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Growing Up at an Adventist Table

November 10, 2021

BY: LINDA NCUBE Growing Up at an Adventist Table In the beginning of Creation everything was just perfect, and God said it was good. In the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were given fruits and vegetation for their food consumption. According to the NIV Bible, Genesis 1:29, “Then God said,

A Holy Kind of Proximity

October 12, 2021

BY JORDAN HUMPHREY Pigs When I was a child, growing up in the suburbs of North Carolina, my mother got the wild idea that she would surprise my uncle with a Christmas gift of two potbellied pigs. My uncle was the type of man you might call eclectic. He lived at

A Story of Renewal

September 15, 2021

By Lee Palumbo This is a story written and told by Lee Palumbo at CreatureKind’s LoveFeast service. You can view a live version of the story here. ROMANS 12:2 International Standard Version “Do not be conformed to this world, but continuously be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that

Faith.Food.Family

December 7, 2020

by Ciyadh Wells Faith. Growing up, it never failed that I found myself in a church of some kind every Sunday morning. My grandmother, a leader of our church, used to sit in the exact same pew week after week. She loved me and our family. For many of us, she

An Advent Reflection: Instruments of Peace for All Creatures

December 1, 2019

by Tim Mascara On December 4, 1959, Soviet artist Evgeny Vuchetich presented a bronze statue to the United Nations, titled Let Us Beat Our Swords into Plowshares. The sculpture is an image of a man beating a sword into a plowshare, meant to symbolize humankind’s desire to end war—the desire to take the

So What if Eating Red Meat is Healthy…or Not?

October 7, 2019

by Margaret B. Adam Recently, a new medical study hit the headlines, arguing that reducing meat consumption does not improve human health. This study reviewed previous studies and decided that the evidence is not strong to warrant the advice to eat less meat. It’s too early to tell how these latest

Instruments of Peace for All Creatures

December 3, 2018

by Tim Mascara Pixabay.com On December 4, 1959, Soviet artist Evgeny Vuchetich presented a bronze statue to the United Nations, titled Let Us Beat Our Swords into Plowshares. The sculpture is an image of a man beating a sword into a plowshare, meant to symbolize humankind’s desire to end war—the desire to

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

Who is my Neighbour? A St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day Meditation

October 17, 2018

by Michael Gilmour Photo: Michael Gilmour The punchline of Luke’s Good Samaritan story comes at the beginning rather than the end, and it is not Jesus who delivers it but instead a nameless onlooker. He cites Torah: love God and love your neighbour as yourself (Luke 10:27; cf. Lev 19:18; Deut

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

CreatureKind Retreat

December 13, 2017

by Sarah Withrow King For many Christian animal advocates, the gift of presence, of being able to simply show up and be is a rare gift. At church gatherings, we are explaining why there isn’t any meat on our plate or where exactly we get our protein. We are navigating the politics

Veg Christian Thanksgiving Survival Guide

November 21, 2017

by Sarah Withrow King This Thanksgiving, in houses all across the United States, a lone vegetarian or vegan will enter with trepidation into the experience of Thanksgiving with meat-eaters. In some cases, she’ll be a nine-year-old who has decided eating animals is incompatible with her desire to be a veterinarian when

Six Tips for Hosting a Vegan at Thanksgiving

November 17, 2017

by Sarah Withrow King You’re hosting the holiday meal this year and have the menu all planned out when you learn one of the guests is vegan. Hospitality is important to you. You want to share the gifts you’ve been given, welcome people with open arms, and create a space where

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

Incarnating a CreatureKind Church at the Summer Institute for Reconciliation

June 12, 2017

by Sarah Withrow King “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created…and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things…” Last week, I had the distinct pleasure of teaming up with

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?

Unexpected Gifts

December 10, 2016

And it all started with a choice. A choice to listen and to suspend judgement. A choice to follow the line of questioning, wherever that would lead me. A choice to abandon my blissful ignorance in pursuit of a more authentic and gospel-rooted life.

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.

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?

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?

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.

Didn’t God Give Us Animals to Use?

March 10, 2016

Christians generally agree that animals belong to God, are sustained by God, and that their purpose is to reveal the character of and offer praise to their Creator.

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