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CreatureKind Corner: Meet Aline Silva

“For what must the church repent and how?”

CreatureKind Co-Funds New Religion and Animals PhD Studentship at the University of Chester

Remembering John Lewis and His Chickens

An Update from Sarah Herring, CreatureKind Climate Fellow at Eastern University

The Illegal Burning of the Brazilian Amazon (and How You Can Help)

On Food and Faith: Ministry in the Time of Climate Change

7 Steps University Food Services Can Take to Help Humans, Animals, and the Environment

Rev. Don Ng: “Vegetarianism by Faith”

Finding Our Place in the World, a Sermon

Ferdinand and the Practice of Nonviolence

Changing the Menu at Christian Conferences

The Reconciliation of Creation: Especially Cows

Vegetarian Hospitality: How One Latino Pastor Navigates Dinner

Fourth of July Church Vegan Barbecue

The Miraculous Catch: It’s Not About Fishing

Awaiting the Miracles of Christ: A Reflection for Animal Advocates During Advent

Incarnating a CreatureKind Church at Duke Divinity’s Summer Reconciliation Institute

A Big Step for CreatureKind (and animals at Winchester)

The Good News for All Creation, A St. Francis Day Sermon

CreatureKind Corner: Can You Be CreatureKind and Eat Creatures?

CreatureKind Corner: Compelling Verses in Scripture

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This homily was written and delivered by Aline Silva for the CreatureKind Advent Service in December 2021. Hello everybody, it’s good to be with you today. My name is Aline. I am a QBIPOC who is a lightskin femme. I am wearing my short, wavy, black hair down, purple lipstick, and

CreatureKind Corner: Meet Aline Silva

September 24, 2021

by Aline Silva I was born in Sao Paulo, Brasil and grew up between the cities of Cotia and Itapevi, just on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. Currently, I reside in the unceded lands of the Tequesta, Taino, and Seminole peoples, named South Florida, USA with my main squeeze and canine

“For what must the church repent and how?”

February 17, 2021

A Lent Sermon for Ash Wednesday, 2021by Rev. Aline Silva “God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a

CreatureKind Co-Funds New Religion and Animals PhD Studentship at the University of Chester

November 24, 2020

The University of Chester has just advertised a new fully-funded PhD studentship for a project engaging religious perspectives on the human use of animals for food supported by funding from CreatureKind. The studentship will cover all fees together with stipend at UKRI terms and is offered under the University’s Sustainable Futures

Remembering John Lewis and His Chickens

August 6, 2020

by Jeania Ree V. Moore When recounting his beginnings as a civil rights activist, Congressman John Lewis often started with Big Belle and Li’l Pullet, two valued members of his childhood congregation. For this flock, Lewis was not a follower, but a leader. Lewis was put in charge of the chickens

An Update from Sarah Herring, CreatureKind Climate Fellow at Eastern University

November 20, 2019

by Sarah Herring As the finals week and thesis deadlines loom closely on the horizon, I am struck by how much has already been accomplished on Eastern University’s campus. This semester, I undertook a project to increase awareness surrounding a vegan lifestyle on my campus. I started the year by making

The Illegal Burning of the Brazilian Amazon (and How You Can Help)

August 23, 2019

by Aline Sliva This week, the world has reacted in shock as they became aware of a reality that local Brazilians have been dealing with for weeks: the Amazon rainforest is burning because a few rich farmers want Amazonian land to be used for agribusinesses. The Amazon rainforest has been named

On Food and Faith: Ministry in the Time of Climate Change

June 4, 2019

by Sarah Withrow King Three years ago, almost to the day, I shared the following exchange with my son, who was then not-quite-eight years old. Son: “Mommy? Can I tell you one thing I’m worried about? If people keep littering [begins to cry] the planet will get too hot and we

7 Steps University Food Services Can Take to Help Humans, Animals, and the Environment

November 29, 2018

If you’re a part of a college, university, or other organization that works with a food service provider, here are seven things you can ask the dining or catering staff to do that will each help reduce consumption of animal products (which has positive impacts for human health, for animals, for

Rev. Don Ng: “Vegetarianism by Faith”

November 5, 2018

Growing up in a Chinese-American home, there was always some kind of meat dish. Even if there wasn’t enough money to buy a prime cut of beef, there was always lop-cheung, sausages that came tied in bunches with the string used to dry them in the butcher shop. After a pot

Good Love

August 20, 2018

Sermon delivered by Michael Anthony Howard at Brookside Community Church, April 22, 2018. Reprinted here with permission. The Resurrection illustrates what good love looks like. When love is good, it has the power to transform us and offer new life to the world! The Raging Rambo Whether it was natural born

