DAILY REFLECTIONS  
TABLE OF CONTENTS

                     January, 2006 
 

January 1   A Day of Peace

January 2   An Earthhealing Program Report                     

January 3   Preparing for an Ice Storm

January 4   Resilient Mountains

January 5   99 Ways to Prepare Apples

January 6   Needed:  Wise Men in the East

January 7   One Year and On-Line

January 8   Epiphany:  A Universal Celebration    

January 9   Hospice Programs

January 10  Shale Oil

January 11  Respect Planet Earth

January 12  Dress for Warmth: Wear Long Underwear

January 13  Stephen Foster Day  

January 14  Snow as Healer         

January 15  Samuel, Samuel

January 16  Racial Discrimination

January 17  Can we Impose Democracy?

January 18  The Cob House

January 19  Winter Garden Plans

January 20  Joe Davis

January 21  National Hug Day                

January 22  Jonah

January 23  Bookwriting      

January 24  National Hobby Month     

January 25  Explore Midlife Options

January 26  Small is Beautiful

January 27  Seven Ways to Combat Stress

January 28  Chinese New Year

January 29  He Spoke with Authority

January 30  Improving Gas Mileage

January 31  The Yurt 
 

                  February, 2006

February   1  Extolling Freedom

February   2  The 2006 Garden:  A Light

February   3  Bird Flu Pandemic?

February   4  Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs)

February   5  The Trials of Job

February   6  The Threat of Logging:  Bialowieza Forest

February   7  Charles Dickens and Compassion

February   8  Ongoing Education

February   9  Lightning

February  10  Jogging for Health

February  11  Inventor's Day:  New Uses of Our Hands

February  12  Healing by Jesus

February  13  Lincoln Memorial

February  14  Sts. Valentine, Cyril & Methodius

February  15  Vibrational Pollution: Use of Blasting Materials

February  16  Authentic Puzzles

February  17  Random Acts of Kindness Day

February  18  Faulty Product Complaints

February  19  Miracles and Forgiveness

February  20  Presidents' Day

February  21  Share Community Resources

February  22  St. Peter, Model for Us All

February  23  Peace & World Understanding Day

February  24  Fast for Others

February  25  Make a Persimmon Pie

February  26  Fast for Others 

February  27  Mardi Gras Celebration?   

February  28  Seed Savers Exchange 
 

                   March, 2006 
 

March  1  Remember We are Dust

March  2  American Camping Week

March  3  Natural Disasters and the Environment

March  4  Container Gardening

March  5  Temptations

March  6  Population Movement

March  7  Big Breakfasts

March  8  The Earth Healer:  Irene Dickinson

March  9  National Nutrition Month

March 10  Acid Rain 

March 11  Planting Fruit Trees

March 12  Mount Tabor and the Golden Moment

March 13  Lenten Suggestions for Good Samaritan Day

March 14  Must We Import Oil

March 15  Anxiety

March 16  Freedom of Information Day

March 17  The Luck of the Irish

March 18  March Madness

March 19  Moneychangers in the Temple

March 20  Protect Non-Smoker Rights

March 21  Alcohol Problems 

March 22  Drug Problems

March 23  Substance Abuse

March 24  Equipment to Address Noise Problems

March 25  To Incarnate

March 26  Nicodemus Comes by Night

March 27  Carbon Dioxide:  Friend or Foe

March 28  What would Jesus Do?

March 29  Refrigerate Conservatively

March 30  Repair It Yourself

March 31  Public Citizen

                         April, 2006 
 

April  1   Foolishness and Credit Cards

April  2   Selflessness through Dying to Self

April  3   Rose Bouziane Nader

April  4   Ginseng Dreams

April  5   The Dignity of Gardening

April  6   Hospital Visits

April  7   World Health Requirements

April  8   Seniors and the Driving Privilege

April  9   Palm Sunday and the Messiah Complex

April 10   Pierre Teihard de Chardin

April 11   Open Letter concerning Religion and Science

April 12   Young People's Herb Garden

April 13   Holy Thursday and Washing Feet

April 14   Calvary's Cross Today

April 15   A Prayer for Restoring Damaged Lands

April 16   Easter Pascal Mystery

April 17   All Creation Gives Praise to God

April 18   Third World Day

April 19   The Nuclear Phoenix

April 20   Lotteries and Sanity   

April 21   John Muir and the Environmental Movement

April 22   Earth Day

April 23   Divine Mercy and Sun Day

April 24   Metamorphosis and Butterflies

April 25   Holocaust Remembrance Day

April 26   The American Interstate System               

April 27   Youth and the Work Ethic

April 28   Arbor and Bird Day

April 29   Bread for the World

April 30   Scripture and Fulfillment 
 

                          May, 2006 
 

May 1   May Flowers

May 2   Pokeweed Shoots

May 3   Iraq War:  A Three-Nation Solution?

