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CreatureKind Corner: Meet Aline Silva

“For what must the church repent and how?”

Remembering John Lewis and His Chickens

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

Rev. Don Ng: “Vegetarianism by Faith”

Finding Our Place in the World, a Sermon

The Reconciliation of Creation: Especially Cows

Vegetarian Hospitality: How One Latino Pastor Navigates Dinner

The Miraculous Catch: It’s Not About Fishing

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

CreatureKind Corner: Compelling Verses in Scripture

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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