 Birds, Threats, and Pet and Feral Cats
October 2, 13 Respect Resident Birds and Wildlife
November 20, 13 Honor the Skunk or Polecat
December 17, 13 The Northern Cardinal: An Aviary Winter Delight
Animal Protection
August 21, 07 Animal Shelters
January 30, 08 Respect Animals Especially Pets
February 13, 08 Develop Bird Habitats
March 26, 08 Sharing Limited Space with Wildlife
May 9, 08 Endangered Species
June 25, 08 Bird Sanctuaries
August 27, 08 Animal "Rights"
September 11, 08 In Defense of Wilderness
November 15, 08 Preserving Wildlife Habitats
November 21, 08 Minimizing Habitat Disturbance
January 3, 09 Join the 109th Christmas Bird Count
January 27, 09 Protect Wildlife
February 3, 09 Show Hospitality to Wildlife
May 5, 09 Animal Care
August 10, 09 Animals as Friends
December 14, 09 Become Friends with Wintering Birds
March 18, 10 Critique Animal Protection Policy
March 26, 11 Being Right with Wildlife
December 20, 11 Must We Feed the Birds
June 10, 13 Global Wildlife Under Immense Peril
June 17, 13 Wildlife Protection and Drought Conditions
Appalachia and Kentucky Issues
March 20, 07 The Abandoned Homestead
March 22, 07 Rock Fences and Dry Stone Walls
May 4, 07 Two Faces of Kentucky
May 5, 07 The Horse Culture
June 1, 07 Healing Appalachia
June 6, 07 Sheltowee Trace
July 21, 07 The Abandoned Homestead
August 11, 07 "Smoky Holler"
April 26, 08 Murphy's Law in Appalachia
June 7, 08 River Celebrations
March 14, 09 Sing the Black Mountain Blues
April 14, 09 Appalachian Floods
September 26, 09 Recovering Covered Bridges
October 2, 09 Attend an Autumn Festival
February 26, 10 Prepare for "Mountain Moments"
May 25, 10 Reflecting on Ecotourism in Appalachia
July 10, 08 Try Route 68: The Main Street of Kentucky
December 21, 10 Local Attractions: The Fitchburg Furnace
June 28, 11 Kentucky: A Touch-of-Green Positive Aspects
June 29, 11 Kentucky: A Touch-of-Green Negative Aspects
December 17, 11 Burgoo: The Kentucky Food Specialty
February 24, 12 Sowing Peas Early in Kentucky
April 19, 12 Natural Bridge in My Parish Bounds
December 10, 12 Appalachian Is an Emerging Ethnic Group
May 20, 13 Charity and Appalachian Development
August 13, 13 Rock Formations, Cliffs, and Natural Bridges
September 12, 13 Traffic Fatalities in Appalachia
December 11, 13 Admiring the Beautiful Ohio River Valley
Arts
January 6, 07 Green Gift Wrapping
January 23, 07 Encourage Good Penmanship and Handwriting
January 24, 07 A Potter Molding Clay
March 15, 07 Wind Chimes in Changing Times
June 8, 07 Architects as Earthhealers
June 14, 07 Old Car Art
March 7, 09 Recognize the Art of Pretending
March 30, 09 Appreciate Environmental Art
April 20, 09 The Art of Listening
September 5, 09 Encourage Artists and Artisans
December 9, 10 Caroling and Christmas Songs
March 16, 12 Quilting Day: Social, Art, Utility, and Creativity
September 9, 13 The Subtle Art of Gleaning
November 12, 13 Let's Be Potters Molding a Just World
Auto Driving and Safety
May 18, 07 Road Rage
December 4, 08 Automobile Accidents
September 30, 08 U.S. Route 68: A Warning about Road Safety
January 9, 09 Become an Eco-Traveler
January 22, 09 Care for the Car
April 25, 09 Some Questions for Car Users
May 26, 09 Coping with Higher Gasoline Prices
November 23, 09 Drive Smart This Thanksgiving Weekend
January 28, 10 Observe Road Safety Practices
June 22, 13 Car Pooling and Sharing Resources
September 12, 13 Traffic Fatalities in Appalachia
December 10, 13 License Automobiles AND Guns
Charity and Social Justice
(See Peace and War)
February 12, 07 Globalizing Lincoln's Insight
February 13, 07 The Problem of Acquiescence
February 27, 07 Helping to Empower Others
March 1, 07 To Whom Do Resources Belong?
March 6, 07 Liberate the Affluent
March 7, 07 Reducing Affluence Improves Quality of Life
March 8, 07 Choose Non-Violence in Place of Violence
March 10, 07 Learn from the Poor
March 13, 07 Seek Justice, Not Just Charity
March 14, 07 Inspire the Overlooked
March 19, 07 Is Changing the Social Order a Credible Message?
March 29, 07 Take What Is Rightly Ours
May 14, 07 What's Wrong With Billionaires?
June 27, 07 Cash Replaces Food Parcels
August 13, 07 Lefthanders' Day and Practical Tolerance
September 25, 07 The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Restive
October 15, 07 Injustice
October 17, 07 Isolation, Never Again
October 29, 07 Catastrophe: Live within Our Means
November 15, 07 Who Redistributes the World's Resources
November 17, 07 Wars Triggered by Climate Change
November 30, 07 Share the World's Resources
December 4, 07 The Poor: Problem or Solution
December 5, 07 Off-setting: Modern Snake Oil Sales?
December 6, 07 Charity and the Christmas Spirit
December 10, 07 Ecologically-Related Human Rights
August 12, 08 Global and Local Villages
August 19, 08 Common Lands and Private Property Rights
August 21, 08 Toxic Chemicals: A Social Justice Advocacy Issue
September 18, 08 International Assistance and Charity
October 17, 08 Observing Fourth World Day
December 12, 08 Establishing a Global Village
December 22, 08 Hard Times for the Really Needy
January 15, 09 Eradicate Racist Residue
February 14, 09 Turn Words to Deeds on Valentine's Day
May 23, 09 Justice and Charity
August 17, 09 Growing Disparity of Rich and Poor
August 20, 09 Dealing with Terrorists
August 25, 09 Migrants and America
May 9, 11 Social Responsibility in 2011
October 31, 11 Fuel Speculation and Justice
January 12, 13 Donations within a Democracy
April 24, 13 Break the Myth: More Handouts to the Poor
May 10, 13 Using "Charity" as Power
May 20, 13 Charity and Appalachian Development
May 29, 13 Institutions Hear: Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune
July 8, 13 Revealing Wage Theft as a Major Problem
November 23, 13 Wage Theft: A Modern American Blight
November 26, 13 Simple Living as Testimony to Sharing
November 29, 13 Spread the Message: Buy Nothing Day
December 2, 13 Awaiting Means Becoming More Down-to-Earth
December 4, 13 Salvation and the Dangers of Riches
December 13. 13 Assisting Others in Giving and Giving Up
Church
November 9, 08 The Church as Our Home
June 10, 09 Separating Church and State
November 16, 09 Consider Ten Ways to Make Churches Greener
January 18, 10 Pray for Church Unity: Circles within Circles
May 27, 11 Thinking with the Church in 2011
November 27, 11 Introducing Changes in the Church's Liturgy
February 19, 12 Penitential Rites Give Us Comfort
March 19, 12 Democratic Principles and the Church
January 18, 13 Churches Coming Together Ecumenically
February 1, 13 A Moment in the History of the Church
March 19, 13 The Church Preparing to be a Catalyst of Change
April 26, 13 Strengths and Weaknesses of Church as Institution
April 27, 13 The Church Acting as Witness
July 30, 13 The Church Continues to Celebrate Culture
August 27, 13 Reflect on the Church as Compassionate
September 19, 13 The Church Proclaiming Good News
October 28, 13 A Church Promoting Prayerfulness
November 25, 13 Church As Promoter of Economic Development
December 28, 13 The Church Encouraging Catalytic Action
Citizenship
February 14, 07 Have a Heart Women: Register for the Draft!
July 4, 07 Forbearers and Freedom
September 17, 07 Enhancing Our Sense of Citizenship
December 29, 07 Civility and Courtesy
January 22, 08 Corporations Exist at the Citizens' Pleasure
February 21, 08 Earthhealing and We the People
April 18, 08 Celebrate Citizen Monitors: Modern Paul Reveres
April 30, 08 Encourage Volunteer Activity
September 17, 08 Citizenship Day: The Soul of America
November 3, 08 Do We Have Democracy?
November 4, 08 Exercise Citizenship: Vote
November 5, 08 Post-Election Blahs
December 9, 08 Some Questions in Hard Times
March 2, 09 Question Ecological Civil Disobedience
March 13, 09 Challenge Inconsistent Drug Policies
April 8, 09 Spy Wednesday
September 11, 09 Confronting Lack of Civility
September 17, 09 Citizenship Day and Model Citizens
October 14, 09 Peace Corps and Volunteers
March 31, 10 Welcome the Census-Taker
June 14, 10 Do You Treat Old Glory with Respect?
June 23, 10 How Should We Celebrate Public Service Day?
July 4, 10 Free Speech for People Amendment
July 5, 10 Enhance American Independence through Sustainability
August 28, 10 The Corporate Person: A Form of Idolatry
September 16, 10 Five Innovative Ideas for Citizenship Day
March 10, 11 Right to Adequate Food
March 11, 11 Right to Potable Water
March 12, 11 Right to Clean Air
March 14, 11 Right to Work for a Livelihood
March 15, 11 Right to Freedom of Press and Communications
March 16, 11 Right to Proper Education
March 17, 11 Right to Affordable Housing and Home Care
March 18, 11 Right to Access to Health Care
March 19, 11 Right to Public Assembly and Worship
March 22, 11 Right to Land -- Particular Land?
March 23, 11 Being Right with Land: Growing Greener
April 18, 11 Contesting the Individual Right to Bear Arms
June 20, 11 Elitism Versus Democratic Values
July 2, 11 Plutocratic versus Democratic Ways: Tax the Rich!
July 4, 11 American Independence Minus Pretensions
February 4, 12 Honor Our Constitution by Initiating a Second One
June 5, 12 World Environment Day and Conscientious Voting
June 13, 12 Voters' Dilemma: Citizenship and Discernment
June 14, 12 Flag Day: Patriotism and World Citizenship
July 4, 12 Religious Liberty for All
July 26, 12 True Democratic Process: The Poor Must Lead the Way
September 17, 12 Citizenship Day and a Relevant Constitution
October 18, 12 Non-Partisan Politics versus Fierce Partisanship
November 6, 12 VOTE ON ELECTION DAY
June 14, 13 Civil Disobedience on Flag Day
July 3, 13 Creating Justice for All
July 4, 13 Expressing Love for Our Country through Deeds
September 17, 13 What Constitutes Citizenship in 2013?
December 7, 13 Patriotism Is Sharing Not Isolating Ourselves
Commons
Reclaiming the Commons
April 16, 08 "Reclaiming the Commons"
August 19, 08 Common Lands and Private Property Rights
January 9, 10 Consider the Shared Commons
January 20, 10 Defend Our Water Commons
February 22, 10 Consider Our Cultural Commons
March 12, 10 Proclaim Air as Commons
April 5, 10 Reclaim Our Land Commons
May 8, 10 Defending Wildlife, Wilderness & Forest Commons
August 11, 10 Reclaiming the Commons: Our Maritime Commons
December 3, 10 Communications: The Overlooked Commons
January 3, 11 Disparity in Wealth: Number One Global Insecurity
January 10, 11 ...to Reclaim the Commons by the Inclusive ALL
January 27, 11 Language Revitalization and the Commons
January 31, 11 Seeking a Title for Reclaimers of the Commons
July 23, 11 A Problem of the Commons: Resistance to Antibiotics
July 29, 11 Reclaiming the Commons: A Simple Formula
August 13, 11 Challenging the System by Reclaiming the Commons
August 16, 11 Confronting Misuse of the Air Commons
August 25, 11 Becoming Prophetic Reclaimers of the Commons
August 26, 11 Revealing Elements Needed to Reclaim the Commons
November 8, 11 Occupy Wall Street Folks: Become Reclaimers of the
Commons
January 31, 12 Encouraging Reclaimers of the Commons
May 16, 12 Is the Tenth Commons to Reclaim "In God We Trust?"
July 14, 12 "Reclaiming the Commons:" Eccentricity or Investment?
April 1, 13 Reclaimers Counter Climate Change Deniers
April 5, 13 Subtitling "Reclaiming the Commons"
April 6, 13 Creating a Firestorm
May 18, 13 The Commons: Does Enclosure Continue Today
May 30, 13 Private Wealth in Contrast to Commonwealth
May 31, 31 The Principle of Environmental Commons
Communications
(See Internet)
May 29, 07 Globish: Going Half Way
December 1, 07 Christmas Card Time?
January 19, 08 Cell Phone and Silent Space
January 23, 08 Legible Handwriting So Others Can Read
February 15, 08 Enjoy the Art of Story-Telling
June 9, 08 Oral and Video History
June 16, 08 Preserve Languages
November 5, 09 Know the Reality of Instant Communications
December 3, 10 Communications: The Overlooked Commons
January 11, 11 Attention Compulsive Meeting-Goers
March 9, 11 Lent: A Favorable Time to Speak Up
April 11, 11 Benefiting from Social Networking
April 12, 11 Telling the Last Civil War Story
April 30, 11 Accepting the Challenge of Creative Writing
June 13, 11 Babel Dispersal Today and Beyond
June 14, 11 Is Good News a Two-Way Street?
June 15, 11 Good News Will Ultimately Triumph Over Bad News
January 27, 12 Googling for Better or Worse
April 12, 12 The Right Word at the Right Place and Time
July 5, 12 Writing Letters Still Has Charm and Value
July 10, 12 Refraining from Constant Social Contact
October 19, 12 The Agony of a Dying Language
October 23, 12 Polling Numbers: What Do They All Mean?
October 27, 12 When Sober News Becomes Good News
December 26, 12 Pejorative & Anti-Catholic English Words
June 24, 13 Book Review: Return to Order
June 29, 13 Books-in-Progress: A Novel Concept?
August 3, 13 Congratulations to "The Catholic Worker" at Eighty
Community Development and Public Service
April 25, 07 Conservation Easements
April 26, 07 Support Micro Loans
May 3, 07 Ministry of Healing
June 15, 07 Two Models of Leadership
June 16, 07 Leadership and the Principle of Subsidiarity
January 13, 09 Begin Small through Community Regeneration
January 30, 09 Search for Community
March 12, 09 Plant Trees as a Community Project
July 24, 09 Assisting the Landless
July 25, 09 Starting A Cooking School
August 13, 09 The Gift of the Volunteer
January 17, 11 Work Opportunities for Citizens
January 18, 11 Public Service and Student Loan Forgiveness
January 19, 11 Convert "Retirement Years" to Public Service
January 20, 11 Work as Curse or Work as Privileged Opportunity
May 24, 11 The Ministry of Shared Suffering
May 25, 11 Urban Centers: For better or Worse
December 18, 12 Caregiving and Institutionalization
July 1, 13 Discovering America's Community Relations
August 8, 13 No-Growth Philosophies Are Hokum
September 5, 13 Benefits from Local Basement Sales
Community -- Seniors
June 9, 07 The Treasure of Seniors
March 27, 08 Mobilize Senior Citizens
April 21, 08 Honor the Elders
October 20, 08 Caring for Ourselves as We Age
October 28, 08 Attending the Shut-ins
January 29, 09 Question Retirement
February 18, 09 Accept Old Age
March 18, 09 Welcome Baby Boomers to Senior Citizenhood
April 9, 09 Nursing Homes
May 25, 09 Memorial Day and Senior Moments
June 9, 09 Honoring Centenarians
June 9, 10 How Many Ways Are There to Age Gracefully?
March 5, 11 Hidden Freedoms of the Elderly
May 4, 11 Aging Can Involve New Adventures
June 9, 11 Activist Options for Senior Citizens' Day
September 29, 11 Wisdom of the Elders Versus Selfishness
June 9, 12 Promoting Porch Swings on Senior Citizens' Day
September 7, 12 Encouraging the Grandma Moses in Elders
November 11, 13 Take Pride in Local Veterans
November 21, 13 You Know You are Getting Old When...
Consumerism and Simple Living
The Contrasumers
(See Money)
January 6, 07 Green Gift Wrapping
July 3, 07 Declare Independence from Stuff
August 17, 07 Making Do
September 7, 07 Live Earth Pledge
October 8, 07 Soft or Hard Approaches to Lifestyle Change
October 9, 07 Soft Approach: If We Change Our Ways...
October 10, 07 Hard Approach: Unless We Change Our Ways...
October 11, 07 Voluntary Change Has Inherent Limitations
October 12, 07 Beyond Hard or Soft Approaches
January 24, 08 Ways to Radically Share
January 28, 08 Simple Lifestyle 2008
January 31, 08 Support the Inspired
February 19, 08 Foster Responsible Consumerism
February 22, 08 Promote Cooperatives
February 28, 08 Urban Simple Living
March 10, 08 Natural Versus Synthetic Fibers
March 14, 08 Help Create Quiet Zones
April 7, 08 Develop Consider Public Service Announcements
April 9, 08 Expose the Epidemic of Consumption
April 22, 08 Think Organic Green
June 2, 08 Now Is the Time to Think Smaller
July 25, 08 "Affluenza" versus Simpler Living
September 24, 08 Simple Funerals
September 25, 08 More Insurance?
October 29, 08 Choosing When and Where to Use Synthetics
November 10, 08 Building a Worm Composting Bin
November 14, 08 Ten Reasons for Composting Toilets
November 28, 08 Shopping Tips
January 7, 09 Recall Reasons for Living Simply
January 8, 09 Simplify Your Life in Many Ways
February 27, 09 Simplify Life as a Community Project
March 28, 09 Champion Appropriate Technology
August 18, 09 Appropriate Technology and the Economic Downturn
November 6, 09 Take the 2009 Simple Lifestyle Test
March 22, 10 Redirect the Contrasumers
March 23, 10 Protect from Information Overload
June 5, 10 Why Is Reducing Meat Consumption Environmental?
August 13, 10 Collectibles: Educational and Green Aspects
September 10, 09 The Yard Sale and Swapping Ideas
April 15, 11 Living in the Boondocks
August 2, 11 Living Within One's Means
January 25, 12 Nine Reasons to Downsize Lifestyles
March 28, 12 Spring Housecleaning Covers Many Areas
April 23, 12 Upward Mobility and a New American Dream
May 26, 12 Are There More Than Eight Questions for Downsizers?
November 12, 11 Dress Warmly Indoors and Lower Room Temperature
November 18, 11 The Practice of Using Less Stuff
March 2, 12 Share Pets with Neighbors
October 8, 12 Homemade Laundry Soap as Potential Savings
November 21, 12 Preserve Us from Our Selfish Ways
November 23, 12 Consumerism, Permissiveness, & Never Saying "No"
November 24, 12 Eight Ways to Curb Over-Consumerism
January 22, 13 Is Our Consumer-Based Culture Sustainable?