May 4  Patriotism and Prayer

May 5   Cinco de Mayo

May 6   The Rainbow:  God's Covenant with the Earth

May 7   I Am the Good Shepherd  

May 8   Gardening in May

May 9   Beware of Impulse Buying  

May 10  Business, Vacation and Camping

May 11  A Planned and Unplanned Day

May 12  Nurses as Model Caregivers     

May 13  Spring Environmental Cleanup

May 14  The Vine Bearing Much Fruit

May 15  Problem Lawns and Fruit/Nut Trees

May 16  National Bike to Work Day

May 17  Treat Chemicals with Respect

May 18  Mother Goose and Museum Day

May 19  North American Community

May 20  Coyotes, City Slinkers and Country Callers

May 21  Friends and Associates of Jesus

May 22  Maritime Day Revisited 

May 23  The Web of Life

May 24  Consolation

May 25  Proclaiming the Good News

May 26  Interreligious Cooperation and the Environment

May 27  Global Warming and Prudence

May 28  Good News to All Creation

May 29  Decoration Day

May 30  Joan of Arc Day

May 31  Amnesty International 
 

                    June, 2006 
 

June 1    Celebrate Appalachia

June 2    Nuclear Power in Peace and War

June 3    Protect the Rivers

June 4    Pentecost and Breathing

June 5    Outdoor Experiences for All

June 6    Child Youth Day

June 7    American Jock Culture

June 8    Dogs and Best Friends Day

June 9    Sitting on the Porch

June 10   Annual Woodcarvers Day

June 11   Trinitarian Emergence

June 12   Write Haiku 

June 13   Be Focused: National Juggling Day Revisited

June 14   Patriotism and the Flag

June 15   Spiritual Nourishment

June 16   The Gospel of Judas

June 17   Pickling

June 18   Abba, Father

June 19   Juneteenth

June 20   Composting Bin

June 21   Twelve Possible Summer Suggestions

June 22   Reflecting in the Forest  

June 23   Sacred Heart Devotion

June 24   Eating in the Wild

June 25   Lord of the Storms 

June 26   A Dream for the Holy Land 

June 27   Brain Drain

June 28   Jewelweed

June 29   Unchanging Rock

June 30   Long Branch Environmental Education Center 
 

                     July, 2006

July 1    Literacy Problems    

July 2    Being Pro-Life

July 3    Fair Taxes   

July 4    Count America's Blessings

July 5    Traditional Energy Sources

July 6    Know What to Stash and What to Trash

July 7    Alternative College Routes

July 8    Geothermal Applications

July 9    Difficulty in Being Prophetic  

July 10   Retreat in the Woods

July 11   Abolition 2000 Statement

July 12   Cellulosic Fuels

July 13   Threshing

July 14   Taste the Berries of Summer

July 15   Biodiesel Fuel

July 16   Civic Religion and Discipline

July 17   China, Don't Follow Us:  Private Automobiles

July 18                "           Steaks and Hamburgers

July 19                "           Excessive Heating and Cooling

July 20                "           Expansive Interior Space

July 21                "           The Throwaway Culture

July 22   Nuclear Moral Questions

July 23   Good Leadership

July 24   Amelia Earhart

July 25   Pilgrims Who Journey in Faith  

July 26   Snakes Tell Us Something

July 27   Peppers and Peppers

July 28   Black Locust 

July 29   Abolition 2000

July 30   Feeding the Hungry 

July 31   St. Ignatius and the Environment 
 

                      August, 2006 
 

August  1   Ever Better or Good Enough?

