Note: This is the second reflection in a series by CRE director Andy Thompson called “The Tree at the End of the World” that will…
Tag: Biodiversity
Hildegard of Bingen: A Love Story
On the occasion of the feast of Hildegard of Bingen, we’re grateful to Sister Hannah, of the Community of St. Mary, for allowing us to…
Invitation to a Holy Lent
The Rev. April Berends As we near the end of the first week of Lent, CRE contributor April Berends invites us to consider some of…
In Shakerag Hollow
Thanks to friend of CRE Jennifer Michael for sharing this poem with us: In Shakerag Hollow It’s not a jar in Tennessee,just a fragment of…
“Living in Harmony with Nature”: Faiths at COP 15
The United Nations Biodiversity Conference, or COP 15, ended on December 19 with great fanfare over the signing of the Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).…
Can You Hear Biodiversity?
David George Haskell Can you hear biodiversity? Yes, and by listening we can more fully connect with the joys and the brokenness of the community…
The Creator’s Fondness for Beetles: Biodiversity as Sacrament
Biologist John Haldane was once asked what his studies of the natural world had taught him about God. God seems, replied Haldane, to have “an…