August 22, 13 Contrasumption: Twelve Ways to Live on Less
September 4, 13 Detrimental Effects of the Throwaway Culture
October 5, 13 Celebrate Simple Lifestyle Day
November 15, 13 Consumerism: A Good or Bad Term?
December 5, 13 Should We Celebrate Tinsel Day?
December 14, 13 Cedar and the Scent of Holiday Season
December 20, 13 Providing for Season's Special Treats
Culture
May 5, 07 The Horse Culture
May 19, 10 Confronting the Drug Culture?
August 19, 11 Contrasting the Material and Spiritual Culture
January 6, 12 Are American Supposed to Be the Greatest?
February 27, 12 Risks in Discerning the Reality of Our Culture
July 16, 12 Culture of Life versus Culture of Death
January 22, 13 Is Our Consumer-Based Culture Sustainable?
April 25, 13 Over-Competitiveness in Our Culture
June 16, 13 Forgiveness in an Unforgiving Culture
July 15, 13 Globalization Can Be an Assault on Cultures
July 20, 13 Defining Culture Differently
July 30, 13 The Church Continues to Celebrate Culture
Disasters & Emergencies
(See Auto)
February 23, 07 The Darfur Crisis
October 3, 07 Earthquakes and Acts of God
October 10, 08 Burning Down the Place Seventeen Ways
October 15, 08 Preparing for Possible Disasters
March 25, 09 Live with Potential Disaster
March 26, 09 Promote Disaster Alert and Relief Systems
April 14, 09 Appalachian Floods
April 23, 09 A Catastrophe or an Opportunity
December 4, 10 Artificial vs. Real Christmas Decorations
February 17, 11 Review Disaster Supplies
January 26, 12 Waiting Out the Snowstorm
February 25, 12 Global Anticipation of More Natural Disasters
December 3, 12 Don'ts and Dos When Stranded in a Blizzard
March 11, 13 Emergency Grab-and-Go Kits
September 25, 13 Global Disaster Early Warning Systems
Drinks
(See Water)
October 13, 07 Herbal Teas
August 2, 08 Water Fountains
September 4, 08 Soft Drink Curbs
October 5, 09 The Joy of New Wine
July 28, 11 Summer Drinks Revisited
September 1, 11 Wine-Making
July 21, 12 Mint: A Summer Beverage of Choice
Earth Day
April 20, 07 Earth Day Evolving
April 21, 07 Revelation and Earth Day
April 22, 09 Earth Day Commitment
April 21, 10 Earth Day at the Fortieth Anniversary
April 22, 10 Accept, Not Assign, Blame on Earth Day
April 21, 12 Earth Day and Easter Empowerment
Earthhealing
(See Eco-Spirituality)
February 15, 07 Broadening the Field of Earthhealing
June 1, 08 Earthhealing on Solid Ground
September 13, 08 Christians, Genesis and Earthhealing
March 23, 09 Be Earthhealing Individuals
March 24, 09 Be Earthhealing Groups
August 24, 09 Earthhealing and Environmental Consciousness
December 1, 10 All Can Be Earth Healers
June 21, 11 Similarity in Making-Hay and Healing Earth
June 23, 11 2000th Essay: The Future of Earth Healing, Inc.
January 12, 12 HERE Is Where We Act as Earthhealers
January 13, 12 NOW Is the Time to Heal Our Wounded Earth
January 14, 12 WE are the Ones Called to Heal
January 20, 12 Ten Eco-balances for an Earthhealer
February 11, 12 Encourage Inventiveness in Earthhealing
February 12, 12 Healing Troubled People, Troubled Earth
April 30, 12 Keeping America Beautiful is Truly Earthhealing
May 5, 12 Are Earthhealers to Be Exemplary Good Samaritans?
May 9, 12 Is Admitting "Through My Fault" Part of Earthhealing? May 12, 12 Is Earthhealing Primarily Practical?
July 25, 12 Earthhealing Is Democratic, Not Elitist
July 31, 12 Earthhealing Has Ignatian Roots
October 11, 12 Different Degrees of Earthhealing
October 15, 12 Hospitality, Friendliness, and Earthhealing
January 31, 13 Earthhealing and "Right to Die"
February 9, 13 Earthhealers and a New Evangelization
February 10, 13 Called to Be and Find Earthhealers
Economics and New World Order
The Contrasumers
May 14, 09 Shock or Disaster Capitalism and Environmentalism
July 3, 09 Being Free from Credit and Debt
August 18, 09 Appropriate Technology and the Economic Downturn
February 15, 10 Woe to the Rich
February 24, 10 Question "Development"
March 1, 10 Garden for Economic Reasons
March 9, 10 Expose Affluence Slipping into Bankruptcy
March 26, 10 Question "Development"
April 8, 10 Redirect Current Tea Parties
April 13, 10 Greed Can Ruin Democracy
April 30, 10 Confront Wall Street Barons
May 18, 10 Failing to Face Cultural Bankruptcy
May 20, 10 Contrasting Material and Spiritual Privileged
May 21, 10 Challenging Talents Turned to Material Privilege
May 31, 10 Founding a New World Order on the Magnificat
June 16, 10 Do You Know the Ten Commandments of Capitalism?
June 29, 10 Have You Resolved to Live within Your Means?
June 30, 10 Why a Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy?
July 2, 11 Plutocratic versus Democratic Ways: Tax the Rich!
July 4, 11 American Independence Minus Pretensions
August 26, 10 Capitalism: State, Corporate or Neither?
August 28, 10 The Corporate Person: A Form of Idolatry
September 3, 10 Champion the Intellectual Commons
September 4 10 Halt Overconsumption by the Affluent
December 2, 10 Sustainability: An Ambiguous Concept
January 28, 11 Capitalism Fosters Lack of Faith
February 19, 11 Contrasumers: Moving Towards a New Economy
April 7, 11 Global Sharing is Healthy
May 6, 11 "No New Taxes" versus "TAX THE RICH"
May 7, 11 The Marginalized Activist Dilemma
June 10, 11 Crisis Caused by Disparity of Wealth/Power
June 11, 11 Two Views of Possessions
July 8, 11 Biofuels for the Affluent versus Food for the Poor
July 12, 11 It Is Time to Expose Deadbeat Corporations
July 13, 11 Keeping Renewable Energy Production Decentralized
July 19, 11 The Elite Versus the People
July 27, 11 Benefits from Redistribution through Fair Taxes
August 4, 11 Nationalizing with Caution and Care
August 10, 11 Connectedness: Creating a Balanced Practice
August 12, 11 Debunking Twelve Popular American Myths
August 17, 11 Fighting to Keep Water Supplies Accessible
August 18, 11 Limiting Private Property Managed by Good Stewards
August 20, 11 Recognizing World Health As Global Security
August 22, 11 Radicalizing People to Be Change Agents
August 24, 11 Taxing the Rich for God's and Our Sake
August 27, 11 Promoting World Federalism to Save Our Earth
September 2, 11 Think Globally, Act Locally, But All Act As One
September 6, 11 Dilemma for Pro-Life Environmentalists
September 8, 11 Efficiency + Renewables = Economic & National Security
November 10, 11 Tea Party: Target Public/Private Privileges
November 22, 11 When Is Affluence Excessive?
November 25, 11 Combat Economic Dysfunctionality: Buy Nothing Day
November 29, 11 Mesmerized by Stock Market Numbers
March 7, 12 Tax Havens are Concentration Camps of Wealth
March 30, 12 Agribusiness Versus Today's Small Farmers
May 24, 12 What is Corporatocracy? Is America a Victim?
September 8, 12 Breaking Up Banks Too Big to Fail
October 2, 12 Economics and the Clash of Good and Evil
October 30, 12 Tax Havens: Worse Than We Thought
November 28, 12 Protecting the Commonwealth from Billionaires
February 21, 13 The Poor Will Rise -- Christian Revolution
July 10, 13 Promoting UNESCO Global Cultural Sites
July 25, 13 Extractive Industry vs. Tourism/Retiree Communities
September 10, 13 Curb the Weapons Trade through Real Offsetting
October 11, 13 Sharing Economy: Collaborative Consumption Model
October 17, 13 What Triggers Global Protesting
October 21, 13 HERE is a Troubled Earth
October 22, 13 The Fundamental Option Is with the Poor NOW
October 24, 13 God Empowers Us to Act
October 25, 13 A 21st Century Christian Manifesto
November 8, 13 Fair Trade Is Part of a Healthy Lifestyle
November 9, 13 Unfair Trade in Fauna and Flora
Eco-Spirituality
Towards an Authentic Eco-Spirituality
Earthhealing: A Resurrection-Centered Approach
June 25, 07 Creature Companions
June 26, 07 Stations of the Eco-Cross
November 23, 07 Piety: Enhancing the Sense of Mystery
November 26, 07 Shut-Ins As Earthhealers
April 27, 08 Resurrection-Centered Spirituality
June 12, 08 Spirit Creatures: Animals
June 13, 08 Spirit Creatures: Plants
September 13, 08 Christians, Genesis and Earthhealing
October 1, 08 Proclaiming a Redemption-Based Spirituality
October 21, 08 Conversing with Plants and Animals
October 25, 08 Creating a New Eden
November 13, 08 Eco-Hypocrisy
April 17, 09 Pessimistic or Optimistic Ecoview
August 1, 09 Harvesting and Thankfulness
August 5, 09 Gratitude for Mid-Summer's Green
August 24, 09 Earthhealing and Environmental Consciousness
August 28, 09 Down-to-Earth Spirituality Versus Pretending
December 26, 09 Confirm a Down-to-Earth Spirituality
May 10, 10 Degrees of Environmental Concern: Thinking Globally
May 11, 10 The Second Degree: Acting Locally
May 12, 10 The Third Degree: Acting in Solidarity with Other
May 20, 10 Contrasting Material and Spiritual Privileged
May 21, 10 Challenging Talents Turned to Material Privilege
July 29, 10 Expose the Limited "Creation-Centered Spirituality"
July 30, 10 Consider Ignatian Principles and the Environment
April 25, 11 Reflecting on Time: Past, Future, and Present
April 26, 11 Demonstrating the Existence of God through Love
April 27, 11 Earthhealing through the Basic Component of Love
April 28, 11 Showing Compassion for our Wounded Earth
June 24, 11 Creating the Future: A Healed Earth
August 9, 11 Expanding Our Healing Ministries Ten Ways
September 12, 11 Earthhealing and the Laws of Ecology
September 13, 11 First Law: Everything is connected to Everything Else
September 14, 11 Second Law: Everything Must Go Somewhere
September 15, 11 Third Law: Nature Knows Best
September 16, 11 Fourth Law: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
September 27, 11 Expanding Our Earthhealing Ministries Ten Ways
October 12, 11 Cumulating Small Earthhealing Acts: Good or Bad?
October 28, 11 St. Jude, Patron of the Impossible: Earthhealing?
November 3, 11 HERE, NOW, WE: Resurrection-Centered Spirituality
December 3, 11 Is Creation-Centered Spirituality Green?
June 25, 12 Searching for a Comprehensive Eco-Spirituality
June 26, 12 HERE: A Down-to-Earth Spirituality
June 27, 12 NOW: A Spirituality of Compassion
June 28, 12 WE: A Resurrection-Centered Eco-Spirituality
March 26, 13 Realism Is the Best Earthhealing Practice
April 9, 13 Glory of Creation
April 10, 13 Life as Glory of Creation
June 5, 13 World Environment Day and Healing Our Earth
June 7, 13 Healing Earth through Reparation Practices
September 18, 13 Window of Opportunity to Save Our Wounded Earth
Education
(See Communication)
February 26, 07 Geological Awakening
September 8, 07 The Value of Improved Literacy
April 12, 08 Teach-in Tips for Global Warming Day
April 15, 08 Encourage Youth to Act Environmentally
August 13, 08 Become Self-Taught
August 26, 08 Hands-on Work Experience
August 28, 08 A Case for Bilingualism
September 29, 08 Learning to Eat Lower on the Food Chain
October 8, 08 Striving to Be and Remain Debt-Free
June 3, 09 Teaching Good Environmental Practice
June 25, 09 Learning from Custer's Last Stand
September 8, 09 That All May Be Literate
September 29, 09 Appreciate Teachers
September 30, 09 Learn Something New Every Day
October 17, 09 Youth Museums and Varied Autumn Leaves
November 17, 09 Take Seriously Geography Awareness Week
March 24, 10 Commit Yourself to Ongoing Education
May 22, 10 Revealing the Mixed Mesophytic Forest
July 26, 10 Learn Spanish?
July 31, 10 Launch a "Gray Matter in the Green" Blog
August 13, 10 Collectibles: Educational and Green Aspects
January 21, 11 Travel Education and Elderhostels
February 27, 11 Lessons from Birds: Trust, Freedom, Joy
November 17, 11 National Homeless Awareness Week
December 1, 11 Select Relevant Information
January 5, 12 Academic Contributions (Credits and Debts)
January 29, 12 When Do We Teach with Authority?
April 26, 12 Lectures, Academic Rip-offs, and Free Education
September 20, 12 Good News: Learning from Creature/Teachers
January 9, 13 Reforming the Academic System
January 10, 13 Are Free Universities Possible?
January 11, 13 How About a No-Frills University?
August 28, 13 Watch out! Electronics May Lower Practical Skills
Energy -- General
May 19, 07 A Fee for the Carbon Content of Fuels
October 20, 07 Morality and Nuclear Power
November 5, 07 Planning and Energy Consumption
November 6, 07 Sustainable Energy Blueprint
November 7, 07 Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free
November 8, 07 Proposed Energy Policy Initiatives
November 9, 07 A Man on the Moon Renewable Energy Project
February 2, 09 Recognize Candle Power
January 5, 10 Resist the Expansion of Nuclear Power
January 7, 10 Critique the Federal Energy Star Program
January 23, 10 Speak Up for Renewable Energy
January 29, 10 Redefine the "Privilege" of Offsetting
February 24, 10 Make Fossil Fuels Transitory Energy Sources
March 5, 10 Encourage Green Antinuclear Advocates
March 10, 10 Promote Renewables, Not Nuclear Power
April 20, 10 Assign Energy Use Properly
June 7, 10 What Are the Three Legs of a Sound Energy Policy?
June 18, 10 Can Our Nation Create a Proper Energy Mix?
February 22, 11 Promote a Globally Just Energy Policy
February 26, 11 List the Elements of a Global Energy Policy
October 31, 11 Fuel Speculation and Justice
September 27, 12 Clean Energy: Critical Investments & Decisions
April 15, 13 Do We Take Electricity for Granted?
October 4, 13 Espousing a National Carbon Tax
December 3, 13 China: A Challenge to a Greener Global Future
Energy -- Conservation
(See Travel and Transportation)
November 16, 07 Clothes Lines Hang Out
December 13, 07 Attributing the Driving Time
February 8, 08 Efficient Vehicles and Global Warming
May 6, 08 Twelve Ways to Save Energy
April 19, 08 National Hanging Out Day
September 16, 08 Insulation and Weatherizing
December 11, 08 Windbreaks
July 7, 09 Cooling without Air Conditioning
July 8, 09 Keeping Cool through Other Practices
August 12, 09 Ten Ways to Beat the Heat
November 3, 09 Create Domestic Comfort Zones
December 29, 09 Consider Insulated Window Shades
August 26, 09 Compact Fluorescents for All
September 9, 09 Examine Your Appliance Use
December 7, 10 Energy Efficiency as the New Frontier
May 10, 11 Energy Efficiency Demands Top Priority
November 12, 11 Dress Warmly Indoors and Lower Room Temperature
January 18, 12 When is a Seasonal Move (Snowbirding) Green?
October 9, 12 Should We Promote Clean Electric Vehicles?
September 23, 13 Preparing Buildings in Autumn
October 12, 13 Natural Recycling All Around Us
December 16, 13 Information Communications Technology Energy Use
Energy -- Fossil Fuels and Biofuels
June 19, 07 Tar Sands
July 24, 07 Corn: The Corny Biofuel
August 24, 07 Better Sources of Biofuels and Plastics?
January 17, 08 The Pluses and Minuses of Wood Heating
May 29, 08 Coal: Mountaintop Removal
August 7, 08 Nuclear Power Versus Wind Energy
September 23, 09 A Critical Look at King Coal
February 2, 10 Candles and Other Energy Sources
June 10, 10 Natural Gas: A Bright Future?
June 11, 10 Global Atmospheric Methane: A Problem
June 24, 10 Why Make Fuel Ethanol from Corn?
August 2, 10 Coal Ash: What Is a Greener Solution?
August 4, 10 Offshore Energy: Wind and/or Oil
January 8, 11 Hypocrisy: Coal Use and Opposition
February 24, 11 Carbon Capture and Storage: A Pipe Dream?
May 13, 11 Is the New Age of Coal to Be Welcomed or Condemned?
July 8, 11 Biofuels for the Affluent versus Food for the Poor
July 14, 11 The Jury is Out on Marcellus and other Shale Gas
November 7, 11 Switchgrass and Future Biofuels
February 1, 12 Fossil Fuel Still Favored over Renewable Energy
May 8, 12 Does Coal Have a Future?
May 25, 12 Must We Critically Discern Natural Gas Development?
June 6, 12 Drill Baby Drill! Cheap Fuel or Cheap Strategy
July 9, 12 Our New Fossil Fuel Addiction: Natural Gas
October 10, 12 Goodbye to American King Coal
February 27, 13 Fracking: Panacea or Problem
April 19, 13 Is Escaping Methane Hot Air or Scorching Gas?
April 20, 13 Fossil Fuel Emission Problems and Catastrophe
June 4, 13 Clean Air Day and Decline of American Coal
June 12, 13 Dangers from Canadian Tar Sands Exploitation
June 13, 13 Keystone XL Pipeline is a Lose, Lose Proposition
June 27, 13 Benefits and Risks of Cheap American Natural Gas
September 16, 13 How about Domestic Tar Sands Development?
November 18, 13 Excessive Methane: Blessing or Curse?
Energy -- Nuclear Power
Critical Hour
Morality of Nuclear Power
September 12, 07 Another Myth about Nuclear Energy
August 7, 08 Nuclear Power Versus Wind Energy
June 11, 09 Returning Phoenix: Nuclear Power
August 6, 09 Rid the World of Nukes
September 20, 10 Call for a Nuclear-Free Middle East
May 23, 11 Clean Nuclear Energy? A Lie!
June 1, 11 Why Nuclear Power? Is it Congressional Payoff Time?
October 13, 11 Nuclear Waste Disposal and Modern Mythology Day
October 25, 11 Disarmament Day: Do Away with Nuclear Power
March 5, 12 Nuclear Energy's Current Fading Glory
June 2, 12 Is Nuclear Power a Dream Turned into a Nightmare?