August  2   Breastfeeding Week

August  3   Summer Biking in the Mountains

August  4   Black Bears

August  5   Forest Fires

August  6   Transfiguration and Future Glory

August  7   Emergency Evacuation Plans

August  8   A Land of Victory Gardens

August  9   Total across the Board Abolition

August 10   Kentucky's Natural Bridge

August 11   Twelve Ways to Reduce Grocery Bills

August 12   Viewing the Tobacco Patch

August 13   Bread of Eternal Life

August 14   Working towards Holiness  

August 15   Mary at the Hour of Our Death

August 16   Mixed Mesophytic Forest      

August 17   Further Camping Tips  

August 18   The "Walmartization" of America

August 19   Herding Cattle

August 20   Nourishment for Our Mission 

August 21   Bald Eagle Days

August 22   Nutrition and School Children

August 23   Veterans History Project  

August 24   Thomas More: Man for All Seasons     

August 25   Shared Caving Experiences

August 26   Women's Equality Day  

August 27   Multitudes or Remnants  

August 28   Mother Teresa of Calcutta  

August 29   Whistleblowers Can Be Martyrs

August 30   Making Sorghum        

August 31   Sandstone Visitor Center    
 

                   September, 2006 
 

September 1    Half-Century Anniversaries

September 2    Sow Autumn Greens    

September 3    Purify the Heart   

September 4    The Right to Organize

September 5    Peaches     

September 6    Give Peace a Chance

September 7    The Glorious Castor Bean

September 8    The Right to Water

September 9    Public Lands Day

September 10   Jesus Teaches Us to Heal 

September 11   The Graveyard's Tale  

September 12   American Bison  

September 13   The Problem of Population Decline 

September 14   Heed Road Signs -- and Crosses

September 15   Appalachian Energy Policy  

September 16   Mayflower Day

September 17   Faith without Works is Dead  

September 18   Constitution Day

September 19   Lobbyists and Campaign Contributions

September 20   Autumn Colors

September 21   Limited Fertile Land for Food Production 

September 22   Petroleum Addiction

September 23   The Quest for Oneness

September 24   True Service through Discernment  

September 25   World Trade Deficit 

September 26   The A to Z of Earthhealers

September 27   Fighting Depression and Desolation from News  

September 28   Churches as Sacred Space  

September 29   Michaelmas and the Angels

September 30   Tremor with the Hands 
 

                      October, 2006 
 

October 1    Total Dedication to God

October 2    Yom Kippur and Fighting Anti-Semitism

October 3    Sanctuary

October 4    Francis' Blessings

October 5    Closing the Church Doors   

October 6    Autumn's Dangers  

October 7    Solar Reflections

October 8    Of Man and Wife and to God

October 9    Credit: Pleasant Weather Does Not Last Forever

October 10   Environmentalism and Churches  

October 11   Showing Respect  

October 12   Mystery and Restlessness

October 13   Good Money, Bad Money

October 14   Teresa of Avila  

October 15   The Act of Letting Go

October 16   Peace and Justice Week 

October 17   Amazon as Food Belt?

October 18   Recording Elders as Holiday Gift  

October 19   Wildlife of the Month: The Squirrel

October 20   Prayer and Communal Action 

October 21   Calling Other People Names  

October 22   The Folly of Seeking Glory

October 23   African Agony

October 24   Nuclear Power: Global Myths and Facts

October 25   Teachers of English

October 26   Six Arguments for a Greener Diet

October 27   Weather and Signs of the Times 

October 28   Autumn Hiking 

October 29   Plea for God's Mercy

October 30   Swinging Bridges  

October 31   Halloween Rerouted 
 

                        November, 2006 
 

November  1    A Saint for the Day

November  2    Daniel Boone:  A Poor Soul

November  3    World Community Day   

November  4    Green Hospitals

November  5    Called to Love Others

November  6    Going to the Polls    

November  7    James Lovelock:  Right or Wrong?  

November  8    The Fall of the Berlin Wall

November  9    Finding Our Way Home   

November 10    Moslems and Respect   

November 11    The Ones who Gave their Lives

November 12    The Widow's Mite

November 13    The Karen Silkwood Saga

November 14    American Education Week   

November 15    Chipmunks and Ground Squirrels

November 16    Natural Capital              

November 17    Non-Driver Independence?   

November 18    When he returns will he find faith on Earth?       

November 19    Apocalypse and Tribulations

November 20    Barns: Environmental Weather Vanes 

November 21    Added Seriousness of Global Warming 

November 22    National Stop the Violence Day   

November 23    Thanks for Little Things

November 24    Buy Nothing Day

November 25    The Art of Walking

November 26    Thy Kingdom Come  

November 27    Solar Shingles

November 28    Earthjustice 

November 29    Compulsive Counter   

November 30    St. Andrew's Day     
 

                    December, 2006 
 

December 1   AIDS Day Revisited

December 2   Environmental Stewardship

December 3   Observing During Advent

December 4   Advent Means Being on Guard 

December 5   Tinsel Day: Comfort or Discomfort?

December 6   Harmony of Comfort/Discomfort as Gift

December 7   Keep America Beautiful Day

December 8   Say "Yes" to God

December 9   House Size and Spatial Demands

December 10  Being Heralds and Evangelists

December 11  Candles in December

December 12  The Plants of December

December 13  Saint Odile 

December 14  Lead in the Home

December 15  Underdog Day

December 16  Mobilizing Faith-Based Communities 

December 17  Liberation, Inner Peace and Enthusiasm 

December 18  Internet Freedom and "Gatekeepers"

December 19  The Animals at Christmas

December 20  Finality 

December 21  Milder Winters Ahead

December 22  Capricorn, the Goat

December 23  Gifts from Prisons that Glisten 

December 24  Emmanuel is Present

December 25  My Christmas Gift 

December 26  Solar Power Made Easy

December 27  Radon and the Home

December 28  The Golden Fleece Award

December 29  Sustainable Energy Network

December 30  Being People of Service    

December 31  Holy Family and Modern Family   
 

                 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  Throne or Cross

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