- Activist Feedback
- Essay: Transcending Satanic Desires
- This Week’s Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary Hoffman
- Cookbook
1. Activist Feedback
I tabled at the 2nd Annual Cleveland
Veg Fest. There was a lot of interest in the CVA as well as other
organizations whose literature we offered, including Jewish
Vegetarians of North America and Society of Ethical and Religious
Vegetarians. What I like best about tabling is the opportunity to
discuss questions and issues in greater detail.
Steve Kaufman
Upcoming Activist Opportunities
06/21/2014
CA, Irvine
Jeremy Camp
06/21/2014 VA, Richmond
Richmond Vegetarian Festival
06/22/2014
Canada, Ontario
Tenth Avenue North
06/26/2014 VA,
Doswell
Newsboys
06/27-30/14 DC, Washington
Taking Action for Animals
07/2-6/2014
PA, Johnstown
Vegetarian Summerfest 2014
07/5-6/2014 CO,
Golden
VegFest Colorado
07/10-13/14
CA, Los Angeles Animal
Rights National Conference
http://arconference.org/mission-structure.htm
07/19/2014 TX, Houston
VegFest Houston
08/02/2014 VA,
Fairfax
Matthew West
08/08/2014 PA, Lancaster
Third Day
08/9-10/2014 IL, Naperville
VeggieFest Chicago
08/15/2014 PA,
Pittsburgh
3 Rivers of Hope – Tenth Avenue North
08/16/2014
VA, Fairfax
Third Day
08/21-23/14 ON, Toronto
CANADA, Joyce Meyer Conference 2014
08/22/2014
NC, Cary
Third Day
08/23/2014 PA, Bethlehem
Bethlehem VegFest
08/31/2014 GA,
Atlanta
Newboys
09/5-7/2014 Canada-Toronto
Toronto Vegetarian Food Fair
http://festival.veg.ca/
09/13/2014
CA, Anaheim
Matthew West
09/20/2014 TX, Dallas
Matthew West
09/25-27/14 MO, St. Louis
Love Life 2014 Women’s Conference
09/27/2014
VA, Roanoke
Jeremy Camp
09/27/2014 IN,
Indianapolis
Matthew West
09/27-28/14 OR, Portland
Portland VegFest
10/05/2014 TX,
Dallas
MercyMe
10/11-12/14 CA, San Francisco
World Veg Festival
10/18/2014 MN,
Saint Paul
Matthew West
10/25/2014 CO, Denver
Matthew West
10/25/2014 OH, Lima
Newboys
10/19/2014 TX, Dallas
Texas Veggie Far
11/01-02/14 AZ, Tucson
VegFest Tucson
11/08/2014 WA, Seattle
David Crowder
Please contact Lorena at
lorenavalenziveg@gmail.com
if you can help. The CVA donates up to $18/hr to the veg. or animal
protection group of your choice if you volunteer to leaflet or table.
Contact us for more information about this program.
2.
Essay: Transcending Satanic Desires
It is difficult to
identify our satanic desires. Eager to preserve our self-esteem, we
tend to regard our desires or actions that harm others as justifiable
or even meritorious. We generally recognize our imperfections, but we
usually see ourselves as decent, well-intentioned people.
An
interesting study illustrated the point. People were asked to recall
an episode in which someone harmed them, and an episode when they
harmed another person. Almost invariably, when they were the victim,
they regarded the intention as malevolent (such as selfishness or
jealousy) or inexplicable, and they experienced the harm as severe and
its consequences long-lasting. In contrast, when they were the
perpetrators, they considered their actions at least partly
justifiable and the consequences likely minor and not long-lasting.
The problem is that, when we regard evil as something real but
(almost invariably) possessed by someone else, we tend to feel
justified in eradicating the evil by any means necessary to protect
ourselves, our families, and our communities. This sentiment readily
lends itself to scapegoating, the universal scourge that, as I have
argued previously, is “the sin of the world” (John 1:29). If we are to
deal compassionately and respectfully with those who harm other
individuals, it helps to recognize our own capacity for evil. How can
we see the evil in our own souls - evil that we tend to hide from
ourselves and almost always try to hide from others? Christianity
offers a path, and it involves forgiveness. I’ll discuss this next
week.
Stephen R. Kaufman, MD
3. This Week’s
Sermon from Rev. Frank and Mary Hoffman
Upside Down World of Human Indifference
4. Cookbook
The
Missouri Coalition for the
Environment has a recipe book with over 400 vegetarian and vegan
recipes compiled by volunteers, including recipes from local
celebrities and restaurants.
They sell for $20 and the proceeds go to
Missouri Coalition for the Environment, 3115 S. Grand Blvd., Ste. 650,
St. Louis, MO 63118.