Today (June 14) is Father’s Day. Oh, Heavenly Father! You care of us day by day. All creatures worship you on a daily basis, except us humans, who often fail to see your glory, your grace, and your compassion. Doves and eagles in the sky, goldfish in the lake, dolphins in the sea, lambs on the mountains, squirrels in the woods, and even ants in the soil pay homage to God moment by moment by aligning with His grand scheme. Thank you our Heavenly Father for creating all sentien

From our vegan-theological perspective, the three stories — the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), Jesus Heals a Mule (A Coptic Bible Story) (see Andrew Linzey 2009, Creatures of the Same God, pp. 60-61), and Balaam and the Donkey (Numbers 22:21-39) — form a powerful unified theological pattern. Together, they present a consistent biblical critique of violence, moral blindness, religious hypocrisy, and human arrogance toward vulnerable beings, especially animals. Some of the dee

I have been writing on Ursula LeGuin's short tale The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (n.1), in which certain people depart from the town rather than accept the maltreatment of a kid. The townspeople believe that their peace and prosperity depend upon the abuse of the child, but their sense of happiness is precarious. For scapegoating to produce a general sense of peace, the community must believe that the process—penalising or exiling those considered responsible for evil—act

Below please find a Coptic Bible story about Jesus healing an abused, badly beaten, exploited, and overloaded mule. It is indeed a precedent of modern animal activism. It shows that Jesus loves animals as much as he loves humans; that animals also have a personal relationship with God; and that those who look the other way in the face of animal cruelty or social justice are accomplices to the wrongdoing. The authenticity of this narrative is corroborated by the fact that Jesu