November 7, 12 Worker Safety at Portsmouth Diffusion Facility
Energy -- Renewable Sources and Applications
Healing Appalachia
August 24, 07 Better Sources of Biofuels and Plastics?
October 6, 07 What to Look for on Solar Tours
December 17, 07 Renewable America -- 2025
December 18, 07 Renewable America -- State-by-State
December 19, 07 Hydropower's Potential
December 20, 07 Wind and Populated Areas
December 21, 07 High Potential Solar Areas
December 22, 07 High Potential Geothermal Areas
December 24, 07 Make America Energy Renewable
February 11, 08 A Simple Global Solution: Solar Cookers and Ovens
March 15, 08 Wind Power Coming to Life
March 28, 08 Solar-Powered Car
April 5, 08 Start Thinking Solar
April 24, 08 Hydropower: Large and Small
August 7, 08 Nuclear Power Versus Wind Energy
August 22, 08 Photovoltaic Solutions
September 27, 08 Road Blocks to Renewable Energy
October 23, 08 Drying Food with Solar Energy
January 19, 09 Promote Windpower for America
March 6, 09 Bring Wind Power to the Fore
October 3, 09 Domestic Solar Tours in 2009
February 2, 10 Candles and Other Energy Sources
July 6, 10 Announce that America's Renewables Are Here Now?
July 7, 10 Consider Solar Photovoltaics
July 23, 10 Promote Solar Hot Water Systems
August 4, 10 Offshore Energy: Wind and/or Oil
December 17, 10 Anniversary of Utility-Scale Geothermal Power
December 18, 10 Are Promising Renewables Enough?
January 5, 11 Renewable Energy Is Growing Remarkably
February 11, 11 Geothermal Energy: A Stimulus Package Success
May 12, 11 Renewable Energy: An Answer but When?
May 26, 11 Windpower and Changing Landscapes
June 7, 11 Ten Reasons for Small-Scale Hydropower Now
December 5, 11 Renewable Utilities Need Not Be Massive Projects
December 9, 11 Non-Renewables Must Give Way to Renewable Energy
January 17, 12 Has Solar Manufacturing Moved to China?
March 1, 12 Eight Reasons to Go with the Wind as Renewable Energy
April 2, 12 No fooling: Renewable Growth Is Explosive
May 21, 12 Are Renewable Winds Blowing? Waves/Tides Splashing?
May 29, 12 Must Renewable Energy Facilities Be Spacious?
July 18, 12 Renewable Energy: A Needed Climate Change Strategy
November 15, 12 Renewables and New Electrical Generation Capacity
December 12, 12 Geothermal Energy: Promising but Troubled
January 29, 13 Promoting Renewables: Tidal Energy
February 5, 13 Twelve Reasons to Emphasize Solar Energy
February 19, 13 Let's Popularize Solar System Day
March 2, 13 Championing a Wind-Energized Economy
April 12, 13 Renewable Energy: Answer to Global Warming
April 13, 13 Is a Total Renewable Energy Economy Possible Soon?
July 2, 13 Living to See a Renewable Energy Economy
July 18, 13 Biomass: Renewable Energy or Forest Disaster
August 7, 13 Wind: Will It Be a Globally Accepted Fuel Source?
August 23, 13 Geothermal, the Friendliest Energy Source
November 4, 13 Is It Near the End of Electric Utilities?
November 5. 13 Is Wind Power Blowing in Fast Enough?
Environment -- General
January 8, 07 Protecting Endangered Areas
January 30, 07 Environmental Costs Exaggerated
March 16, 07 Overfishing the Oceans
April 10, 07 International Polar Year
April 16, 07 Keeping America and the World Beautiful
March 3, 08 Genetic Engineering?
March 24, 08 Becoming our Land
May 17, 08 Apocalypse and the Oil Crash
May 22, 08 Our Oceans and Seas: The Last Frontiers
June 3, 08 Stewardship and Our Earth
June 5, 08 World Environment Day 2008
June 20, 08 Global Village
September 26, 08 Natural Sounds All Around
January 21, 09 Make a Forest Pledge on National Hug Day
February 17, 09 Tackle Invasive Species
March 9, 09 Create Tranquil Living Space
May 16, 09 Endangered Species Day
May 18, 09 Sustainability and Environment
May 19, 09 Equal Green Practices for All?
June 23, 09 Staying alert to Environmental Sleepers
August 8, 09 Degrees of Environmental Greenness
September 18, 09 World Water Monitoring Day
December 2, 09 Question the St. Francis Pledge's Completeness
June 1, 10 Who Should Clean Up the Rivers?
June 2, 10 Are Reduced Spatial Requirements Greener?
June 8, 10 Must We Go from Short- to Long-Term Environmentalism?
June 24, 10 Why Make Fuel Ethanol from Corn?
August 3, 10 Environmental Solutions: Work and Pray
December 2, 10 Sustainability: An Ambiguous Concept
June 3, 11 Defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
June 17, 11 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 22, 11 Should We Preserve Nature as Untouched?
October 22, 11 Placid Environmentalism: Pale Green or Yellow?
October 26, 11 Playing Games with Ecological Issues
November 15, 11 Biophilia: Our Love of Nature
February 15, 12 Facts about Global Deforestation
February 18, 12 Maritime Transportation and Global Air Pollution
May 31, 12 Do Environmental Mini-alarms Smother Radical Change?
June 8, 12 On Environmental Issues Remain Non-Partisan
June 19, 12 First UN Conference on the Environment, 1972
January 3, 13 Environmental Themes for Each Month
January 4, 13 Monthly Environmental Themes Continued
April 11, 13 Ways to Control Air and Related Pollution
September 11, 13 Federal Lands Day and Care for Creation
Environment -- Climate Change
January 19, 07 What to Do about Global Warming
April 14, 07 Global Warming Day
July 23, 07 Is the Glacier an Endangered Species?
August 10, 07 EU Approaches to Global Warming
September 3, 07 Laboring to Save the Earth
September 6, 07 Climate Change and the Poor
September 28, 07 Neutral Carbon: A Shell Game?
November 17, 07 Wars Triggered by Climate Change
January 14, 08 Snow Storms and Global Warming
June 19, 09 Saving the Climate at Low Cost
September 28, 09 Climate Change and Copenhagen
November 4, 09 Prepare for Copenhagen Next Month
December 1, 09 Turn Our Thoughts to Copenhagen
January 22, 10 Anticipate the Climate Toll
January 30, 10 Can We Halt Climate Change?
April 12, 10 Global Warming Coming Faster and Sooner
May 3, 10 Emphasizing Prudence in Climate Change Controversy
September 9, 10 Pluses and Minuses of Climate Change
September 25, 10 Is Climate Change Out of Control?
November 30, 10 China, Food, and Climate Change
December 10, 10 Rethink Lawns in the Climate Change Era
December 29, 10 Prudence and Climate Change Deniers
February 23, 11 Confront Climate Change Naysayers
February 24, 11 Carbon Capture and Storage: A Pipe Dream?
February 25, 11 Geoengineering: Promising or Just Plain Hubris?
March 25, 11 Affirming Climate Change: Being Right with Earth
April 4, 11 Noticing Extreme Climate-Change-Related Weather Events
April 5, 11 Trusting Scientific Evidence: A Global Crisis
March 15, 12 Green Cement: Reducing Climate Change Gases
March 29, 12 Global Climate Change Paralysis: A Moral Dilemma
April 11, 12 Global Warming Day Revisited
April 16, 12 The 2011 Award for Bad Climate Science
April 27, 12 Polar week and Arctic Thawing
July 18, 12 Renewable Energy: A Needed Climate Change Strategy
November 18, 12 Climate Change and Signs of the Times
December 6, 12 Climate Change under Attack in America
January 14, 13 Arctic Ice Cap Shrinks Rapidly
January 25, 13 Overcoming Lethargy on Climate Change Denial
March 23, 13 The Arctic Sheet is Melting
April 1, 13 Reclaimers Counter Climate Change Deniers
April 4, 13 Soft or Gentle Hard Approaches to Climate Change
June 8, 13 Climate Activism: A New Breed of Environmentalism
September 3, 13 Climate Change Warning Levels at 400ppm
November 7, 13 State of the Climate Report
Environment -- Indoor
August 7, 07 Rural Indoor Air Pollution
August 20, 08 Domestic Indoor Environment
September 10, 08 Mold, the Asbestos of the 2000s
September 19, 08 Use Caution with Commercial Chemicals
December 26, 08 Keep a Quieter House
August 19, 09 Toxic Chemicals in Your Home
December 5, 12 Decorating with Taste, Safety, and Cost in Mind
July 19, 13 Not Tolerating Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution
December 18, 13 Winter and Indoor Environmental Cautions
Environment -- Pollution and Protection
(See Water Protection)
April 23, 07 The Environmental Costs of Meetings
May 16, 07 The Glory or Fate of Coral Reefs
September 19, 08 Use Caution with Commercial Chemicals
November 20, 07 Lead and Children's Day
August 21, 08 Toxic Chemicals: A Social Justice Advocacy Issue
September 5, 08 Ozone: Friend or Foe?
January 10, 09 Resolve to Salt Less this Winter
March 19, 09 Consider Ash Ponds and Toxic Substances
March 31, 09 Protect Streams
May 6, 09 Lead Contamination
May 9, 09 Historic Preservation Week
July 20, 09 Recognizing Light Pollution on Moon Day
July 23, 09 Skygazing and the Perseid Meteor Shower
December 11, 09 Contest Urban Sprawl
May 28, 10 Facing Mountaintop Removal Practices
September 11, 10 Environmental Lessons from the Oil Disaster
September 19, 11 Coastal Cleanup Day
December 21, 11 Oil Spill Clean-up Using Wool
April 17, 12 Focus on Controlling Invasive Species
April 20, 12 Mountaintop Removal and Its Costs
July 17, 12 Ragweed Control
May 21, 13 Soot: A Climate-Changing Pollutant
June 21, 13 Reducing Emissions Caused by Deforestation Practices
August 19, 13 Europe Bans Pesticides in Honey Bee Die-Off
August 20, 13 Birds, Threats, and Pet and Feral Cats
August 21, 13 Nitrogen Feast or Famine and Ammonia Controls
Environment -- Silent Space and Noise
Sounds and Silence
May 21, 07 Noise Awareness Week
May 22,07 The Harmony of Sounds and Silence
May 23, 07 Noise Assaults Us
May 24, 07 Noise Sensitivity
May 25, 07 Ten Ways to Reduce Noise
May 26, 07 Ten Ways to Create Silent Space
May 27, 07 A Time to Be Silent
August 18, 07 Forms of Noise and Excessive Sound
January 19, 08 Cell Phone and Silent Space
December 26, 08 Keep a Quieter House
February 9, 09 Confront Noise Pollution
February 11, 09 Construct Privacy Screens and Noise Barriers
March 8, 11 Right to Privacy and Silent Space
June 2, 11 Protect Silent Space in a Busy, Connected World
August 23, 11 Balancing Sounds and Silence
March 13, 12 Should We Be Silent When Attacked?
October 1, 13 Reflection Involves Silent Space and Time
October 9, 13 Household Compromise of Sound and Silence
November 14, 13 Sounds of November Challenge Us
Ethnicity and States
August 23, 07 Eastern European Population Decline
September 1, 07 Cherokee National Holiday
September 10, 07 Hispanic Heritage and Fair Trade Movement
September 21, 07 World Gratitude & Native American Day
October 31, 07 British Influence: Wax or Wane?
December 8, 07 America's Saint Names
January 21, 08 Africans: Joy and Sorrows
August 28, 08 A Case for Bilingualism
June 18, 09 Enjoying International Picnic Day
July 1, 09 Cultivating Anglo-American Friendship
July 14, 09 Learning from the French
August 11, 09 American Ethnic Change
September 14, 09 Promote Hispanic Heritage Week
September 25, 09 Observe Native American Day
December 5, 09 ARE the United States Unique?
May 29, 10 Saying Farewell to the Last Survivor of the Bo
July 26, 10 Learn Spanish?
September 13, 10 Alsatian: An Endangered Language
September 17, 10 Yom Kippur: The Perpetual Call for Inclusivity
April 6, 11 Recording Our Ethnic Diversity and Change
September 23, 11 Restitution for Native Americans
March 17, 12 Light-Hearted Irish and Troubled Times
September 28, 12 What We Owe Others on Native American Day
November 26, 12 Ethnicity in Motion: Ethnic Atlas of the United States
December 10, 12 Appalachian Is an Emerging Ethnic Group
December 11, 12 Ethnic Amalgamation or Ethnic Diversification
December 13, 12 State-by-State Ethnic Groups
January 15, 13 Ethnic and Ecological Consciousness
January 16, 13 Pride in Ethnicity and Being American
July 26, 13 A Real Puzzle: Ethnic Changes in U.S. Urban Areas
Family
September 24, 07 Family Day
December 30, 07 Extended Families
May 11, 08 Mother's Day: Love from Love
August 5, 08 Family Reunions
October 16, 08 Establishing a Local and Family History
December 28, 08 The Holy Family Presentation
November 24, 09 Celebrate National Family Week
May 9, 10 Planting the Gift of Peace at Home
September 27, 10 Family Day: Greener Ways Together
December 26, 10 May All Families Be Holy
December 30, 12 Struggling Families: Parents and Children
August 24, 13 Ways to Help When Death Comes in a Family
October 8, 13 Children as Rebels or Revolutionaries
December 29, 13 Families Fleeing to Safer Places
Food
(See Plants)
July 18, 07 Eat Simply
October 16, 07 World Food Day Revisited
July 2, 08 Examining our Response to the Food Crisis
July 7, 08 Local Food Redistribution Systems
July 9, 08 Vacation Time and Eating
July 11, 08 Eleven Reasons for Locally Grown Food
July 12, 08 Championing Quality Amid Food Shortages
July 23, 08 Food Stamps and Food Commodities
July 24, 08 Global Warming and the Food Crisis
July 26, 08 Food Wastes
November 20, 08 Culinary Herb Growing and Use
June 2, 09 Patronizing Tailgate or Farmers' Markets
July 9, 09 Celebrating National Ice Cream Day
February 16, 10 Shrove Tuesday and Meat Consumption
October 1, 10 Food Attitudes: Personal Journey
October 2, 10 Method Used for Food Reflections
October 4, 10 Should We Learn Simple Food Games?
October 5, 10 Will You Finish What's on Your Plate?
October 7, 10 Can't You at Least Eat?
October 8, 10 Do Wild Foods Taste Better?
October 9, 10 Should We Talk About Killing Hogs?
October 11, 10 Are There Limits to Global Food Assistance?
October 12, 10 Must We Choose Food-Growing over Other Crops?
October 13, 10 How Does Patriotism Enter the Food Picture?
October 14, 10 Is Food Production Related to Land Stewardship?
October 15, 10 Do We Honor Migrant Farm Workers?
October 16, 10 Food Day: Are We Growing in Awareness?
October 18, 10 Is Eating Food a Total Experience?
October 19, 10 Do Foods Make Sounds?
October 22, 10 Should We Cultivate a Taste for Good Foods?
October 23, 10 Do Good Food Scents Make a Quality Environment?
October 25, 10 Is the Eucharist Real Food?
October 28, 10 Ought We to Fast for Self AND Others?
October 29, 10 What About Partaking in Seders?
October 30, 10 What Are Ways to Reduce or Avoid Food Wastes?
November 1, 10 Do We Make Informed Food Choices?
November 2, 10 Should Emphasis Be on Growing Food?
November 3, 10 Have We Calculated All Food Energy?
November 4, 10 Do We Have to Go Organic?
November 6, 10 Is Food an Instrument of Resolution?
November 9, 10 Locally-Grown: Are We What We Eat?
November 19, 10 Is the Food Distribution System Fair?
November 20, 10 Vegetarianism: Is It Good or Bad?
November 22, 10 How Do We Celebrate Food as Bounty?
November 23, 10 Can Food Be Designed as a Powerful Weapon?
November 25, 10 Do We Thank God Enough for Gifts of Food?
November 26, 10 Ought We to Have A Global Food-Sharing Program?
November 27, 10 Is Food Sharing a Component of Final Judgment?
November 29, 10 Food Consciousness Grows
November 30, 10 China, Food, and Climate Change
May 11, 11 How to Combat High Food Prices
July 25, 11 "Food Day" in October Should Focus on Food Costs
October 17, 11 Observe World Food Day
January 7, 12 Welcome to the Vinegar-Loving, Sour-Pickle People
April 14, 12 Review Culinary and Commercial Sweeteners
October 16, 12 World Food Day and High-Priced Food
October 24, 12 Focus on Food Day, 2012
October 16, 13 Focus on World Food Needs in 2013
November 27, 13 Food: Quantity, Quality, Safety, and Access
Food -- Berries, Fruits, Nuts & Vegetables
November 3, 07 Nut-Gathering in Autumn
November 14, 07 The Time for Pears
June 29, 09 Picking Early Blackberries
August 27, 09 Tomatoes and Avoiding Cancer
May 5, 10 Championing Mulberries
August 18, 10 Blueberries: Beneficial in So Many Ways
September 10, 10 Elderberry: The Modest Berry
May 17, 11 Decisions During a Tomato Year
June 18, 11 Raspberry Season Fosters Creativity
August 11, 11 Tasting Plums, A Favorite Wild and Domestic Fruit
January 19, 12 Peanuts: Ecologically Green Food
February 9, 12 Champion the Humble Potato
March 6, 12 Onions Are a True Spice of Life
August 2, 12 Time to Enjoy Watermelon Day
September 5, 12 Grapes: A Choice Fruit of the Season
October 26, 12 Hickory Nuts and Labors of Love
June 6, 13 Cherry Season and Happy Memories
August 31, 13 Paw Paws: Our Grandest Native American Fruit
September 13, 13 Grapes Offer Us Fruitful Potential
October 18, 13 Pumpkins: A Truly American Delight
Food -- Nutrition
September 23, 08 365 Low-cost, Nutritious and Convenient Meals
September 29, 08 Learning to Eat Lower on the Food Chain
February 26, 09 Eat Less Meat
April 21, 09 Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
June 24, 09 Eating Right
August 27, 09 Tomatoes and Avoiding Cancer
October 1, 09 World Vegetarian Day
October 6, 09 Control the Salt Intake
October 28, 09 Select the Right Snacks
November 27, 09 Learn to Count Calories
November 28, 09 Make Proper Food Choices
February 6, 10 Consider Lenten Diet Changes
June 5, 10 Why Is Reducing Meat Consumption Environmental?
November 5, 10 Can We Be Overly Concerned about Food Nutrition?
November 10, 10 Is Knowing the Food Source a Control on Quality?
November 11, 10 Is Having Fresh Food Better-Quality Living?
November 15, 10 Is Food Always Tempting and Enticing?
November 16, 10 Must We Always Avoid Fatty Food?
