We are like God in certain ways, but we are not God. Can we know anything, even for a moment, the way God knows it?

No tree thrives in an urban environment. No tree is at home in the middle of an utterly human landscape. At best a tree can hope to survive. A select few defy the odds and reveal to us bittersweet glimpses of their true nobility. They are the exception, not the norm. A city is no place for a tree. And here's why your city-soul ultimately longs for God.