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CreatureKind Partners with University of Winchester in Groundbreaking New Program

November 3, 2016

How do you stop factory farming? Reduce the demand. Today, the University of Winchester became the first institution internationally to sign the CreatureKind Commitment, meaning that they have pledged to: 1) reduce their purchase of animal products; 2) source meat, dairy, and eggs from higher welfare farms for its catering operations on campus; and 3) educate the campus community about why they decided to make these important changes.

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.

The Doxology and Creation

August 18, 2016

My snide remarks or jokes about possible ethical issues had effectively deflected the potential blows of conviction to keep me safe in the comforts of my personal, gluttonous kingdom.

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?

The Creatures of CreatureKind at Work

August 2, 2016

CreatureKind is a unique venture—working to raise awareness of farmed animal protection from within the church.

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?

VIDEO: What Does CreatureKind Do?

June 29, 2016

Want to join us? Sign the CreatureKind Commitment today!

Green thumbs and Black youth: The social complexity of urban gardening

June 20, 2016

“Garden club? I’m not trying to join the garden club! What are you trying to do, make me a slave or something?” How do you respond to a question like this?

CreatureKind Corner: Why do Animals Suffer? One Response and Three Recipes

June 11, 2016

Why do animals suffer? It’s a big question—an ancient, continuing, and persisting question. We have no divine FAQ page about God’s intentions. We have no single, simple, satisfying answer. As humans, we are bound to the limits of our creaturely capacities to interpret scripture, but we can do so in conversation with the church’s rich heritage of teachers, preachers, ministers, and heroes of the faith.

Picnic Basket Rice Salad

June 11, 2016

By Margaret B. Adam Three parts: 1) Rice 2) Vegetables and Beans 3) Dressing and Seasoning 1) Put rice and water on to cook (enough for 4-6 servings, give or take) 2) Gather and prepare some of the following: ½ onion, diced small 1-2 cloves garlic, crushed 1-2

Recipe for a Psalm of Lament

June 11, 2016

Pray all parts together, feeling the tension between the parts and offering all of your feelings to God.

How Do We Name Our Fellow Creatures?

June 5, 2016

The movement of the heart is the Spirit’s transformative action within a believer which brings to birth a new person in Christ …

CreatureKind Corner: What Does Jesus Say?

May 27, 2016

Introducing the CreatureKind Corner, a series where we’ll answer questions submitted by readers about Christian theology and animal protection.

Why Give to CreatureKind?

May 24, 2016

We think we’re doing something special at CreatureKind. We are advocates for animals from within the church! Our founder is David Clough, Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Chester. Our co-director, Sarah Withrow King, is the Deputy Director of the Sider Center on Ministry and Public Policy at Eastern University. Our volunteers are deeply faithful Christians who have dedicated their lives to service.

A Spirit-filled Church for All Creation

May 17, 2016

This Pentecost, let’s open ourselves to the disruption of the Spirit that expands our Gospel mission. Let’s take even more seriously what it might mean to proclaim the gospel to all creation. Where might that lead us?

Are Farmers to Blame for Factory Farming?

May 3, 2016

The problem with these systems is not malicious farmers, but production and retail systems that produce animal products for sale at a price that is wholly incompatible with a good life for the animals unfortunate enough to be caught up in them.

Worshipping Together: How to Include “Animal People” in the Life of the Church

April 28, 2016

I cannot tell you the number of people I’ve spoken to in person and online who slowly drifted away from the life of the faith after becoming concerned with the way the world treats animals today.

How to Become a Vegetarian Family in Three Quick and Easy Steps! or, more accurately, How One Family Gradually Became Vegetarian Over the Course of Five Years

April 25, 2016

After much discussion, we agreed that a vegetarian diet would be a great reflection of pacifism: one might respond to Jesus Christ’s completion of sacrifice by trying not to rely on killing animals to provide for one’s own thriving.

A Hand Like a Nest, a special guest blog by artist Michael Cook

April 19, 2016

In the saints I have found images of human tenderness towards creation that make no rational sense, going far beyond mere ecology, as the Sermon on the Mount goes infinitely beyond ethics.

Eat Vegan, Save the World?

April 4, 2016

But as the church, our job isn’t to save the world. Our job is to stop, to look for the reconciling work of Christ, and to join that—to pray “thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

What Will These Animals Do?

March 28, 2016

What will all of these animals do— The bulls and the rams, The cows and the sheep, The pigeons and the goats, And the lambs— Now that sacrifice has been abolished? Will they return home, To tell the good news, To the hawks, wolves, and camouflaged hunters? Their joyful songs echoing

Holy Week and the Groaning of Creation

March 21, 2016

I’ve been reflecting on Paul’s vision of a groaning creation with a Lenten group at church in the past weeks (Romans 8.18–25). I hadn’t thought of it before in connection with Holy Week, but this year the link seems inescapable. The groans of fellow human and non-human creatures have never sounded louder to me.

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