January 23, 13 Caffeine Beverages: A Matter of Concern?
April 23, 13 Moderation, Proper Food Choices, and Dieting
October 15, 13 Harvest Time and Nutrition for Poor Folks
Food -- Preparation and Preservation
January 27, 07 Return to the Twelve-Component Soup
July 18, 07 Eat Simply
September 4, 07 Pasta Salad Varieties
November 27, 07 Sauerkraut or Choucroute
January 15, 08 Soups for Winter
February 7, 08 Creative Meals for Lent
March 17, 08 Celebrate Spring's Arrival with "Greens"
July 17, 08 Food Preserving Techniques
July 18, 08 Solar Food Dryers
July 22, 08 Use Food Storage Space Well
October 23, 08 Drying Food with Solar Energy
November 20, 08 Culinary Herb Growing and Use
January 12, 09 Make a Winter 12-Veggie Soup
February 24, 09 Curb Fat Twelve Ways
December 4, 09 Have a New Soup Every Day
March 3, 10 Create a Different Salad Every Day
June 28, 10 Are There 183 More Salad Varieties?
October 20, 10 Should We Be Proud of Certain Food Preparations?
October 21, 10 What Are the Visible Marks of a Good Cook?
November 13, 10 Should We Preserve Surplus Food?
November 17, 10 Should We Create Our Own Fast Foods?
January 4, 11 A Challenge: 365 Different Breakfasts
April 2, 11 Varying Food Tastes on a Daily Basis
May 14, 11 Poke Salad Time and Festivals
June 25, 11 Time to Make Cucumber Pickle
December 7, 11 Smokehouses and Fire Safety Day
December 17, 11 Burgoo: The Kentucky Food Specialty
December 29, 11 365 Ways to Prepare Oatmeal
March 23, 12 Spices and Herbs Make for Quality of Life
September 24, 12 Making a Twelve-Ingredient Autumn Salad
December 28, 12 Create a Novel Soup Today
February 4, 13 365 Foods Containing Peanuts
March 8, 13 Sausage Making
March 20, 13 Preparing a Seasonal Garden Salad
July 29, 13 Variety in Soups, Salads, Oatmeal, and Peanuts
October 3, 13 Green Apple Pancakes
Food Security and Hunger
July 27, 08 Focusing on the Hungry
August 3, 08 Feeding People
June 30, 09 Mandating a World Grain Reserve
July 22, 09 Fighting Hunger in America in 2009
August 2, 09 Hunger in the World
August 31, 09 Support International Relief Groups
October 16, 09 Food Shortages and World Food Day
January 15, 10 Fight Hunger Here and Now
March 4, 10 Is Hunger a Form of Terrorism?
March 8, 10 Advance Food Security
April 27, 10 When Did We See You Hungry and Not Feed You?
July 24, 10 Share with the Hungry and Forsaken
October 6, 10 Do We Take Food for Granted?
October 26, 10 Worthy Communion When Neighbors Are Hungry?
November 18, 10 What Are Limits to Distributing Food Commodities?
November 24, 10 How Do We Share Food with the Hungry?
April 20, 11 Working for Greater Food Security
July 26, 11 Hunger Must Be Eliminated Now
October 18, 11 Food Insecurity, Famine, and Terrorism
February 7, 12 Deer, Venison, and Hungry Neighbors
Forest and Trees
March 9, 07 Rainforest Products Revisited
May 1, 07 Wildfires and Forest Life
May 10, 07 Tree Markings
June 13, 07 Tulip Poplars
July 19, 07 Mimosa, The Silk Tree
August 30, 07 The Oak Shade
September 5, 07 Urban Forests
January 10, 08 The American Chestnut is Coming Back
March 7, 08 Prune Trees and Shrubs
March 8, 08 List Tree Benefits
March 18, 08 Gather Non-Timber Forest Products Wisely
April 2, 08 Organize an Arbor Day Event
May 5, 08 Defend the Roadless Forest
May 19, 08 Old-Growth Forests
July 10, 08 Chestnut Memories: A Wake and Reawakening
September 9, 08 The Ten Commandments of the Forest
January 26, 09 Save Our Hemlocks
March 12, 09 Plant Trees as a Community Project
May 20, 09 Rainforests: The Planet's Lungs
August 4, 09 Consider Nut Tree Plantings
January 21, 09 Make a Forest Pledge on National Hug Day
January 21, 10 Hug a Tree?
March 19, 10 Value Forests in Many Ways
May 22, 10 Revealing the Mixed Mesophytic Forest
May 16, 11 We Need Trees for Many Reasons
March 24, 11 Planting Trees: Being Right with Forests
September 24, 11 Celebrate the Black Walnut
October 24, 11 United Nations Day 2011: Year of the Forest
December 10, 11 Trees: Celebration or Vestigial Paganism
January 24, 12 Selecting Trees for Windbreaks
January 28, 12 Quercus Falls: Remembering Departed Human Oaks
February 15, 12 Facts about Global Deforestation
March 12, 12 Select and Plant a Variety of Fruit and Nut Trees
October 6, 12 Learning and Teaching Tree Identification
March 21, 13 Observe World Forestry Day
October 30, 13 Forty-Four Titles for Trees
Gardening
February 9, 07 Ultra Early Gardening
April 9, 07 Garden & Library Week
June 5, 07 Backyard Gardening versus CSAs
July 30, 07 Create a Butterfly Garden
January 11, 08 Launching the Growing Year: Hot Beds
March 1, 08 Backyard Gardening
March 5, 08 Select a Healthy Garden Variety
May 7, 08 Floral Gardens
May 16, 08 Ornamentals, Lawns and Gardens
May 20, 08 Mulching Time
June 19, 08 Making Composting Acceptable
June 26, 08 Resource Conservation Gardening
July 15, 08 Freedom Gardens: Individual Practice
July 16, 08 Community Gardens: Group Practice
July 30, 08 Gardens as Templates for Restoration
August 9, 08 Intergenerational Gardening
August 11, 08 Plan an Autumn Garden
September 8, 08 Solar Greenhouses and Cold Frames
September 20, 08 Gardening as a Social Enterprise
October 6, 08 Learning through Autumn Gardening
October 18, 08 Tackling a Turnover of Yard into Garden
November 22, 08 Autumn Tasks: Winterizing the Garden
November 29, 08 Gardening and the Poor
December 13, 08 Garden Economics
January 14, 09 Launch the Gardening Year
February 13, 09 Initiate Ultra-Early Gardening
March 4, 09 Encourage Temporary Cold Frames
March 5, 09 Discover Gardening as Sacred
June 16, 09 Gardening Intensively
July 10, 09 Discouraging Pests through Interplanting
July 15, 09 Remembering to Water Plants
September 2, 09 Autumn Gardens Can be Productive
April 17, 10 Tips for Garden Week
July 22, 10 Create Your Own Autumn Garden
August 9, 10 Urban Gardens: Twenty-First Century Victory Gardens
August 30, 10 Watering: Slaking Thirsty Garden Plants
September 7, 10 A Variety of Autumn Greens
November 8, 10 Is Simplicity in Gardening Easy to Teach?
November 12, 10 What Are Small-Scale Gardening Techniques?
January 14, 11 Making Long-Range Garden Plans
February 12, 11 Make Personal and Family Gardening Choices
April 16, 11 Preparing for a Veggie/Floral Garden
August 5, 11 Preparing for Autumn Garden
October 21, 11 Respecting Limited Garden-Space
March 21, 12 Garden Spacework; The Art of Turning Soil
May 7, 12 Can an Herb Garden Be a Place of Prayer?
August 11, 12 Time to Think about Autumn Gardens
November 12, 12 Year-Round Garden Variety without a Greenhouse
December 19, 13 Constructing a Meditation Garden
May 4, 13 The Benefits of Opting for Garden Variety
August 16, 13 Garden Hints for Late Summer
Gifts
January 6, 07 Green Gift Wrapping
May 30, 07 The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
September 21, 08 Opportunities to Realize Our Gifts
December 6, 08 Twelve Gifts in Hard Times
December 16, 08 The True Meaning of Gifts
September 14, 10 Gratitude for September Gifts
December 6, 11 Thirty Possible Non-Monetary Christmas Gifts
February 29, 12 Make This Leap Day Truly a Timely Gift
December 6, 13 Ideal Gifts for the Christmas Season
Guns
September 24, 09 Are Hunting Days Numbered?
October 25, 12 Aurora, CO & Bearing Arms in a Permissive Society
November 9, 12 Gun and Ammo Control: Why Private Arsenals?
March 14, 13 Gunbearers Are Insecure People
April 18, 13 The "Right" to Automatic Weapons
June 15, 13 Power in Possessing Guns and Being Unarmed
July 5, 13 Purging Military Terms from Our Vocabulary
August 9, 13 Gun Controls or Controlled by Guns
September 24, 13 Environmental Gun Threats (EGT)
October 10, 13 Press for National Gun Licensing
December 10, 13 License Automobiles AND Guns
Health -- General
March 12, 07 The Gift of Memory
April 7, 07 Global Health Is a Global Concern
January 5, 08 AIDS Epidemic Update
November 7, 08 A Living Will
November 24, 08 Will your Organs to Others
April 7, 09 World Health Day
April 16, 09 Health Care in Hard Times
September 3, 09 Support Single-Payer Health Insurance
January 14, 10 Provide Health Care for All -- AND Ration?
April 7, 10 Eight Critical World Health Threats
May 3, 12 Isn't It Time to Conquer Tropical Diseases?
July 23, 11 A Problem of the Commons: Resistance to Antibiotics
June 7, 12 Protection from the Sun
July 11, 12 Solastalgia: Stress from Local Environmental Assault
April 16, 13 Local Voluntary Hospital Chaplains
May 3, 13 Healing coupled with Earth: Various Meanings
May 6, 13 Nurses as Healers of Earth
May 8, 13 The Universal Right to Good Health
June 26, 13 Wastes in American Medical Practice
August 26, 13 Be Kind to Humankind Week and Total Health Care
Health -- Addictions
Tobacco Days: A Personal Journey
April 30, 07 Rainbows, Luck and Gambling for a Better World
May 2, 07 Going "Cold Turkey"
July 13, 07 Tolerance and the Smoker
September 26, 07 Discernment Process: Reasons for Smoking
September 27, 07 Discernment Process: Reasons against Smoking
April 1, 08 Smoking: An April's Fools Joke
April 3, 08 Confront Television Addiction
October 22, 08 Addressing Tobacco Use
April 30, 09 Gambling for What?
January 4, 10 Realize that Prescription Drugs Can Kill
February 4, 10 Read "Tobacco Days: A Personal Journey"
May 19, 10 Confronting the Drug Culture?
July 15, 10 Realize Drug Ubiquity
December 11, 10 Weighing the Legalization of Marijuana
December 20, 10 Getting Smart on Drugs
October 3, 11 Acknowledging Social Addictions
October 4, 11 Confronting Social Addictions
October 5, 11 Healing Social Addictions
October 6, 11 Compassion and Social Addiction
February 13, 12 Methamphetamine Epidemic and Drug Company Profits
May 23, 12 Can AA Twelve-Step Program Apply to Social Addiction?
July 13, 12 Attending to Smokers Who Are Killing Themselves
December 13, 11 Consumer Addiction and Former Addicts
October 17, 12 Obesity and Limiting Food Intake
April 8, 13 Conversations among Consumer Addicts
October 23, 13 WE Are Socially Addicted People
Health -- Fitness
(See Food -- Nutrition)
April 24, 07 Physical Exercise for All
September 30, 06 Tremor with the Hands
January 5, 07 Earthhealing and Personal Health Concerns
February 6, 07 Dieting to Lose Weight
February 20, 07 Look Again at Our Fat Intake
May 2, 07 Going "Cold Turkey"
August 3, 07 Flowers for Healing
October 1, 07 A Case for Moderate Vegetarianism
October 26, 07 Indoor Physical Exercise
January 7, 08 Facing Reality through Health Checkups
July 5, 08 Care for Our Heart
October 7, 08 Providing proper Lighting for All
October 9, 08 Challenging the Slipping Memory
October 27, 08 Dressing for the Season
January 16, 09 Do and Encourage Daily Physical Exercise
February 10, 09 Acknowledge Our Need for Rest
August 21, 09 Rethinking Our Rest Time
December 3, 09 Participate in Eco-Walk Programs
March 30, 10 Affirm Healthy Habits
April 24, 10 Increase Physical Exercising
January 13, 11 Barriers to a Physical Exercise Routine
January 24, 11 Plenty of Sleep vs. Enough Sleep?
February 7, 11 Acquire a Rocking Chair and Use It
August 8, 11 Rowing as Ideal Physical Exercise
November 14, 11 Focus on Fitness: Spiritual, Mental, Economic, Physical
February 10, 12 Walking for Health
February 16, 12 Ten Ways to Avoid Cabin Fever
February 28, 12 Sport Events Can Become Unhealthy
February 6, 13 Maintaining Mental Balance in Various Ways
February 16, 13 Outdoor Activity as a Remedy for Depression
February 28, 13 Simple Ways to Induce Sleep without Pills
October 29, 13 Encouraging Outdoor Play in October
Health -- Safety
(See Auto)
May 28, 08 Destroy Chemical Weapons
June 28, 08 Observe -- Don't Make -- Fireworks Displays
September 19, 08 Use Caution with Commercial Chemicals
December 19, 08 Safe Decorations
June 17, 09 Dealing with Poisons
October 10, 09 We Need Fire Prevention Measures
November 18, 09 Be Prepared with ICE: In Case of Emergency
December 7, 09 Ensure Fire Safety
January 28, 10 Observe Road Safety Practices
July 27, 10 Repair Lead-Painted Houses with Caution
September 8, 10 New "Fire Season" Suggestions
December 20, 10 Getting Smart on Drugs
February 17, 11 Review Disaster Supplies
July 22, 11 Thunder and Lightning: Taking Proper Precautions
October 7, 11 Campfires and Playing with Fire
December 7, 11 Smokehouses and Fire Safety Day
September 24, 13 Environmental Gun Threats (EGT)
October 10, 13 Press for National Gun Licensing
History and Preservation
June 9, 08 Oral and Video History
July 4, 09 Reading the "Declaration of Independence"
October 8, 09 Should we Save Battlefields?
October 22, 09 Reviewing the Cuban Missile Crisis
October 29, 09 Eightieth Anniversary of the Stock Market Crash
April 12, 11 Telling the Last Civil War Story
July 21, 11 First Bull Run: Reflecting on Civil War Issues
November 19, 13 Reflect on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
November 22, 13 Where Were You 50 Years Ago Today?
Holy Cross & Sacrifice
March 17, 07 Be Willing to Sacrifice
June 8, 08 Mercy, Not Sacrifice
June 20, 10 Do We Foster Fatherly Self-Sacrifice?
December 28, 11 The Power of Suffering with Christ
March 18, 12 Calvary's Cross and Laetare Sunday
June 4, 12 Way of the Cross and Social/Environmental Themes
September 14, 12 Bearing Our Crosses during Hard Times
September 14, 13 The Holy Cross: Power and Powerlessness
Homilies -- Advent
December 2, 07 Vigilance and Earthhealing
December 9, 07 Repentance
December 16, 07 Genuine Puzzlement
November 30, 08 Active Waiting
December 7, 08 Preparing the Way
December 14, 08 Rejoice Always
November 29, 09 Consider Advent Celebrations
December 6, 09 Prepare the Way of the Lord
December 13, 09 Rejoice in the Lord Always
December 13, 10 Advent: Alertness in Looking Back and Ahead
November 6, 11 Awaiting the Expectant One
November 13, 11 Creative Fidelity with Talents Given
November 20, 11 Help Establish Christ's Kingdom
November 26, 11 Citizen of Heaven and Earth: Stay Awake
December 4, 11 Practice Patience in Troubled Times
December 11, 11 Advent Joy Comes with Good News
December 18, 11 House of David
November 30, 12 Kairos, Chronos, and Advent
December 1, 12 Advent: A Season of Hope
December 2, 12 Expectancy as an Advent Characteristic
December 9, 12 Advent: Becoming Forerunners of a Future
December 16, 12 Advent: The Savior Comes to a Troubled World
December 23, 12 Advent: Sacred Moments of Expecting Parents
December 1, 13 Advent Comes through Proper Preparation
December 9, 13 Being Ourselves During Favorable Times
December 15, 13 Spread Joy Amid Today's Hard Times
December 22, 13 Support Those Who Are Starting Families
Homilies -- Christmas and Epiphany
(See Families)
January 7, 07 Epiphany from a New Perspective
December 6, 07 Charity and the Christmas Spirit
December 25, 07 Christmas Dawns
January 6, 08 Epiphany: A New Insight
December 24, 08 The Word Proclaims Peace
December 25, 08 Divine Sensations
January 4, 09 Manifest the Divine
December 22, 09 Do Something Special at Christmas
January 3, 10 Epiphany: Question the Way to Take to Peace
January 2, 11 Epiphany: Tell It Like It Is
December 24, 11 Make Christmas Special for Young and Old
December 25, 11 Current Knowledge Extends Our Blessed Christmas
December 22, 12 Gus and the First Christmas
December 24, 12 Spread the Pure Joy of Christmas
December 25, 12 Christmas and Manchester Prisoners
January 6, 13 Leading Others to Epiphany
December 21, 13 Christening the Yuletide
December 23, 13 I Have a Christmas Dream
December 24, 13 The Burning Babe on Christmas Eve
December 25, 13 Christmas and Bethlehem: City of David
Homilies -- Baptism and Vocation
February 4, 07 Here I am! Send Me
January 13, 08 Baptism and Life-giving Water
January 20, 08 Vocational Call in the Twenty-First Century
January 11, 09 Baptism: Reassuring Us to Act
January 18, 09 Listen for The Seasonal Calls
February 1, 09 Speak with Authority
October 11, 09 Called to Be Perfect
January 10, 10 Cherish Our Baptism
April 25, 10 Observe Vocation Sunday
January 9, 11 Baptism: Called by the Exclusive ONE ...
January 16, 11 Vocation: Salvation Reaching Out to All
January 15, 12 Speak, Lord, Your Servant is Listening
January 13, 13 The Importance of Our Baptismal Vows
January 20, 13 We Are Each Uniquely Called by God
Homilies -- Lent
February 21, 07 Ashes as Symbols
February 25, 07 Jesus Was Tempted; So Are We
March 25, 07 Refrain from Casting Stones
February 5, 08 Start Lent on a Spiritual Note
February 6, 08 Ash Wednesday's Message: Sacrifice and Love
February 10, 08 Temptations to Do or Not to Do
March 2, 08 The Blind Man and Faith
February 25, 09 Welcome Ashes
March 1, 09 Endure Trials and Temptations
March 15, 09 Meet the Woman at the Well
March 22, 09 Practice Faith as a Public Act
March 29, 09 Confront Death to Self
February 17, 10 Remember That We Are Dust and Ashes
February 21, 10 Confront the Temptation to Refrain from Acting
March 7, 10 Learn about the First Missionary
March 14, 10 Laetare Sunday: Witness against Materialism
March 21, 10 Reflect upon the Account of the Adulterous Woman
March 9, 11 Lent: A Favorable Time to Speak Up
March 13, 11 Facing Current Temptations
March 20, 11 Transfiguration as Goal, Calling and Blessing
March 27, 11 Samaritan Woman at the Well: Gentle Confrontation
February 22, 12 Ash Wednesday: Will Daily Reflections Be Ashes?
