The Mystic’s Almanac

Aired Sunday, 2/5/12
A decaying monastery and nunnery are revived when a stranger tells them that one of them is The Christ.
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Aired Sun 7/24 & Tue 7/26, 2011
My friend’s canaries only sang when I crooned my favorite waltz, “Waltzing with Bears.”
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Despite all the physical challenges of camping, I treasure the taste of wildness, my sip of communion in the cathedral of creation.
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Aired 7/3 & 7/5, 2011
On the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, I smugly recollect that my ancestors held no slaves. I realize, though, my hands are dirtied with economic slavery.
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Aired Sun 6/12 & Tue 6/14, 2011
Careful cleansing can support your health; too much too fast, however, can compromise your health or even kill you.
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Aired Tue 6/7/11
Asking my mother what she wanted to do before she died opened the door for a memorable adventure.
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aired Sun 5/29, Tue 5/31, 2011
Homo sapien, human being. Homo mustus, human doing. How much of my life is defined by my doing rather than my being?
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Aired Sun 5/20 & Tue 5/24, 2011
I know my mother and my children, literally, from the inside out.
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aired Sun 5/1 & Tue 5/3, 2011
On May Day, the first day of summer in the Celtic calendar, I celebrate the music of Turlough O’Carolan, the last great Irish composer and harpist.
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Aired Sun 4/24 & Tue 4/26, 2011
Many view Jesus’ life like a beautiful garden. Rather than becoming spectators, though, Jesus challenges us to become gardeners in our own right.
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