Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: From the Deep of the Desert: The Subversion of Politics and Religion for Sunday, 6 December 2009; book review: Ten Commandments for the Environment; Pope Benedict XVI Speaks Out for Creation and Justice by Woodeene Koenig-Bricker (2009); film review: A Serious Man (2009); poem review: On the Mystery of the Incarnation by Denise Levertov.