February 26, 12 The Temptation to Keep the Status Quo
March 4, 12 Transfiguration Day and a New Heaven and New Earth
March 11, 12 Have You Ever Cleansed a Temple?
March 18, 12 Calvary's Cross and Laetare Sunday
March 25, 12 Dying to Self in Order to Rise Again
February 13, 13 Making Our Lent a New Opportunity
February 17, 13 Temptations Confronting the Earthhealer
February 24, 13 Earthhealing and the Power of Transfiguration
March 3, 13 Woman at the Well and Frank Conversation
March 9, 13 A Lenten Environmental Examination of Conscience
March 10, 13 Laetare Sunday and the Blind Man's Courage
March 17, 13 Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
Homilies -- Holy Week
April 1, 07 Palm Sunday and Foolishness
April 6, 07 The Spirituality of Suffering with Others
March 16, 08 Psalm Sunday: Our Own Journey of Faith
March 20, 08 Holy Thursday: Called to be Caregivers
March 21, 08 Good Friday: Death of Forests
March 22, 08 Holy Saturday: Sorrow Turned to Joy
April 5, 09 Palm Sunday: Hollow Shouts of Victory
April 10, 09 Calvary and Human Wounds
March 28, 10 Wave Palms Thoughtfully
April 1, 10 Maundy Thursday, Creation and Service
April 2, 10 Calvary and the Mystery of Redemption
April 21, 11 Holy Thursday: Consecrating Us to Serve
April 22, 11 Good Friday: Dying for All Creation
April 23, 11 Holy Saturday: Rising As Lord of All
April 1, 12 Palm Sunday: The Foolishness of a Fickle Crowd
April 4, 12 Passover, Horseradish, and Bitter Herbs
April 5, 12 Holy Thursday: Richness in Old and New Ritual
April 6, 12 Good Friday: Calvary Extended in Space and Time
April 7, 12 Holy Saturday: Make This a Day of Repose
March 24, 13 The Meaning of a Palm Procession
March 27, 13 Spy Wednesday: Loyalty and Betrayal
March 28, 13 Priestly Service and Cultural Expectations
March 29, 13 Being Present at Calvary
March 30, 13 Pausing and Awaiting the New Fire
Homilies -- Easter and Ascension
April 8, 07 Easter and New Life
April 15, 07 From Doubt to Faith
April 22, 07 Immigration Reform and Workers' Rights
April 29, 07 Shepherd Sunday and Sun Day
May 6, 07 Renew!
May 20, 07 Ascension Involves the Practical
March 9, 08 "I Am the Resurrection"
March 23, 08 Easter Faith in 2008
March 30, 08 God's Mercy, Faith and April Showers
April 6, 08 Journey to Emmaus and Back
April 13, 08 Tend Sheep: The Commons
April 27, 08 Resurrection-Centered Spirituality
May 4, 08 A Case Against Idle Speculation
April 11, 09 Resurrection and the Garden
April 12, 09 We are Easter People
April 19, 09 St. Thomas, Easter and Divine Mercy
April 26, 09 The Road to and from Emmaus
May 24, 09 Ascension: Why Look to the Sky?
April 4, 10 Resurrection: A New Centrality
April 10, 10 Striving for a Sense of Mercy
April 11, 10 Consider Divine Mercy and Earthhealing
April 18, 10 Fishing in Today's World
May 16, 10 Celebrating the Ascension
April 9, 11 Keeping Easter a Non-commercial Celebration
April 24, 11 Proclaiming Easter Past, Future, and Present
April 29, 11 Recounting That We Are Easter People
May 1, 11 Gratitude Leading to Mercy
May 8, 11 Companions on the Road to Emmaus
May 15, 11 Becoming Sheepgates for Others
April 8, 12 Easter Renewal in Spirit, Life, Love, and Energy
April 15, 12 Belief, Unbelief, and Divine Mercy
April 22, 12 Burning Hearts on Our Journey of Faith
April 29, 12 Being Good Shepherds in an Addicted World
May 6, 12 Is Addressing Excessive Consumerism Like Vinedressing?
May 13, 12 Why Does Earthhealing Involve Loving People?
May 17, 12 Why Look You up to Heaven? Why Not Act Now?
May 20, 12 Are We Like Christ -- Priests, Prophets, and Kings?
March 31, 13 Easter People Inflamed to Renewal
April 7, 13 The Need for God's Mercy Today
April 14, 13 Earthhealing and Life's Final Journey
April 21, 13 Shepherding and Pasturing among Wounded Sheep
April 28, 13 Glorifying God in Healing Our Wounded Earth
May 5, 13 Establishing Peace in Times of Turmoil
May 9, 13 Human Responsibility: Arise and Heal the Earth
May 12, 13 Mother's Day and Rising to the Occasion
Homilies -- Pentecost
(See Communications)
May 30, 07 The Gifts of the Holy Spirit
June 4, 07 Wisdom: Recognizing God's Gifts
May 10, 08 Pentecost, The Flame of the Spirit
May 31, 09 Pentecost:The Restless Wind
May 23, 10 Pentecost: Spreading the Good News
May 30, 10 Spreading Good News through a Loving Community
July 3, 10 Bring Good News
January 29, 11 Dying as Opportunity to Spread Good News
June 12, 11 Pentecost and World Evangelization
June 14, 11 Is Good News a Two-Way Street?
June 15, 11 Good News Will Ultimately Triumph Over Bad News
July 10, 11 Becoming Efficient Sowers of Good News
August 30, 11 Proclaiming the Good News to All Creation
May 27, 12 Pentecost: Do We Proclaim the Primacy of the Word?
May 19, 13 Pentecost: Spirit Communicates and Babel Confounds
Homily -- Trinity
June 3, 07 Wisdom and the Trinity
May 18, 08 Celebrate Trinity and Community
June 7, 09 Radiating the Trinity
June 13, 10 Can We Live the Trinity Mystery?
June 19, 11 Sharing Blessings and the Trinity
June 3, 12 The Trinity in our Lives
May 26, 13 Does Being Godly Have the Marks of the Trinity?
Homilies -- Transfiguration
February 17, 08 Transfiguration and Earthhealing
August 6, 08 Transfiguration
March 8, 09 Participate in the Transfiguration Event
August 6, 10 Transfiguration: A New Heaven and New Earth
March 20, 11 Transfiguration as Goal, Calling and Blessing
Homilies -- Jesus
January 14, 07 Cana: Manifestation of the Lord
January 21, 07 Jesus is Liberator
March 4, 07 Listen to Him
June 10, 07 Corpus Christi and Public Devotion
November 25, 07 Christ's Cross: Weapon of Mass Blessing
March 25, 08 The Incarnation
April 20, 08 The Way, the Truth and the Life
May 25, 08 Corpus Christi
May 30, 08 Radical Peace and the Sacred Heart
November 23, 08 Christ the King
June 14, 09 Building Up the Body of Christ
July 26, 09 Multiplying Loaves
August 9, 09 Real Presence
August 16, 09 Nourishing Belief in the Future
August 23, 09 Trust in the Lord
November 22, 09 Act Kingly with Christ the King
January 16, 10 Eucharist: Memorial, Cosmic Mystery and Food
March 25, 10 Incarnation: Let Earth and Heaven Kiss
June 6, 10 Do We Truly Believe in Transformed Bread & Wine?
December 25, 10 The Ultimate Christmas Gift
February 13, 11 Realize a Growing Responsibility to Be Like Jesus
April 10, 11 Discovering Christ as the Resurrection and Life
April 17, 11 Proclaiming Royal Titles
June 26, 11 Corpus Christi: An Activist and Holy Discontent
July 3, 11 Meek and Humble of Heart -- And Also Angry
October 15, 11 Domestic Ecology and Enthronement of Sacred Heart
June 10, 12 Eucharist as Our Nourishment
July 22, 12 They Were Like Sheep without a Shepherd
November 25, 12 Thy Kingdom Come: We are Called to be Catalysts
June 2, 13 Corpus Christi: The New Covenant Cosmic Event
November 24, 13 Christ the King: Monarch and/or Servant?
Homilies -- Mary
May 31, 08 Visitation: The Magnificat
August 14, 08 Ark of the Covenant
August 15, 08 Mary: Gentle Woman
December 8, 08 Eve and Mary: Choices
December 21, 08 Mary and Joseph
August 15, 09 Mary and Choice
December 8, 09 Proclaim Mary -- Mother of Earth
December 20, 09 Blessed Are You Among Women
December 25, 09 Live the Magnificat
August 15, 10 Mary: Gentle Lady; Revolutionary Model
December 8, 10 Mary: Pure Transparency
May 2, 11 The Little Blue Book: A Blueprint for Radical Change
August 15, 11 Seeing Mary in Place, Time, and Among Us
December 8, 11 Mary: Mother of the Poor
December 8, 12 Immaculate Conception and America's Motivation
August 15, 13 Mary: Entrusted Instrument of God's Grace
December 8, 13 Immaculate Conception: Dawn of a New Age
Homilies -- Practices
(See Personal Prayer)
January 28, 07 What We Do About Rejection
February 11, 07 Woe to You Who Are Rich
February 18, 07 Be Compassionate
March 11, 07 A Little More Time
June 17, 07 Expressions of Love on Father's Day
July 1, 07 Being Resolute
August 5, 07 Confronting Greed
August 12, 07 Parables Are for All of Us
August 26, 07 Last First and First Last
September 2, 07 Exalted and Humbled
October 7, 07 Faithful Service
November 1, 07 Can We Be Saints?
January 27, 08 Urgency and Reform
February 2, 08 You Are the Light of the World
August 24, 08 Keys to the Kingdom and Responsibility
August 31, 08 Self-Denial and Vitality
September 7, 08 Networking with Those in Trouble
September 14, 08 The Sign of the Cross
September 28, 08 The First Day of the Rest of Life
October 5, 08 Counting the Blessings of the Vineyard
October 12, 08 Inviting the Uninvited
October 19, 08 Rendering to Each Its Due
October 26, 08 Expressing Our Love of God and Neighbor
November 16, 08 Using Our Talents Well
February 8, 09 Cure the Sick
February 15, 09 Touch the Leper
February 22, 09 Forgive and Forget?
June 21, 09 Recognizing God's Power Without and Within
June 28, 09 Improving the Quality of Life
July 12, 09 Ministering Lightly
July 19, 09 Striving to Lead the Floundering
August 30, 09 Acting Justly in Hard Times
September 13, 09 Denial, Cross and Good Deeds
September 20, 09 Arrive at True Service for Others
September 27, 09 Find God and Good in All
October 18, 09 Aspirations to Greatness
November 8, 09 Acknowledge the Power of the Widow's Mite
November 15, 09 Learn Lessons by Observing
February 7, 10 Be Willing to Do the Lord's Work
February 14, 10 Blessed Are the Poor
July 11, 10 Reflect on Being Good Samaritans
July 18, 10 Be Satisfied in Being a Martha
August 1, 10 Spiritual Motivation: Becoming Truly Secure
August 8, 10 Destiny: The Best Preparation Is in Giving
August 22, 10 The Narrow Gate: Self-Satisfaction and Smugness
September 12, 10 Prodigal Son and Forgiving Father
October 3, 10 Increase Our Faith
October 10, 10 Showing Appreciation for Miracles
October 24, 10 The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
October 31, 10 Invite Zacchaeus to Join
November 14, 10 Do We Know the Changing Seasons?
November 21, 10 Will We Choose a Throne or a Cross?
November 28, 10 When Do We Wait and When Not Wait?
December 12, 10 Focus on the Lord in Hard Times
December 19, 10 Practice Patience in Troubled Times
January 23, 11 Urgent Times Demand Reformed People
January 30, 11 Beatitudes and Blessings
February 6, 11 Lighten up the World
February 20, 11 An Eye for Eye and a Tooth for Tooth
March 6, 11 Face Hypocrisy in All Its Forms
April 3, 11 Being Radicalized by a Gospel Passage
May 22, 11 Being of Service to Others
May 29, 11 Learning to Do Good Deeds through Self-Control
June 5, 11 The Grace of Holy Discontent and Earthhealing
July 10, 11 Becoming Efficient Sowers of Good News
July 17, 11 Tolerating Weeds amid the Wheat
July 24, 11 Invest in the Treasure of Spiritual Motivation
August 7, 11 Living with the Storms of Insecurity
August 14, 11 Universalism: Extending Care to All
August 21, 11 Rattling the Keys of the Kingdom
August 28, 11 Denying Self to Follow the Lord
September 4, 11 Fraternal Correction and Work
September 11, 11 Forgiveness Again and Again
September 18, 11 Divine Generosity Should Be Our Way
September 25, 11 Parable of Two Sons and Assuming Responsibilities
October 2, 11 Restore the Forsaken Vineyard
October 9, 11 Come to the Banquet
October 16, 11 Render to Caesar
October 23, 11 How Do We Love God with Our Whole Heart?
October 30, 11 Practice What We Preach
November 1, 11 Saints: Mortal and Immortal Models
November 2, 11 We Poor Souls
June 17, 12 The Mustard Seed Becomes the Largest Plant
July 1, 12 Little Girl, Arise! Feminine Aspirations Today
July 15, 12 The Missionary: He Began to Send Them out Two by Two
July 29, 12 Insights into Jesus' Multiplication of Loaves
September 2, 12 Guarding against Enticements and Allurements
September 9, 12 Attending Those with Hearing Impediments
September 16, 12 Faith versus Works or Faith AND Works
September 23, 12 Forsaking Greed and Taking a Servant's Role
October 7, 12 Marriage and Earthhealing
October 14, 12 Easier for a Camel to Pass through a Needle's Eye
October 21, 12 Comfort the Afflicted; Afflict the Comfortable
October 28, 12 Faith and Begging for Divine Help
November 4, 12 Love of God and Considering Our Mortality
November 11, 12 The Widow's Mite and the Power of Generosity
June 9, 13 Victims of Violence Dying before Their Parents
June 23, 13 Faithfully Taking Up Our Daily Crosses
June 30, 13 Follow Jesus on the Journey to Jerusalem
July 14, 13 Loving Our Neighbor as Ourselves
July 21, 13 Martha & Mary: Choosing the Better Part
July 28, 13 Having a Prayerful Persistence
September 8, 13 Releasing the Death Grip on Possessions
September 15, 13 Celebrate the Prodigal Druggie's Return
September 22, 13 Master the Art of Servanthood
September 29, 13 Lazarus Is the Divine Presence in Our Midst
October 6, 13 Faithfulness and Godly Service
October 20, 13 The Struggle to Remain Faithful Today
November 10, 13 Encouragement in the Midst of Adversity
November 17, 13 Remaining Steadfast in Uncertain Times
Homilies -- Social Issues
March 18, 07 Oneness through Forgiveness
July 8, 07 Apostolic Mobility
July 15, 07 Know Our Neighbors
August 19, 07 Bringing Fire to Others
September 9, 07 The Cross, Discipleship and Saving the Earth
September 16, 07 Destitution is Slavery
September 30, 07 Lazarus = Laz(y) are us
October 14, 07 Foreigners in Our Midst
November 4, 07 Zacchaeus' House Is Our Earth
November 11, 07 Reflection on the Hereafter
November 18, 07 The Day of the Lord
February 24, 08 Water Is Essential for Life
June 15, 08 Being Paternal
June 22, 08 Fear Not, the Lord Is with Us
July 6, 08 Overcoming Terrorism through Loving Service
July 13, 08 Sowing Good Seeds
July 20, 08 Weeds, Tolerance and Permissiveness
August 10, 08 Spiritual Versus Material Security
November 2, 08 Diamonds in the Rough
May 3, 09 Shepherding in Times of Crises
May 10, 09 Joined to the Vine
September 6, 09 We Must All Be Healers
October 4, 09 Bless All the Earth
October 25, 09 Seeing the Need to Disarm
November 1, 09 Remember the Overlooked Saints
December 27, 09 Give Sacred Space to Youth
January 17, 10 Celebrate the Cana Event in Our Lives
January 24, 10 Initiate Twelve Types of Liberation
February 28, 10 Reveal God-Given Opportunities
May 2, 10 Loving: The Unfinished Story
June 27, 10 Can Peaceful Resoluteness Replace Military Might?
September 5, 10 Wise Use of Possessions and Discipleship
September 19, 10 Resourcefulness and Stewardship
September 26, 10 Lazarus and the Wages of Affluence
October 17, 10 Bread for the World Sunday
December 5, 10 Return Christ to "Xmas"
August 4, 13 Trusting in Material Goods
August 11, 13 Sacred Trust: Responsibility to Heal Our Earth
August 18, 13 Charisma: The Art of Setting Strategic Fires
August 25, 13 Those Impoverished Choosing to Move Forward
Housing and Construction
January 12, 07 Planning a House
May 9, 07 Constructing a Retreat Cabin
June 11, 07 Sod and Pressed Earth Houses
March 13, 08 The Underground Home
April 10, 08 Learn about a Cordwood Building
April 11, 08 Plan Before You Build
April 23, 08 Green Construction Suggestions
August 2, 08 Water Fountains
August 4, 08 Mobile Homes
February 11, 09 Construct Privacy Screens and Noise Barriers
February 19, 09 Attend to Entrances and Signage
February 21, 09 Consider Waterfalls
April 28, 09 Green Buildings
July 27, 09 Building with Green Materials
August 14, 09 Domestic Tornado Shelters and Food Storage
July 27, 10 Repair Lead-Painted Houses with Caution
November 17, 11 National Homeless Awareness Week
September 26, 12 Urban Homesteading for Willing Folks
Human Rights
January 3, 07 Human Rights and Tibet's Freedom
January 9, 07 Kidney Gift or Bazaar
January 15, 07 Slave Trade Continues in Human Trafficking
April 3, 07 Passover from Slavery to Freedom
April 18, 07 All Have the Right to Work
April 19, 07 Compensating the Home Care-Givers
January 16, 08 Promote Religious Freedom
September 1, 08 Labor: Rights and Responsibilities
December 9, 08 Some Questions in Hard Times
July 31, 09 Defending Human Rights
October 7, 09 Americans and World Court Day
October 23, 09 Time to Abolish the Death Penalty
December 10, 09 Participate in Human Rights Day
December 19, 09 Show the Death Penalty Is Not Pro-Life
February 20, 10 Observe Brotherhood and Sisterhood Week
March 7, 11 Question Issues Arising Over Rights
March 8, 11 Right to Privacy and Silent Space
March 26, 11 Being Right with Wildlife
March 29, 11 Being Right with Cultural and Historic Sites
March 30, 11 Human Mobility: Being Right with Migrants
March 31, 11 Commercial Mobility: Being Right with Material Goods
May 8, 13 The Universal Right to Good Health
June 19, 13 The Cyrus Cylinder and Human Rights
June 20, 13 World Refugee Day
November 16, 13 Slave Liberation: Propertied America Take Note
International Issues and Policy
January 10, 07 Preserving Heritage Sites in Iraq
June 21, 07 First Nations Day
January 12, 08 Free or Fair World Trade?
