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Rethinking My White Vegan Advocacy at Thanksgiving

November 16, 2021

By Sarah Withrow King Five years ago, I wrote an article for CreatureKind called “Turkey Talk: Christians and the Thanksgiving Meal.” Even though all the facts about turkeys remain true, I wouldn’t write that article today. I confess that the article as it’s written upholds settler colonial ideas, failing to spend

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

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

Not “Either/Or,” but “And”

April 9, 2021

by CreatureKind Fellow, Estela Torres I was raised in a conservative Catholic environment in Monterrey, Mexico. I felt a deep love for animals from a very young age and was very sensitive to their suffering. Perhaps it was my mother’s stories about her childhood dog, Bobby, that made an impression on

Seeking Hope in the Garden of Gethsemane

April 2, 2021

by Alyssa Moore John 18:1-3. Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. Judas his betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. So Judas got a band of soldiers

“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

Crying over Spilt Milk

February 2, 2021

by Lee Palumbo While chatting with a friend one day about the high volume of antibiotics and other nasty ingredients found in today’s cows’ milk, he asked me, “So why do you care what others eat or drink?” I cried. I often cry over this subject. I struggle to maintain calm

Vegan – and Christian, Too

November 4, 2020

by Nathan Porter “You’re vegan? But I thought you were a Christian!” Comments like this one are familiar to followers of Jesus who have given up the use of animal products. I have been vegetarian for almost half a decade, and recently went vegan. Although I have received criticism from both

Christian Community, COVID-19, and the Slaughterhouse

October 15, 2020

by Sarah Withrow King Photo by @ninastrehl | Unsplash In May of this year, COVID-19 outbreaks in meatpacking plants grabbed national headlines around the world. Despite their identification as hotspots for the spread of the virus, in the US, slaughterhouses were ordered to stay open as “essential” businesses, along with farms

A Many-Folded Cord

September 22, 2020

by Beth Quick “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other … A threefold cord is not quickly broken.” (Ecclesiastes 4:9, 10a, 12b, NRSV) Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay I’ve been a vegetarian since I

Updated Resource List: How Farmed Animal Welfare Connects to Race, Gender, and More

June 9, 2020

by Aline Silva Are you interested in how the welfare of farmed animals relates to race, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and culture? CreatureKind has compiled a resource list to help explore these intersections. Note: updated June 2020. You might also be interested in the following resources (all available on

Why Talking about Christianity and Animals Requires Talking about Race

November 11, 2019

by David Clough Aphro-ism by Aph Ko and Syl Ko is essential reading for all animal advocates. When I started writing about Christianity and animals I confess that I didn’t see the connection with race and white privilege. I was sympathetic to the idea that some theologians and Christian ethicists should

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

New Video Highlighting CreatureKind’s Work!

June 27, 2019

Watch this great video to see how CreatureKind addresses faith, anti-racism, and farmed animal welfare, in conversation with other community initiatives that share similar concerns. A note from CreatureKind: We are grateful and happy to be in partnership with Farm Forward, which takes seriously the role of faith communities in creation

Lecture Explores Theological Relationship Between Human and Non-Human Animals

March 13, 2019

Calvin College recently hosted its 11th Animals and the Kingdom of God lecture series. The ongoing event includes lectures, panel discussions, and a potluck dinner shared by both speakers and attendees. Christopher Carter, PhD, presented this year’s keynote: “Being Human Takes Practice: Toward a Liberative Theological Anthropology.” In his talk, Carter

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?

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.”

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.

Why Should Christians Care About Animals?

February 23, 2016

What does it mean for you, as a Christian, to care for God’s creatures? How do you practice this care in your day-to-day life? Let us hear from you!

This Lent, how about giving up indifference to farmed animals?

February 8, 2016

For any animal product you eat, consider the life of the animal that was used to produce it. That’s all.

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