- Upcoming Activist
Opportunities
- Quote and Comment
- Book Review: A Faith
Embracing All Creatures
- This Week’s Sermon from Rev. Frank and
Mary Hoffman
- Seeking Video Conversion
- Survey – Parents of
Veg. Children
1. Upcoming Activist Opportunities
2/14
GA Augusta
Winter Jam
2/15 TN Knoxville
Winter Jam
2/16 NC Greensboro
Winter Jam
2/17 VA Norfolk
Winter Jam Christian Concert
2/21 VA
Fairfax
Third Day Christian Rock Concert
2/22
OH Cincinnati Winter Jam Christian
Concert
2/23 IL Chicago
Winter Jam Christian Concert
2/24 MO
St. Louis Winter Jam
3/2
OK Oklahoma City Winter am
Christian Concert
3/2 FL Tampa
TABLE Bark In the Park
3/3 TN
Memphis
Winter am Christian Concert
3/7
MS Tupelo
Winter Jam Christian Concert
3/8
LA Bossier City Winter
Jam Christian Concert Tour
3/9
OK Tulsa
Winter Jam Christian Concert Tour
3/10
AR Little Rock
Winter Jam
3/28 MO Springfield
Winter Jam
3/29 KS Wichita
Winter Jam
4/20 TN Knoxville
TABLE EarthFest 2013
4/21 CA San
Diego San Diego Earth Fair
5/19 CA Lake Balboa
TABLE WorldFest 2013 Earth Day Festival
2. Quote and
Comment
Joy Williams wrote in “The Inhumanity of the Animal
People,” in Harper’s Magazine, August 1997 :“Their mysterious
otherness has not saved them, nor have their beautiful songs and coats
and skins and shells, nor have their strengths, their skills, their
swiftness, the beauty of their flights. We discover the remarkable
intelligence of the whale, the wolf, the elephant – it does not save
them, nor does our awareness of the complexity of their lives. It
matters not, it seems, whether they nurse their young or brood
patiently on eggs. If they eat meat, we decry their viciousness; if
they eat grasses and seeds, we dismiss them as weak. We know that they
care for their young and teach them, that they play and grieve, that
they have memories and a sense of the future for which they sometimes
plan. We know about their habits, their migrations, that they have a
sense of home, of finding, seeking, returning to home. We know that
when they face death, they fear it. We know all these things and it
has not saved them from us.”
Comment: If we believe that
God’s judgment is just, where does this leave humanity? As I see it,
humanity will not be punished for its sins, but by them. Global
warming, resource depletion, and the violence that will inevitably
accompany these changes await humanity. If nonhumans could see and
evaluate what is going on, they would likely conclude that these are
humanity’s just desserts; these calamities are the products of the
same greed and hard-heartedness that also constitute the foundation
for humanity’s cruel treatment of the nonhuman world.
3.
Book Review: A Faith Embracing All Creatures: Addressing Commonly
Asked Questions about Christian Care for Animals
Edited by Tripp
York and Andy Alexis-Baker, Cascade Books, 2012, 194 pp.
This
remarkable collection of essays covers a wide range of questions
commonly raised among people who are skeptical that Christian faith
and tradition mandate an animal-friendly ethic. Each essay is
thoughtful and thorough, taking objections to animal protectionism
seriously and offering compelling reasons to conclude that, indeed,
Christians should care for the nonhumans who coexist with us. For many
of us, the argument is quite simple: we hardly ever need to harm
nonhumans, and biblical values favor love, compassion, and caring. The
contributors to this book delve deeper, offering skillful scholarship
and detailed analysis of animal issues raised by the Bible and the
day-to-day lives of faithful Christians.
The contents include
What about Dominion in Genesis? What about the Covenant with Noah?
What about Animal Sacrifice in the Hebrew Scriptures? Didn’t Jesus Eat
Lamb? Didn’t Jesus Eat Fish? Does Christian Hospitality Require that
We Eat Meat? Does ‘Made in the Image of God’ Mean Humans are More
Special than Animals? and Can the Wolf Lie Down with the Lamb without
Killing it?
I strongly recommend this book for those who seek
greater insight and wisdom when it comes to Christianity and animal
issues.
Stephen R. Kaufman, M.D.
4. This Week’s
Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary Hoffman
Now That We Still Have Christmas With Us, Where Do We Go From Here?
5. Seeking Video Conversion
The CVA would like to make its
video Honoring God’s Creation available in .flv format. If any CVA
members have software that can convert .wmv to .flv, please contact me
at cva@christianveg.org.
Thanks.
6. Survey – Parents of Veg. Children
A
dietician researcher is seeking information about raising vegan and
vegetarian children who are currently ages 1-6. This kind of research
can help parents raise veg. children.
To complete the short survey, go
to:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CTfK663mpSHB5SYcjtYsjmiM3IiQo6Z5UKaApNlnrOM/viewform?sid=174cb886ebd0d140&token=Ew0HpzwBAAA.jmY_w9wZi8bC9wk2xmSSlg.A0a0mS3OT4h465BqdfA7eA