July 1, 08 Canada: A Good Neighbor
May 17, 09 Holy Land: One-State Solution?
October 1, 09 World Vegetarian Day
April 26, 10 Reform and Empower the United Nations
June 25, 10 A New Marshall Plan for Emerging Nations?
June 26, 10 Should Jerusalem be Internationalized?
July 8, 10 Confront Wage Theft As a Global Problem
September 20, 10 Call for a Nuclear-Free Middle East
September 22, 10 Global Sanitation Problems and Solutions
September 26, 11 Vatican City: Carbon Neutral and Pro-Environment
September 28, 11 Interacting with an Emerging China
October 24, 11 United Nations Day 2011: Year of the Forest
November 16, 11 International Day for Tolerance
November 19, 11 International Men's Day
December 2, 11 Are All Charities Effective in Poor Lands?
December 12, 11 Celebrate International Mountain Day
January 10, 12 Is Israel America's Spoiled Brat?
May 11, 12 Why Declare the Holy Land a Pilgrimage Destination?
June 18, 13 Sociability and International Picnic Day
Internet
February 2, 07 Enlightenment and Websites
January 25, 08 The Internet: Free Travel of the Word
August 30, 08 The Internet and Global Communications
May 30, 09 Internet and Spreading the Good News
January 6, 11 The Pros and Cons of Electronic Books
January 23, 12 Advantages of Electronic Books
September 12, 12 Privacy, Buddy Systems, and Connectedness
September 19, 12 Why Postpone an Interactive Blogging Site
September 25, 12 Does Tweeting Have Some Hidden Value?
December 16, 13 Information Communications Technology Energy Use
Labor, Jobs, and Retirement
March 29, 08 Honor the Sabbath
September 1, 08 Labor: Rights and Responsibilities
January 29, 09 Question Retirement
March 11, 09 Why Retire?
September 7, 09 Labor Day and Joblessness
April 15, 10 The Right to Work and Downsizing Expectations
April 16, 10 Compensate Domestic Caregivers
April 28, 10 Let Workers Own the Workplace
July 8, 2010 Confront Wage Theft As a Global Problem
September 6, 10 Jobs Galore; Workers Anxious; Funds in Havens
January 17, 11 Work Opportunities for Citizens
January 19, 11 Convert "Retirement Years" to Public Service
January 20, 11 Work as Curse or Work as Privileged Opportunity
March 14, 11 Right to Work for a Livelihood
September 5, 11 Work as Labor for Some, as Dream for Others
January 30, 12 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jobs, Jobs
March 24, 12 The Fallacy of Leaving Job Creation to the Rich
May 1, 12 How Do We Make May Day a Worker's Day?
May 2, 12 Is There Enough Work for Every American?
May 18, 12 Can Millennial Youth Find Fulfillment in Work?
September 1, 12 Tony Mazzocchi, Labor Warrior and Friend
September 3, 12 The American Dream and a Living Wage
September 4, 12 Creating Jobs through Protecting the Environment
July 9, 13 Supporting Labor Union Organizing Today
July 8, 2013 Revealing Wage Theft as a Major Problem
September 2, 13 Global Unemployment: A Volatile Time Bomb
November 23, 13 Wage Theft: A Modern American Blight
Land -- Conservation and Development
March 30, 07 Beautiful Landscape
May 12, 08 Green Cemeteries
May 27, 08 Eight Reasons for Reducing Lawns
June 10, 08 Guidelines for Edible Landscaping
September 6, 08 The Labyrinth
November 12, 08 Work on a Nature Trail
November 25, 08 Design and Build a Garden Pool
December 11, 08 Windbreaks
February 11, 09 Construct Privacy Screens and Noise Barriers
February 19, 09 Attend to Entrances and Signage
February 21, 09 Consider Waterfalls
May 12, 09 Simplify Lawn Care
June 4, 09 Promoting National Trails Day
October 8, 09 Should we Save Battlefields?
December 10, 10 Rethink Lawns in the Climate Change Era
January 12, 11 Lawns or Wildscape: Two Divergent Views
April 8, 11 Discerning Use of Land for Food and Biofuels
September 9, 11 Defending Public Lands
November 30, 11 Sharing Land with Others
May 13, 13 Conservation Tillage and "Ecological Farming"
May 14, 13 Land for Essential Needs: Food Production
May 15, 13 Land for Essential Needs: Housing
May 23, 13 Edible Landscaping Benefits
June 11, 13 Support Wilderness Preserves
Money and Credit
February 17, 07 "Politics is Money"
September 15, 07 Declaration of Debt
September 23, 07 God or Money
November 28, 07 Credit and Borrowing off of Future Generations
April 1, 09 Credit for Credit: Who Are We Fooling?
October 9, 09 Cash for Clunkers: Get Serious!
February 19, 10 Is There a Garlic Bubble?
July 6, 11 Is Credit-Card Enslavement a Wakeful Nightmare?
August 14, 10 The Great Divide: Rich Get Richer and Poor...
August 2, 11 Living Within One's Means
January 4, 12 Indebtedness: A Crime Against the Future
National Public Policy
(See International Issues and Policy)
April 3, 07 Passover from Slavery to Freedom
April 4, 07 Spy Wednesday and Privacy Matters
April 11, 07 Eighteen Seconds to Change the World
May 19, 07 A Fee for the Carbon Content of Fuels
July 4, 08 Declare Resource Interdependence
August 1, 08 The Poor and Environmental Solutions
August 18, 08 Conflict Resolution and Ecological Concerns
August 23, 08 The Decentralist Dilemma
December 9, 08 Some Questions in Hard Times
March 2, 09 Question Ecological Civil Disobedience
April 8, 09 Spy Wednesday
April 15, 09 In Defense of Taxes
April 29, 09 Faltering Empire or Opportunity
May 8, 09 Democracy 101
May 11, 09 Converting from American to Global Measurements
May 13, 09 Contrasting Financial Views
May 14, 09 Shock or Disaster Capitalism and Environmentalism
May 15, 09 Wisdom Is in Short Supply
May 22, 09 A Global Maritime Corps
June 30, 09 Mandating a World Grain Reserve
July 13, 09 Reconsidering "Captive Nations Week"
July 21, 09 Observing Space Week
July 30, 09 Pirating and Corporate Accountability
September 15, 09 Chemical Materials Agency: Bluegrass Army Depot
November 12, 09 Consider Cap-and-Trade as Claptrap
January 8, 10 Distinguish between Needs and Wants
January 9, 10 Consider the Shared Commons
January 11, 10 Reread "The Economic Bill of Rights"
January 12, 10 Bear Arms, Not Ammo
January 13, 10 Promote an Essential Needs Economy
February 9, 10 Demand Proper Financial Regulations
April 3, 10 Corporate Creation/Redemption and Haiti
April 9, 10 Big Government Is Bad; Little Government Is Worse
April 14, 10 Pan American Day and Immigration Reform
June 19, 10 Do We Pretend We Have Sufficient Resources?
February 1, 11 Review our American Freedoms
June 4, 11 National Trails: A Great Infrastructure Investment
November 5, 11 Let's Keep the Clocks Unchanged
November 11, 11 Remember Veterans in Tight Fiscal Times
January 3, 12 Election Year and Hidden Marks of Leadership
January 9, 12 Support the U.S. Postal Service
January 16, 12 Hidden Racism and Public Racial Pride
March 31, 12 Migrants Need a Fighting Chance
April 3, 12 Isolationism Needs to Be Challenged
May 4, 12 Do Super PACs Destroy Our Democratic Process?
May 14, 12 Is Pure Libertarianism Unchristian?
November 20, 12 U.S. National Decline or Number One in Change?
December 7, 12 Pearl Harbor Could Occur Again
December 15, 12 Bill of Rights and Corporate "Persons"
June 28, 13 National Handshake Day and Making Agreements
October 19, 13 Bullying: A Local and National Phenomenon
October 10, 13 Press for National Gun Licensing
November 13, 13 Legislator Pledges Are Anti-Democratic
National Policies -- Prisons
May 15, 08 Alternative Justice Approaches
June 4, 08 Restorative Justice through Community Service
September 4, 09 Prisons, Justice and Balancing Budgets
April 29, 10 Must Jails Be What Jails Are?
December 23, 11 Prisoners, Community Service, and Economics
National Policies -- Space
May 1, 09 International Year of Astronomy
July 19, 10 Celebrate Space Week: Tidy-up Outer Space
July 18, 11 Space Week and Militarization: Another Problem?
National Holidays
May 28, 07 Memorial Day and Memories
February 18, 08 Presidents' Day and the American Way
February 29, 08 Leap out on Leap Day
June 6, 08 D-Day
June 14, 08 Flag Day
December 2, 08 Remembering National Events
May 2, 09 Derby Day Celebration
May 25, 09 Memorial Day and Senior Moments
June 13, 09 Celebrating Flag Day
September 7, 09 Labor Day and Joblessness
October 12, 09 Columbus Day and Earth Science Week
November 26, 09 Thank God on Thanksgiving Day
January 1, 10 Start the Year Anew
February 21, 11 Presidents' Day: Expand the American Dream
May 30, 11 Memorials: Real and/or Artificial
November 23, 11 The Myth of Thanksgiving for Better or Worse
February 20, 12 Presidents' Day: Washington and Lincoln Insights
May 28, 12 How Is Love Part of Memorial Day?
June 14, 12 Flag Day: Patriotism and World Citizenship
July 2, 12 Celebrate the Fourth in New Ways
Organizations
January 31, 07 Network
February 28, 07 Abolition Now!
March 31, 07 Doctors without Borders
April 5, 07 Cranks Creek Survival Center
May 31, 07 Public Interest Health Research Group
June 28, 07 Heron Dance
July 14, 07 Animal Protection and Welfare Groups
July 31, 07 UNICEF
August 1, 07 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
August 31, 07 Family Farm Groups
September 29, 07 Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance
October 27, 07 Habitat for Humanity
December 26, 07 Fourth World Movement
January 29, 08 Heifer International
October 14, 09 Peace Corps and Volunteers
June 3, 11 Defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Peace and War Issues
February 16, 07 More Terrorists Than We Think
June 18, 07 Pray for Peace
July 7, 07 Dying in Vain
August 4, 07 The Coast Guard
August 14, 07 Soldiers Dying in Vain
September 14, 07 American Military Expenditures: A Cross of Iron
May 3, 08 More Thoughts on the Iraq War
May 8, 08 Peace Poles
October 24, 08 Questioning During Disarmament Week
November 19, 08 Reread Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
January 5, 09 List Peacemaking Activities
April 2, 09 Peace in the Holy Land: A New Spirit
June 26, 09 Presenting the Gift of Peace
September 1, 09 Seventy Years Ago: The Second World War
September 16, 09 Selective Service for Women?
September 22, 09 Autumnal Equinox and Peace
October 14, 09 Peace Corps and Volunteers
October 22, 09 Reviewing the Cuban Missile Crisis
November 10, 09 Observe International Week of Peace and Science
November 11, 09 Honor War Veterans
November 13, 09 Set a Swords-into-Plowshares Course
December 12, 09 Make This a Peace Celebration Day
February 23, 10 Is the Afghanistan War Justified?
August 16, 10 Peacemaking: Tearing Down and Rebuilding
January 1, 11 National Resolution: Exit Afghanistan
April 13, 11 Trimming the Obscene Military Budget
April 18, 11 Contesting the Individual Right to Bear Arms
May 21, 11 The Ambivalence of Armed Forces Day
September 20, 11 International Day of Peace
October 25, 11 Disarmament Day: Do Away with Nuclear Power
January 1, 12 Give Global Peace a Chance
February 23, 12 A Peace Dividend: Take What Is Rightfully Ours
March 9, 12 Monitor, Merrimac, and Aircraft Carriers
September 11, 12 Peace Place: An Answer to 9-11
May 16, 13 The Peace Dividend as a Rare Opportunity
July 5, 13 Purging Military Terms from Our Vocabulary
July 7, 13 Peace Sunday: Exploring Ways to Peace
August 2, 13 Chemical Weapons Stored for Destruction, Not Use
August 6, 13 Hiroshima Day, Transfiguration, and Glorification
People -- Saints
(See Jesus; Mary)
February 3, 07 St. Blaise's Blessing
June 24, 07 John, Herald to the Nations
July 22, 07 Martha and Mary Revisited
August 27, 07 Mother Teresa's Favorites
August 29, 07 John the Baptist as Model
September 18, 07 Hosea Today
October 4, 07 St. Francis and Diplomacy
October 18, 07 St. Luke and the Journey of Faith
December 23, 07 Joseph's Dilemma
May 1, 08 Joseph the Worker
June 24, 08 John the Baptist
June 27, 08 Archbishop Romero's Prayer
June 29, 08 Sts. Peter and Paul: Together But Different
July 29, 08 Martha and Mary
July 31, 08 God's Grandeur: An Ignatian Vision
October 2, 08 St. Francis, Patron of Environmentalists
October 3, 08 St. Francis (Continued)
October 4, 08 St. Francis (Continued)
November 1, 08 Many Good Folks
January 25, 09 Celebrate St. Paul's Day
March 17, 09 Remember St. Patrick and Clover
April 19, 09 St. Thomas, Easter and Divine Mercy
October 19, 09 North American Martyrs
October 21, 09 Franz Jaegerstaetter: Conscientious Objector
January 25, 10 Imitate the Conversion of St. Paul
March 17, 10 Green St. Patrick's Day
May 1, 10 Joseph the Worker: The Right to Work
August 27, 10 St. Monica: A Saint for Our Times
December 6, 10 Gift-Giving and St. Nicholas
September 21, 11 St. Matthew's Day
October 28, 11 St. Jude, Patron of the Impossible
May 30 Joan of Arc: At 600, a Perennial Teenager?
June 24, 12 John the Baptist: A Prophet as Teacher
October 4, 12 St. Francis and Types of Environmentalism
October 20, 12 Kateri: Lily of the Mohawks/Patroness of Ecology
November 1, 12 Saints Who Are Spiritual Resources
February 20, 13 A Saint for Every Age
February 23, 13 Polycarp, Martyr and Saint
March 7, 13 Perpetua & Felicity and Modern Temptation
July 31, 13 Ignatius Loyola, Francis of Assisi, and Pope Francis
October 31, 13 Saintly: Loving through Deeds
November 1, 13 Honor the Unsung Saints
People -- Others
January 11, 07 Jimmy Carter's New Book
January 17, 07 Steve Collingsworth's Answer to Blasting Effects
April 13, 07 Thomas Jefferson: Patriotic and/or Enigmatic
September 18, 07 Hosea Today
November 2, 07 John W. Gofman (1919-2007)
November 19, 07 Lincoln and Emancipation
February 12, 08 The Beginning of the Lincoln Year
March 12, 08 Abraham Lincoln and His Birth State
January 17, 09 Learn from Ben Franklin: Stay Busy
February 12, 09 Celebrate Abe Lincoln's 200th Birthday
April 3, 09 Jerry Waddle and Ducks
May 27, 09 Rachel Carson's Birthday
June 27, 09 Remembering Helen Keller
October 21, 09 Franz Jaegerstaetter: Conscientious Objector
November 7, 09 Recall the Catholic Worker Founders
December 15, 09 Remember FDR and a Second Bill of Rights
December 17, 09 Fly on Wright Brothers Day?
December 18, 09 Appreciate Sacajawea Day
July 14, 10 Entitle Jacques Marquette "Premier Franco-American"
August 19, 10 Marginalization: Jeremiah, Jesus, and FDR
September 29, 10 Mary E. Fritsch: Centennial of Birth
December 31, 10 Memorial to Kristin Johannsen
June 27, 11 Paul Bunyan Day and Pax Americana
September 30, 11 A Wonderful Memory: Mary Byrd Davis
October 11, 11 Champlain's Dream and Lessons to Be Learned
December 31, 11 Eagles and Butterflies: Sally Ramsdell
January 30, 12 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jobs, Jobs
February 5, 12 Job's Trials Are Ours as Well
February 20, 12 Presidents' Day: Washington and Lincoln Insights
April 13, 12 Thomas Jefferson and Power of the Word
September 1, 12 Tony Mazzocchi, Labor Warrior and Friend
October 29, 12 Job and Acceptance of God's Will
December 17, 12 Made in America and Wright Brothers Day
December 20, 12 Sacagawea and Her Contribution to America
January 17, 13 Ben Franklin and Defense of Democracy
February 12, 13 Lincoln: A Heroic Figure When We Need Heroes
February 22, 13 George Washington and the Federalist Donation
March 1, 13 May Benedict XVI Have Time to Write
April 22, 13 Lou Lipps: A Down-to-Earth Jesuit
August 17, 13 Emil Kapaun: Continuing American Heroic Traditions
Personal Actions
November 13, 07 Creating Sacred Space
May 28, 11 Haircuts: An Earth Healing Topic?
May 23, 08 Meetings, Meetings
June 18, 08 Monitoring and Assessing
July 3, 08 Confrontation: Bad or Good?
August 18, 08 Conflict Resolution and Ecological Concerns
February 20, 09 Frequent Public Worship Space
April 24, 09 National TV-Turnoff Week
June 12, 09 Juggling and Multitasking
August 29, 09 Leaving Home
February 27, 10 Encourage Agents of Change
March 2, 10 Accept Responsibility & Unintended Consequences
March 13, 10 Be a Good Samaritan during Hard Times
March 15, 10 Be Acquainted with Tea Parties and History
May 24, 10 Decorating Graves of Loved Ones
May 26, 10 Exposing Greed as a Vice
October 27, 10 Why Celebrate When the World Is in Such a Mess?
December 24, 10 The Art of Preparing for a Great Event
December 27, 10 Healing Benefits of Classical Music
February 18, 11 Multiply Random Acts of Kindness
August 2, 11 Living Within One's Means
September 7, 11 Attention to Stacationers
September 10, 11 Swap Ideas Day: Types of Special Alerts
March 27, 12 Limit TV time: Instead Read, Pray, and Reflect
April 25, 12 Solidarity: Demonstrate Publicly with Others
November 2, 12 Dying with Dignity
November 27, 12 When is Tough Love the Right Option
November 29, 12 Balancing Physical and Spiritual Demands
January 24, 13 Support Bereavement Programs
March 13, 13 Celebrate Good Samaritan Day
May 27, 13 Memorial Times and Places
May 28, 13 Photographs and Precious Memories
October 7, 13 The Rosary as a Means of Reflection
Personal Attitude
(See Health -- Fitness)
November 12, 07 Beware of Scam Artists
February 4, 08 Think before You Drink
August 23, 08 The Decentralist Dilemma
December 2, 08 Remembering National Events
January 28, 09 Treasure Rural Experience
May 29, 09 Being Faithful Is a Success Story
October 24, 09 We Can Each Make a Difference
October 31, 09 Should We Smile on Halloween?
