Seasonal Notes from the Cedar Tree Institute
One blustery, overcast winter afternoon I sat with a retired Roman Catholic Bishop in his modest, comfortable, wood-paneled office. We talked about traditions of recognizing and blessing saints, acknowledging individuals who once lived among us and continue to shape the life of our respective faith communities.
In spite of long-held differences between Roman Catholic and Protestant understandings about such matters, we still found plenty of common ground. He and I talked at length about (more…)
Ahead of me, stumbling down an embankment, a 16-year-old boy drags a 50-pound bag of recently harvested rice seed toward the river bank. He’s a volunteer and part of a wild rice restoration project organized by the local County juvenile court, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. Our aim is to plant 2,100 lbs of wild rice seed (Zizania palustris) at seven different sites across two rural counties in Northern Michigan.
