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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

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Fasting from Injustice, Feasting in Freedom

March 2, 2021

by Alyssa Moore I identify as Catholic, but until I began to study theology at a Jesuit university, I knew few other Catholics or practicing Christians my age. Among those vaguely familiar with Catholicism, a few common factoids floated around: we make a huge deal about “the holy wafer thing” at

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“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

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Resources for Lent 2020

February 19, 2020

by Sarah Withrow King The season of Lent was not a strong part of my Christian formation. To me it was, at most, a time to stop eating some food I liked, to be “spiritual.” In high school, following the lead of a cute camp counsellor, I gave up meat for

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Dwelling in the Wild Places, Welcoming the Light

December 25, 2017

Advent Meditations on Multispecies and Interspiritual Encounter by Ed Sloane For the last several months—since June—along with my friend and colleague, Michael, I have been involved in a spiritual adventure. Oddly, this adventure doesn’t require going anywhere. It is an adventure in the arts of dwelling. Out of a desire to

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Gopala, Jesus, and the Friendly Beasts

December 22, 2017

Interspiritual Friendships and the Care of Animals by Michael J. Iafrate A few months ago, I sat in a crowded movie theatre watching the local premiere of the documentary Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All. The majority of the audience was made up of

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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

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A Prayer for Hard Days

December 5, 2016

On hard days, in hard seasons, I turn and return to this prayer. I turn to it especially when I start to get wrapped up in the anxiety that comes with being called to do a big thing. 

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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.

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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.”  

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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. 

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