January 26, 10 Comment on Enlightened Self-Interest
January 27, 10 Take Responsibility
February 8, 10 Are We Willing to Accept Regulations?
February 10, 10 May We Hear the Cry of the Poor
February 13, 10 Protest Acquiescence
March 6, 10 Avoid March Madness
May 6, 10 Having a Time for Keeping Silent, A Time for Speaking
May 17, 10 Using Tools Properly
June 5, 10 Why Is Reducing Meat Consumption Environmental?
July 17, 10 Accept Collective Blame: Don't Point Fingers
August 7, 10 Euphoria: A Worker's Attitude
December 20, 10 Getting Smart on Drugs
December 28, 10 Facing Our Phobias, Especially Phobophobia
December 29, 10 Prudence and Climate Change Deniers
February 10, 11 Competition or Win/Win Approaches
September 22, 11 Social Contacts: Formal or Informal
October 29, 11 Navigating One's Good Name in Credulity's Shoals
December 16, 11 Downsizing Expectations and Radical Sharing
December 19, 11 When Being Called "Radical" Is a Compliment
April 28, 12 Ten Approaches to Staying Hopeful
June 30, 12 When Do I Think Small? Think Big?
September 15, 12 Confessions of a Fiscal Conservative
October 12, 12 Accepting Critics with a Proper Spirit
October 13, 12 Continue the Act of Challenging
November 3, 12 Challenging the Aristocracy of Wealth
November 5, 12 Don't Forget: The Voiceless are Hurting
November 8, 12 The Act of Passing On and Passing Over
November 13, 12 Champion the Nobility of Being Poor
November 16, 12 Tolerating the Pain of Damaged Earth
December 29, 12 God Is the Eternal Potter; We Are the Clay
January 26, 13 Discussing Negativism without Being Negative
January 27, 13 Semper Reformanda: Always to Be Reformed
March 5, 13 In Defense of Daydreams
March 15, 13 Be Slow at Handing Out Superlatives
March 16, 13 Limits to Physical but not Spiritual Growth
April 17, 13 Is this true? The First Impression is a Lasting One
May 2, 13 The Earthly Joys of Our Faith
May 7, 13 Some Thoughts about Non-Violent Revolution
May 11, 13 The Privilege to Serve Others
May 24, 13 Conversations with the Spiritually Unaffiliated
July 6, 13 Coming to an Understanding of What "Success" Means
July 23, 13 Addressing Anti-Boredom Month
July 24, 13 Modern Idolatry: Tearing Down Our Personal Idols
August 12, 13 Should We Brag about Our Good Deeds?
August 29, 13 Security and Insecurity in Today's World
August 30, 13 The Power in Accepting Our Limitations
September 30, 13 Present Time: Glancing Back and Looking Ahead
October 26, 13 An Eco-Conservative Stages of Life
Personal Discernment
March 2, 07 Discerning Spirit
June 29, 07 Should We Ask Questions?
August 2, 07 Counsel: Making Right Judgments
November 10, 07 Soul-Searching about the War
January 26, 08 An Examination of Conscience
May 14, 08 Managing the Information Overload
February 6, 09 Identify Sacred Public and Private Sites
March 16, 09 Revisit Past Predictions
November 25, 09 Inventory Our Service Potential
December 31, 09 Glance Back and Look Ahead
June 3, 10 Are You Taking Time Off in Summer Months?
June 21, 10 Must We Make Hay While the Sun Shines?
June 29, 10 Have You Resolved to Live within Your Means?
September 23, 10 Balancing Practical and Theoretical Issues
December 14, 10 Basic Elements of a Social Discernment
March 13, 11 Facing Current Temptations
April 1, 11 Listening and Discerning God's Voice
May 31, 11 Discerning When to Drive or Not
July 9, 11 Checklist for Reducing Stress in Threatening Times?
July 15, 11 Recognizing the Need to Count Important Matters
October 14, 11 What, the Devil? Is Evil Personified?
December 26, 11 Time to Rest and Time to Act
January 2, 12 Predicting 30 Trends: Is This a Good Exercise?
January 8, 12 The Privilege to Relinquish Privilege
July 3, 12 Focus Today
September 29, 12 If We Can't Slow Down Time, Let's Cherish It
September 30, 12 Practicing Tolerance Among Believers
October 1, 12 Tolerate Non-Believers. What about Non-Belief?
October 3, 12 Confronting Our Vestigial Clan Mentality
August 14, 13 Who are "True Conservatives?"
December 19, 13 Reflection or Action: Which Is First?
Personal Planning
January 1, 07 Start the Year Anew
January 2, 07 Tithing Time for Planning
January 1, 08 Fresh Beginnings 2008
January 2, 08 Ten Favorite Scripture Passages
January 3, 08 Keeping a Day Book
April 28, 08 List Ways to Save Time
June 30, 08 Reassess the Budget
September 15, 08 Let's Try Organizing
December 1, 08 Ten Ways to Prepare for Winter
December 30, 08 End-of-Year Reminders
January 1, 09 Consider Fresh Beginnings
January 6, 09 Plan an Annual Retreat
December 23, 09 Twas the Day before Christmas ... and Panic
December 31, 09 Glance Back and Look Ahead
January 1, 10 Start the Year Anew
January 2, 10 Plan Ahead
May 27, 10 Living with Daily Routines
July 1, 10 Refrain from Optimistic Budgets
July 2, 10 Make a Mid-Year Review in July
July 12, 10 Make July a Good Retreat Time
July 20, 10 Decide When Numbers Count
August 31, 10 Finished Program: Time to Move On
December 30, 10 Let's Get Serious: Realistic Resolutions
June 30, 11 Questions at the 2011 Half-Year Review
July 1, 11 Preparing for the Second Half of 2011
September 3, 11 Justification of Pastoral Work
September 5, 11 Work as Labor for Some, as Dream for Others
October 1, 11 Twenty Suggestions for a Busy October
December 30, 11 Domestic Planning and Fidelity
December 27, 12 How Much Should We Plan for 2013?
January 1, 13 The Year 2013: A Time for Reflection
January 2, 13 Great Expectations for the Year
March 6, 13 Dreaming about the Future: Alternative Scenarios
September 28, 13 Why Not Consider a Recorded Funeral Oration?
December 30, 13 A Dozen Highlights for Horizon Watchers
Personal Prayer
(See Religion, Theology and Public Prayer)
February 7, 07 Humble Prayer Goes Out to All the World
June 18, 07 Pray for Peace
July 29, 07 Simple Prayer
October 21, 07 Perseverance
October 28, 07 Simple Prayer
January 4, 08 God is our Rock of Refuge
February 3, 08 Pray and Live the Beatitudes
February 9, 08 Praying from the Heart
February 14, 08 The Manifold Mystery of Love
March 11, 08 Praying from the Heart: Sacred Space
December 3, 08 The God Within
December 23, 08 Can We Pray Always?
February 28, 09 Pray for Global Restoration
November 2, 09 Pray for Those Who Passed On
July 25, 10 Recite a Green "Our Father
August 23, 10 Fear: Need We Be Fearful or Fearless?
February 14, 11 Express Love from the Heart
March 4, 11 Prayerfulness: Every Day is a Day of Prayer
February 17, 12 Pray Your Own Way; Yes, Pray Your Own Way
October 5, 12 Attaining Peace of Soul
October 22, 12 Practicing Meditation in a Busy World
December 14, 12 Forefather's Day and Praying for Our Country
January 30, 13 Offer Prayers for and Ask Prayers from Others
March 22, 13 Why Such Brief Prayers at the Reflection's End?
March 25, 13 Word Power: Faith in Words Spoken or Written
October 27, 13 Our Prayerful Position Before God
November 2, 13 What about the "Hour of Our Death"?
December 26, 13 Reaffirming Our Trust in God
Personal Sensations
November 4, 11 So Long, Barefoot Days
May 10, 12 How Do We Rejoice in Springtime Joy?
July 7, 12 Reflecting Near Water Sounds
July 28, 12 The Role of Liturgical Chant and Cosmic Vibrations
September 13, 12 The Haunting Mists of September
November 14, 12 The Sensational Aromas of Autumn
January 5, 13 Reflection on the Sights in January
January 8, 13 Winter Water Sounds
January 19, 13 Reflection on the Aromas of January
January 21, 13 Cultivating Tastes for Garden Produce to Come
January 28, 13 Tracking and Footprints in the Snow
February 2, 13 Delightful Sights in February
February 7, 13 Enchanting Soundscape of February
February 11, 13 The Tastes of Sweet Things in February
February 15, 13 Indoor Aromas in the Middle of February
February 26, 13 Winter Feelings: Protecting Our Face
March 4, 13 Remembering the Sounds of Floods
July 11, 13 Trying to Spell the Sound of Rushing Water
July 13, 13 Appreciating the Exquisite Tastes of July
July 22, 13 Eating Food With Others Has Sacred Significance
August 1, 13 August's Glorious Landscape and Praise
August 5, 13 Climbing a Mountain is Blessed
August 10,13 Smells of August: Preserving Produce for Winter
September 21, 13 Listen for September's Distinctive Sounds
Plants
(See Flowers, Food -- Berries and Fruit; Forests and Trees)
February 24, 07 Garlic: Plant of the Month
May 7, 07 Some Reasons to Emphasize Herbs
June 12, 07 Saving Natural Ginseng
June 23, 07 Prairie Tall Grasses
October 5, 07 Create a Cane Brake
May 2, 08 What Are Weeds?
June 13, 08 Spirit Creatures: Plants
October 13, 08 Focusing on Ginseng, a Tobacco Substitute
March 21, 09 Learn about Virtually Wild Ginseng
July 29, 09 Learning about Medicinal Herbs
October 26, 09 Promote American Bamboo
October 30, 09 Redeeming Tobacco
December 9, 09 Recognize Kudzu in Our Midst
March 11, 10 Observe Johnny Appleseed Day
May 15, 10 Selecting Dill as the Herb of the Year
August 5, 10 Hemp Reintroduction: The Time Has Come
September 17, 11 Okra: Many Benefits Exist
October 8, 11 Jewelweed Benefits throughout the Year
October 10, 11 Indian "Three Sisters" -- Corn, Beans, and Squash
October 27, 11 Seed-Saving Programs and Endangered Species
January 19, 12 Peanuts: Ecologically Green Food
February 9, 12 Champion the Humble Potato
March 6, 12 Onions Are a True Spice of Life
June 23, 12 Oregano: "Delight of the Mountains"
June 29, 12 Invasive Wineberries and Other Seasonal Cousins
July 20, 12 Deworming Tobacco Plants and Praying Mantises
July 17, 12 Ragweed Control
March 12, 13 Hemp Is Related but NOT Marijuana
February 25, 13 Listing Dandelions' Environmental Benefits
October 18, 13 Pumpkins: A Truly American Delight
Plants -- Flowers
March 24, 07 Wildflower Excursions
April 28, 07 The Wild Geranium
July 25, 07 The Mountain Rhododendron
May 7, 08 Floral Gardens
December 12, 07 Roses, Poinsettias, Mistletoe, and Evergreens
May 4, 09 The Gift of Wildflowers
February 25, 10 Glory in the Lowly Dandelion
January 7, 11 The Benefits of Potted or Houseplants
May 3, 11 Wildflower Week Is Worth Celebrating
February 14, 12 Valentine's Day and Flowers for Every Season
March 8, 12 Make This a Flowering Year
December 4, 12 The Last Rose of Summer
May 1, 13 Nine Benefits of Flowers during Wildflower Week
Population
January 22, 07 Overpopulation Concerns
August 16, 08 Global Population: Explosion?
August 24, 10 Population Decline: The Ill Effects
Poverty & Wealth
January 25, 07 Wealth and Poverty
March 5, 07 Excessive Wealth is Undemocratic
May 28, 09 Prophetic Response to Poverty
November 21, 09 Support the World's Poor
January 3, 11 Disparity in Wealth: Number One Global Insecurity
February 2, 11 Expose the Obscenity of Wealth
February 8, 11 Disparity of Wealth and the Environmental Crisis
February 8, 12 Is Wealth Incompatible with a Strong Democracy?
March 3, 12 Can We Overthrow Nobility of Wealth Non-Violently?
June 12, 12 Reasons Why Being Poor Can Be Enriching
Pro-Life and Environment
December 27, 08 Choose Life
November 7, 10 God of the Living?
April 19, 11 Broadening Nonpartisan Environmental Concerns
November 8, 11 "Pro-Life and Anti-Environment" is an Oxymoron
December 15, 11 Environmental Protection Is THE Pro-Life Issue
January 11, 12 Approaches to Pro-life/Environmental Protection
June 22, 12 Appreciating the Miracles of Life
July 16, 12 Culture of Life versus Culture of Death
September 10, 12 Swap Ideas Day: Expand the Web of Life
December 27, 13 The Pro-Life Field Must Expand
Prophets
January 13, 07 Lifestyle and Prophetic Witness
August 29, 08 Speaking the Truth: A Prophetic Stance
May 28, 09 Prophetic Response to Poverty
July 5, 09 Risking to Be Prophetic
January 31, 10 Support Hometown Prophets
August 20, 10 Imperfect Prophets: Unclear Prophetic Messages
August 25, 11 Becoming Prophetic Reclaimers of the Commons
April 9, 12 Why a Manual for Reclaimers of the Commons?
April 10, 12 Should We Defend Today's Robin Hoods?
April 24, 12 Prophet: Demonstrate Alone Publicly for Change
May 15, 12 Why Are True Prophets Never Popular?
May 19, 12 Are Modern Robin Hoods Today's Agents of Change?
July 8, 12 Prophets Lack Neighborhood Honors
February 3, 13 Prophets Must Speak the Truth
Recreation
(See Health -- Personal Exercise)
March 24, 07 Wildflower Excursions
May 15, 07 Biking Benefits
July 17, 07 Agritourism
September 22, 07 Are There Times for Green Hunting?
March 31, 08 Choose Green Recreation Activities
September 12, 08 Home Hobbies
October 30, 08 Greening Tourist Areas
October 31, 08 Celebrating the Eve of All Hallows
November 6, 08 Hunting as Sport or Necessity
December 5, 08 Hobbies, Crafts and Arts
December 10, 08 Winter Nature Walk
April 4, 09 All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)
April 18, 09 Spring Hikes
June 5, 09 Camping Smart
June 18, 09 Enjoying International Picnic Day
July 16, 09 Hiking in Summer
July 23, 09 Skygazing and the Perseid Meteor Shower
September 24, 09 Are Hunting Days Numbered?
October 27, 09 Relishing Autumn Scenes
July 28, 10 Sing A Floral Ode to Joy
September 24, 10 World Equestrian Games Begin Tomorrow
September 27, 10 Family Day: Greener Ways Together
September 28, 10 Autumn Camping: Twelve Suggestions
December 9, 10 Caroling and Christmas Songs
December 27, 10 Healing Benefits of Classical Music
February 5, 11 Champion Health through Nature Experiences
February 21, 12 Celebrate Marti Gras; Ponder Fat Tuesday
June 9, 12 Promoting Porch Swings on Senior Citizens' Day
June 11, 12 The Art of Enjoying Free Time
July 12, 12 The Joys of Harvesting
July 19, 12 Promote and Organize Green Picnics
July 23, 12 Olympic Games and Playing to Win
February 8, 13 Scouting and Enjoying Nature's Benefits
September 27, 13 Touching and Celebrating Earth through Dancing
Religion, Theology and Public Prayer
January 16, 07 Religious Freedom Day -- 2007
January 18, 07 Christian Unity
January 20, 07 World Religion Day
February 22, 07 Public Acts of Piety
October 23, 07 Priestly Prayer and Service
October 24, 07 Service of the Word
October 25, 07 Service and Numbers
November 29, 07 Self-Denial and Advent
December 28, 07 Holy Innocents Day
January 18, 08 Unity Octave at One Hundred Years
November 11, 08 Confronting Mortality: The Afterlife
January 20, 09 Pray for our President
January 24, 09 Speak up for Ecumenism
February 5, 09 Expose Our State Religion
May 7, 09 2009 National Day of Prayer
December 24, 09 Profess Our Creed through Deed
December 28, 09 Teach the Innocents to Pray
January 25, 11 Oneness within the Christian Community
February 1, 10 Proclaim Salvation for All
March 29, 10 Perform Public Acts of Piety
May 4, 10 Asking Soteriological Questions
May 13, 10 Testifying to God's Presence
August 21, 10 Interconnectedness: Salvation Is for All
January 22, 11 Loved Ones Can Give Permission to Die
February 4, 11 Witness to Needed Religion in Earthhealing
February 16, 11 Heal Earth: Expand the Frontiers of Soteriology
May 5, 11 National Day of Prayer Concerns
June 8, 11 Can Religionless Spirituality Heal Our Earth?
October 19, 11 Visit the Martyrs' Shrine
December 14, 11 Heaven and Earth Kiss
March 26, 12 Annunciation Day and Dewfall
June 15, 12 God is Love
February 18, 13 Ten Ways to Live the Year of Faith
May 25, 13 Debunking America's State Religion
July 17, 13 God Is Love: Examining What This Means
September 6, 13 Let's Rid Ourselves of Clericalism
September 7, 13 Democratic Efforts to Combat Clericalism
November 3, 13 The Lord Desires Salvation for All
Retreats
April 2, 07 Preached Retreats
May 8, 07 A Hermitage Experience
May 9, 07 Constructing a Retreat Cabin
January 8, 08 Annual Retreat and Physical Environment
January 6, 09 Plan an Annual Retreat
July 12, 10 Make July a Good Retreat Time
July 16, 11 Suggestions for Improving Annual Retreats
April 29, 13 Looking for Renewal in Urgent Times
July 12, 13 Reasons for Making an Annual Retreat
Social Attitudes
February 10, 07 The Good in Being Restless
February 19, 07 National Desolation
March 21, 07 Challenge All to Change
March 27, 07 Radical Sharing Is Necessary
March 29, 07 Take What Is Rightly Ours
July 6, 07 Understanding: Welcoming Opportunities for Insight
July 9, 07 Pauses for Refreshment
July 11, 07 Cheer Up the Lonely Day
July 27, 07 Focus and Concentration
July 28, 07 Being Treed
August 15, 07 Basic Assumptions
August 16, 07 Relinquishment
September 20, 07 Fortitude as a Gift of the Spirit
October 19, 07 Knowledge: Acting through Proper Experience
November 21, 07 The Roots of Violence
November 23, 07 Piety: Enhancing the Sense of Mystery
December 11, 07 Fear of the Lord: Preserving Reverence
December 14, 07 Does It Really Matter? Earth Is Lost
February 16, 08 Intrusiveness as a Modern Vice
March 4, 08 Fostering Greater Respect
March 6, 08 Faith, Fiction, and Fantasy
August 8, 08 Spiritual Responsibility and Fidelity
September 2, 08 Kind Words and Deeds
December 15, 08 Lighten Up; It's Divine Humor
December 17, 08 Enlightened Self-Interest, Really?
