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...said they received the local produce menu enthusiastically. “I think it’s a great thing, dining and eating locally,” said Gary C. Davis, who has worked in the Adam’s Dining Hall for 27 years and has his own garden. “The students love it. I haven’t stopped all night and I started off at two burners and had to go to three.” Undergraduates said they loved the food, with students calling it “fresh...
...sunny day in the White House Rose Garden that President George W. Bush announced his plan to enable as many as 700,000 American families to avoid foreclosure amid a growing mortgage crisis. "I've made this a top priority to help our homeowners navigate these financial challenges," he said, "so that as many families as possible can stay in their homes." That was in the summer...
...have now for 40 years done things like recycle, make compost from my garden's grass cuttings, house refuse etc. I have replaced all my lightbulbs for energy-saving bulbs. I save water and electricity by only boiling the kettle three times a day, putting the boiled water in a flask for tea and coffee later. I only put the geyser on to have enough hot water for showers and baths. I have planted maybe 300 trees in my lifetime. All this means I am helping to counteract the environmental problem, but it will never be enough because the fundamental...
Widening Your Prayer Calm can act as a springboard to the most expansive kind of prayer. Yancey uses the model of Jesus, who prayed in the garden Gethsemane immediately before his trial and crucifixion. He notes that Jesus' first statement is "Let this cup pass from me." Observes Yancey: "He's basically saying, 'Get me out of this!' " Yet he quickly moves into a stage of calm. "By the end of the night, he's the calmest person there. He's told God, 'If this cannot pass away except I drink it, thy will be done.' " The final stage...
...step. He moved out of the hectic life at the main monastery, where Lebanese monks enjoy their mobile phones and Mercedes Benz cars, and into the silence of the valley. Now, he spends his days on a tight schedule: 14 hours of prayer, 3 hours working in the vegetable garden, 2 hours studying mystical texts, and 5 hours sleeping on a wooden board with a stone under his head. "At the beginning it is difficult," he said, "But now I can't sleep with a pillow...