The Narthex
My Lenten Garden
Spiritual insights are derived from simple, earthly actions
By Richard DellOrfano | March 8th 2019 4:00 PMMy vegetable garden is a 4 x 10 planter box with gopher-proof screening and a weed-banning cloth. Its soil is enriched with root enzymes and minerals, wriggly worms, and rich humus. I nearly broke my back constructing it, but it was worth the anguish. I’ve got international participation from healthy,…
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Attacking a sound-bite straw man only masks the real evil
By Rob Agnelli (Archive) | October 19th 2018 6:35 PMIn a presentation at the Gates Foundation's “Goalkeepers” last month, French President Emmanuel Macron made comments that appeared to be critical of large families: “One of the critical issues of African demography is that this is not chosen fertility... I always say: ‘Present me the woman who decided, being perfectly…
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