Undoing Domination, a Sermon

July 23, 2018

Sermon written and delivered by Michael Anthony Howard at Stanley Congregational Church, Chatham, NJ on July 15, 2018. Reprinted with permission. Listen to the sermon audio, download sermon notes, and access the sermon worksheet here. IMAGE CREDIT: Die gelbe Kuh (The Yellow Cow), by Franz Marc (1911) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_Marc-The_Yellow_Cow-1911.jpg] The Logic of

Finding Our Place in the World, a Sermon

May 9, 2018

Sermon delivered at Drew Theological School Chapel by David Clough, April 2018 “May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD.” What emotions do you bring to worship this evening? Delight at glimpses of beauty and of love? Sadness at tragic loss? Anger at injustice? Resentment and

Throwing Rocks at Giants

February 14, 2018

by Michael Gilmour My daily commute takes me south of Winnipeg into an area with several intensive hog operations. Manitoba produces somewhere around 8 million pigs a year, more than any other Canadian province, and each day, whether minus 30 C (-22 F) or plus 30 C (86 F), I pass

Ferdinand and the Practice of Nonviolence

January 18, 2018

by Elrena Evans I first learned about nonviolence from a bull. My childhood copy of Ferdinand was beautiful—the red cover, the flowers, even the lettering. I remember very clearly the way the light and dark shading of the font played together in perfect harmony in the title on the cover. What

Changing the Menu at Christian Conferences

September 11, 2017

by Sarah Withrow King Which vegan has two thumbs, travels a lot, and has been eating pretty well at Christian gatherings of late? This gal! Earlier this year, my team at ESA let me know that they wanted to show solidarity with my CreatureKind work by making all of our events vegetarian

The Reconciliation of Creation: Especially Cows

July 24, 2017

by Margaret B. Adam This article was originally delivered as a sermon at Hertford College Evensong. The readings: Isaiah 11:1-9 Psalm 148 Colossians 1:15-20 In today’s psalm, all of creation is exhorted to praise God. The psalmist calls all people to praise the Lord. He also calls on angels, stars, skies,

Vegetarian Hospitality: How One Latino Pastor Navigates Dinner

July 11, 2017

by Rev. Carlos L. Malave In My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Aunt Voula (upon learning Ian is a vegetarian) says, “What do you mean, you don’t eat no meat?” (the entire room stops, in shock) … “That’s okay; I make lamb.” Vegetarians, like me, are used to all kind of surprising responses

Fourth of July Church Vegan Barbecue

June 26, 2017

by Carol J. Adams My spouse, Bruce, has been the Associate Pastor for Community Ministries at a church in Dallas for 30 years. When we first arrived we learned that the Fourth of July event hosted by the church’s senior activities group was “a must.” To us northerners it was more

The Miraculous Catch: It’s Not About Fishing

June 5, 2017

There are some passages in the Bible that, I have to admit, I just wish weren’t there.

Awaiting the Miracles of Christ: A Reflection for Animal Advocates During Advent

December 21, 2016

Many of us who lament the suffering of God’s creatures are also constantly awaiting a miracle. But we are all too aware that it likely won’t happen overnight. So what to do in the midst of uncertainty?

Planting Seeds

December 6, 2016

No one even seems to notice that we eat less meat because it’s become a healthy habit, for our bodies and our spirits.

Incarnating a CreatureKind Church at Duke Divinity’s Summer Reconciliation Institute

November 3, 2016

We at CreatureKind are thrilled to partner with our friends at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) Faith Outreach Program to present “Incarnating a CreatureKind Church” at this year’s Summer Institute for Reconciliation at Duke Divinity School.

A Big Step for CreatureKind (and animals at Winchester)

November 3, 2016

We have recruited the University of Winchester as the first CreatureKind institution. That means that the University is committed to an annual cycle of setting targets to reduce its consumption of animal products and moving to sourcing them from higher welfare sources, and to engage the University community in the changes it is making.

The Good News for All Creation, A St. Francis Day Sermon

October 19, 2016

A relationship between the non-human animals and the divine can be found throughout the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, and Jesus is often with the animals — from his birth among the creatures of the barn to his time with the wild beasts in the desert.

Friendship

October 6, 2016

I was honored to take part in two events recently that gave me such hope for the future of the church’s response and relationship to animals.

CreatureKind Corner: Can You Be CreatureKind and Eat Creatures?

August 11, 2016

Q: Can people be creaturekind if they are not vegan? Can people consume animals and animal products and still be creaturekind?

A Plea to Stay Rooted

July 20, 2016

I was talking with a friend once who attended a church that didn’t ordain women for the ministry. Knowing that my friend was socially progressive, I asked him if it bothered him. He looked at me incredulously and said, “Bother me?! Of course it bothers me! I hate it! But I can’t change anything if I’m not there.”

CreatureKind Corner: Compelling Verses in Scripture

July 5, 2016

Q: What is hands down the most compelling and powerful verse in the Bible that promises God’s love towards all his creatures? How do you suggest I apply that in my conversations to those who A. might not believe in God but love animals and/or B. might not love animals but believe in God?

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