December 18, 08 Good Grief
January 31, 09 Declare All Time Extraordinary
February 23, 09 Live in Hope
July 17, 09 Realizing Mortality during "Endless July"
October 13, 09 The Hospice Workers' Prayer
December 5, 09 ARE the United States Unique
May 14, 10 Facing Reality as a Deepening Spirituality
August 10, 10 Reality: A Basis for Authentic Spirituality
September 15, 10 The Spirituality of a Non-Royalist
March 1, 11 Interior Ecology: A Personal Frontier
March 2, 11 Components of an Interior Ecology
March 3,11 Enrichment of our Interior Ecology
May 18, 11 Every Person Is Irreplaceable
May 19, 11 Radical Sharing Reconsidered
ne 6, 11 Can People of Holy Discontent Be Happy?
July 31, 11 Do Not Let Bad News Hinder Our Work
August 3, 11 Reflecting on Physical and Spiritual Journeys
August 29, 11 Realizing That We Are Both Powerless and Powerful
October 20, 11 Witnessing as Long-Term Spiritual Investment
November 9, 11 Balance Material/Spiritual Growth
November 28, 11 Reflect on Ways to Be Less Violent
January 22, 12 Modern Jonah: A Serious and Light-hearted Story
February 2, 12 Give Light to All in Many Ways
June 16, 12 Why We Must Repeat the Motto "In God We Trust"
June 18, 12 How Do We Exult the Lowly?
July 27, 12 America's Different Moral Attitudes about Wealth
November 10, 12 The Call to Universal Fellowship
January 7, 13 Today the Death Penalty is Uncivilized
February 14, 13 Being Neighborly and Martin Buber's I and Thou
April 3, 13 The Quagmire and the Battle Between Good and Evil
June 25, 13 Religious Call for Property Limitations
October 1, 13 Reflection Involves Silent Space and Time
Thanksgiving and Blessings
November 22, 07 Simple Thanks
December 31, 07 Final Blessings
November 27, 08 Thanksgiving Checklist and Prayer
December 31, 08 A Gaelic Blessing
April 13, 09 Easter Monday: Bless the Earth
June 8, 09 Sightseeing Values
August 1, 09 Harvesting and Thankfulness
September 21, 09 Spread a Ministry of Gratitude
November 26, 09 Thank God on Thanksgiving Day
December 30, 09 Count Your 2009 Blessings
January 19, 10 Give Thanks for January's Blessings
February 3, 10 Take and Receive Abundant Blessings
February 11, 10 Give Thanks for February's Blessings
March 16, 10 Thank God for March
April 6, 10 Give Thanks for April's Blessings
May 7, 10 Bestowing the Blessings of May
June 22, 10 What Are the June Blessings?
July 13, 10 Thank God for July Blessings
August 17, 10 The Blessings of August: Thank God
September 14, 10 Gratitude for September Gifts
November 25, 10 Do We Thank God Enough for Gifts of Food?
December 23, 10 Counting Our December Blessings
January 26, 11 Winter's Moments of Gratitude
February 15, 11 Gratitude Heals Our Wounded Earth
April 14, 11 Appreciating Roads for Their Blessings
November 24, 11 The Habit of Being Thankful
September 21, 12 Sharing Our Food Budget on World Gratitude Day
November 22, 12 Gratitude Could Be Our Salvation
December 31, 12 Count Your 2012 Blessings
July 27, 13 Cultivating Our Sense of Gratitude
October 13, 13 Thanks for the Everyday Miracles
October 14, 13 Rediscovering America with Gratitude
November 28, 13 Answering a Crisis in Gratitude by Simple Thanks
December 31, 13 Bestowing an American Blessing
Time
March 10, 12 Reflecting on Clocked-Time When "Springing Ahead"
August 1, 12 Time to Ask Whether Race Enters This Election
August 2, 12 Time to Enjoy Watermelon Day
August 3, 12 Time to Appreciate August's Wildflowers
August 4, 12 Time to Improve the Art of Hospitality
August 5, 12 Time to Get Physical AND Spiritual Nourishment
August 6, 12 Time to Take "The Shakertown Pledge"
August 7, 12 Time to Beg for Help from Others
August 8, 12 Time to Think Differently: Ten Easy Suggestions
August 9, 12 Time to Defend Dilapidated Barns
August 10, 12 Time to Talk Tree Troubles: Emerald Ash Borer
August 11, 12 Time to Think about Autumn Gardens
August 12, 12 Time to See Eucharist as Pledge of Eternal Life
August 13, 12 Time to Review Preserving Abundant Produce
August 14, 12 Time to State Reasons Why I Am No Capitalist
August 15, 12 Time to Stop Pretending: The Assumption
August 16, 12 Time to Confront Modern Atheism
August 17, 12 Time for Conference on Christianity & Ecology?
August 18, 12 Time to Ask How Survivors Cope with AIDS
August 19, 12 Time for Eucharistic Believers to Help the Needy
August 20, 12 Time to Be Concerned about Homeless Animals
August 21, 12 Time to Look at Corn Alcohol: Legal Moonshining
August 22, 12 Time for Ten Travel Hints for Simple Living
August 23, 12 Time to Recognize Inordinate Love for Automobiles
August 24, 12 Time to Walk and Time to Bike
August 25, 12 Time to Use Grandpa's Oxen at Church Construction
August 26, 12 Time to See Eucharist as Reverence for Life
August 27, 12 Time to Revisit an Authentic Eco-Spirituality
August 28, 12 Time to Ask Whether Creation-Centerness Is "Junk"
August 29, 12 Time to Promote Resurrection Spirituality
August 30, 12 Time Once in a Blue Moon to See Godliness in Work
August 31, 12 Time to Gather More Time Sayings
Tourism
Ecotourism in Appalachia
February 23, 08 Plan Eco-Vacationing Near Home
February 26, 08 Explore Our Historic Traces
February 27, 08 Support Local Tour Guides
April 29, 08 Make a Pilgrimage
May 13, 08 Space Tourism
May 24, 08 All Tourism Needs to be Ecological
August 3, 09 Stay Nearer Home This Year
July 9, 10 Travel the Local Back Roads
July 10, 10 Try Route 68: The Main Street of Kentucky
February 9, 11 Vacation by Reducing the Carbon-Print
October 19, 11 Visit the Martyrs' Shrine
July 6, 12 Eight Ways to Remember Sightseeing Trips
August 22, 12 Time for Ten Travel Hints for Simple Living
July 16, 13 Listing Green Tourist Guidelines
September 26, 13 Occasionally Returning to the Home Country
Travel and Transportation
(See Automobile Driving and Safety)
March 23, 07 Railroads as Means of Public Transportation
July 16, 07 "Nowhere" in July
August 8, 07 Bike Systems
January 9, 08 Air Travel for the Privileged
February 25, 08 To Jet or Not to Jet: Flying Is for the Birds
April 4, 08 Review Types of Walkways
April 8, 08 Travel Lightly
May 26, 08 Visit Cemeteries
September 3, 08 Reflection on Travel Experiences
October 11, 08 Discovering Backyard America
December 29, 08 Rails-to-Trails
July 28, 09 Traveling by Air
April 23, 10 Go Only to Green Conferences
September 2, 10 Consider Travel Checklists
January 21, 11 Travel Education and Elderhostels
April 14, 11 Appreciating Roads for Their Blessings
May 31, 11 Discerning When to Drive or Not
January 21, 12 Should we Use More Public Transportation
May 17, 13 The Benefits of Bicycles
June 22, 13 Car Pooling and Sharing Resources
Verses
February 8, 07 Harbinger of Spring
March 26, 07 Emmanuel: God with Us
March 28, 07 Compassion
May 13, 07 Hands of Appalachia
June 7, 07 Lazarus' People
August 6, 07 My Favor Rests
October 30, 07 Faint Voices in the Hills
November 22, 07 Simple Thanks
December 27, 07 God Only Knows
April 25, 08 The Question
December 25, 08 Divine Sensations
January, 09 New Year's Day
January 2, 09 Compose a Litany of the Earth
January 18, 09 The Seasonal Calls
February 7, 09 Come, Come, First Robin
March 3, 09 Find Winter's Hidden Hope
July 6, 09 Affirming the Jogger's Lament
August 7, 09 Cromer Ridge
November 20, 09 An Autumn Message
December 25, 09 Live the Magnificat
January 6, 10 Winter Riders
February 12, 10 Ode to the February Born
April 25, 10 The Question
May 22, 10 Mixed Mesophytic Forest
June 15, 10 Steadfastness
July 16, 10 Creation's Eighth Day
August 25, 10 Deep Service
September 30, 10 Times Are Changing
December 22, 10 Winter's Gift
December 31, 10 The Blooming Cosmos: Kristin Johannsen
January 15, 11 Moments of Sorrow
February 3, 11 Appalachian Winter
March 21, 11 Spring Has Sprung
June 27, 11 Pax Americana
July 30, 11 Do We Have Time?
August 31, 11 Upturned Plow
September 30, 11 A Wonderful Memory: Mary Byrd Davis
December 31, 11 Eagles and Butterflies: Sally Ramsdell
March 14, 12 Flood Tide
April 18, 12 April Memories
October 31, 12 Sic Transit Gloria
April 30, 13 Silver Showers
Floral Verses
May 2012 Irises
June 2012 Black Eyed Susans
August 2012 Gladiolus
September 2012 Ironweed
October 2012 Mums
November 2012 Sumac
December 2012 Holly
January 2013 Indoor Plants
February 2013 Ode to the Dandelion
March 2013 Jonquil Stands
April 2013 Tulips Uplift Us
May 2013 Black Locust Blooms
June 2013 Tiger Lily
July 2013 Zinnias Glory
August 2013 Milkweed Glory
September 2013 Tickseed Sunflower
October 2013 Marigolds
November 2013 Wild Chicory
December 2013 Mistletoe
Virtues
August 17, 08 Humility and Faith
May 23, 09 Justice and Charity
May 3, 10 Emphasizing Prudence in Climate Change Controversy
August 29, 10 Humility: Ways to Become Exalted
December 29, 10 Prudence and Climate Change Deniers
February 6, 12 Confrontation as a Possible Christian Virtue
April 2, 13 Focusing on Cardinal or Theological Virtues
September 1, 13 Cultivating the Virtue of Humility
Waste and Resource Reuse
January 4, 07 Useless Things
January 26, 07 Avoid Food Wastes
January 29, 07 Disposal of Electronic Junk
February 21, 07 Ashes as Symbols
August 9, 07 Recycle Barns
August 22, 07 Recycling Made Easy
April 17, 08 Space Versus Down-to-Earth Costs
June 17, 08 Ten Commandments of Resource Use
June 23, 08 Resource Self-Control
July 26, 08 Food Wastes
November 10, 08 Building a Worm Composting Bin
November 14, 08 Ten Reasons for Composting Toilets
January 23, 09 Reuse Materials
February 4, 09 Reaffirm Reasons for Composting
February 16, 09 Utilize Wood Properly
April 6, 09 Salt of Our Earth
May 21, 09 Resource Conscious in 2009
June 1, 09 Participating in National River Cleanup Week?
September 12, 09 Recycling Old Electronics?
November 14, 09 Make America Recycles Day Meaningful
November 19 Make It Yours: Use Less Stuff Day
December 16, 09 Promote Good Reclamation Practice
March 22, 12 Heirlooms, Legacy Materials, and Junk
November 19, 12 Recycling Old Tires in Different Ways
Water Conservation and Protection
April 12, 07 The Red River Gorge
June 2, 07 Ten Reasons for Celebrating Rivers
June 22, 07 Kentucky River
September 13, 07 Bottled Water
February 20, 08 Highlight Tame and Scenic Rivers
May 21, 08 Twelve Ways to Save Water
June 11, 08 Cisterns: Conserve Rain Water
July 19, 08 Domestic Potable Water Supplies
August 2, 08 Water Fountains
February 21, 09 Consider Waterfalls
January 20, 10 Defend Our Water Commons
June 4, 10 How Many Sounds of Water Can You Distinguish?
June 12, 10 Rainwater Barrels Anyone?
August 30, 10 Watering: Slaking Thirsty Garden Plants
September 1, 10 Sacred Water: Worthy of Respect
September 18, 10 World Water Monitoring Day: Urgent Times
September 21, 10 Desalination: A Technological Frontier
February 28, 11 Gurgling Creeks: Nature's Musical Sounds
March 28, 11 Being Right with the Seas
May 20, 11 Awareness of Impending Water Shortages
July 11, 11 Let's Insist on Access to Free Potable Water
February 18, 12 Maritime Transportation and Global Air Pollution
September 18, 12 World Water Monitoring Day: More Water Concerns
May 22, 13 Maritime Day and Ocean Problems and Solutions
December 12, 13 Advantages of Having Rain Barrels
Weather and Seasons
February 5, 07 Weatherman's Day
April 27, 07 The Blessings of April Showers
June 30, 07 Only Once in a Blue Moon
July 5, 07 Construction Time in July
July 20, 07 Moon Day and Moonshine
August 28, 07 Full Corn Moon
September 19, 07 Environmental Beatitudes in Autumn
October 22, 07 October is Passing
December 15, 07 Nine Ways to Make Winter Endurable
April 14, 08 Lingering Cool Weather
September 22, 08 Celebrate Autumn Time
November 8, 08 Trees and Leaves
November 17, 08 Darkness Comes
December 1, 08 Ten Ways to Prepare for Winter
December 20, 08 Winter Solstice & Light
March 3, 09 Find Winter's Hidden Hope
March 20, 09 Celebrate the Vernal Equinox
April 27, 09 Spring Rains and Storm Water
June 6, 09 Observing Strawberry Moon
June 20, 09 Preparing for the Summer Solstice
July 2, 09 Enduring Summer's Heat
September 19, 09 Stay Calm in Stormy Weather
November 30, 09 Accept the Coming of Winter
December 21, 09 Welcome the Winter Solstice
February 5, 10 Realize That Weather is Important
March 20, 10 Attend to Chores on the Vernal Equinox
January 26, 11 Winter's Moments of Gratitude
July 5, 11 Trying to Make July Tolerable
August 1, 11 Celebrating Green As the Color of August
December 22, 11 Welcome the Winter Solstice
December 27, 11 Extend Seasonal Warmth and Comfort into 2012
March 20 , 12 Spring Equinox: Fine Time to Shine
June 1, 12 Anticipate Summer's Heat
June 20, 12 Fleeting Time and Summer Solstice
June 21, 12 We Need Models of Enthusiasm in Summertime
July 30, 12 Enduring Increased Frequency of Weather Extremes
September 22, 12 Autumn Equinox: It's Even better Than It Looks
November 17, 12 This Has Been a Hot Year
December 21, 12 Now Winter Is Here. Where Are We?
June 1, 13 June's Pluses and Minuses
November 6, 13 Let's Celebrate Indian Summer
November 30, 13 Prepare for Advent Blessings
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Gray Matter in the Green
Special Issues
1. And They All Get Along -- Sr. Carol Stiefvater (Parts I-VI)
2. An Appropriate Technology Future -- AF
3. The Land Must Live -- Wayne Davis
4. Beyond Simplicity: Tough Issues for a New Era -- AF
5. Towards an Authentic Eco-Spirituality -- AF
6. The Straw Bale House -- Paul Gallimore
7. Reiki: Ancient Healing Art: Modern Nursing Intervention
-- Debbie Caldwell
8. Reiki: A Theological Reflection & Discernment of
Energy Healing -- Bob Sears
9. Biofuels: Green or Catastrophic? -- AF
10. Fifty Ways to Reclaim the Commons -- AF
11. Declaration of Interdependence -- Lanz Bidault
12. Retreat Hermitages -- AF
13. Earth Healing 25th Anniversary -- Mark Spencer
14. An Environmental Retreat -- AF
15 Sounds and Silence: Pt. I, Sound and Fury -- AF
16. Sounds and Silence: Pt. II, Reclaiming Silent Space -- AF
17. Basic Globish -- AF --
18. The Morality of Nuclear Power Generation-- AF & Mary Davis
19. Bridge GC 35 -- AF & Ben Urmston
20. Healing of the Bluegrass -- Mary Davis
21. Kentucky EQC Report -- Mary Davis
22. Reclaim the Commons, Intro -- AF
23. Ministry of Gratitude -- AF
24. Soup for the Day -- AF
25. Dreaming the Impossible -- Rob Currie
26. Journeying to Become Ever Greener, Sacred Journey Nov., 2009.<fellowshipinprayer.com/fip/WEB%20 EXCLUSIVES/Articles%20%26%20Interviews/>
27. A Priest for Equality Expanding View -- AF (2009)
28. Water and Eco-Spirituality -- AF, Water Resources Impact (Nov. 2009).
29. Healing Earth Our Common Blessing, Len Sroka
DVD (Seascapes Publishing, 2010)
30. Nuclear Powerplant Loans -- Mary Davis
31. Ecotourism in Kentucky -- AF
32. The Little Bluebook -- AF
33. 99 Ways To Celebrate -- AF
Books on the Website
(Brassica Books)
Earth Healing: A Resurrection-Centered Approach (2012)
Ethnic Atlas of the United States (2013)
Reclaiming the Commons (2013))
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An Eco-Spirituality through the Seasons (2006)
Critical Hour: Three Mile Island, The Nuclear Legacy, and National Security (2004)/Update (2006)
Other Publications
The Brothers' War
Global Catholic Statistics 1905 and 2005
Fifty Possible Ways to Challenge Over-Commercialism
The Forest Commons
Reflections on Land Stewardship
Spiritual Growth through Domestic Gardening
Published Books by AF Mentioned on Website
Ecotourism in Appalachia: Marketing the Mountains -- AF & Kristin Johannsen (Univ. Press of Kentucky, 2004)
Healing Appalachia: Sustainable Living through Appropriate Technology (with Paul Gallimore) (Univ. Press of KY, 2007)
Tobacco Days: A Personal Journey (Brassica Press, 2010)
Mountain Moments (Warren Brunner & AF) (Acclaim Press, 2010)
Water Sounds (Marquette Univ. Press, 2010)
Appalachian Sensations: A Journey through the Seasons
(Warren & Pat Brunner and AF, Peachbloom Press, 2013)
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