Tag: "animals"

Good Shelter Work
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Good Shelter Work

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by on Jan 11, 2016 in Creative Solidarity, Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, The Feminine Genius
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I acted the devil’s advocate. “So here we are, driving to the animal shelter to volunteer when people are hungry. Shouldn’t we be helping at the Food Bank?” I grinned so she knew I was playing a bit. Reprinted with permission from CatholicSistas.com. She pursed her sassy, fourteen-year-old lips and dodged. “Well, you can go […]

All Creatures Great and Small
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All Creatures Great and Small

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by on Oct 16, 2013 in Featured, The Social Order
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“The righteous care for the needs of their animals….” Proverbs 12:10 (NIV) Here at the Center for a Just Society we spill a lot of ink discussing issues that touch upon questions of human dignity and the sanctity of life. The guiding principle underlying our position on abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, elder abuse, and other […]

If At First . . .
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If At First . . .

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by on Jul 18, 2013 in Featured, Live in Christ, Parenting
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We tried.  Our cat….the one I have dubbed “Cat’…is indispensable and obviously knows it.  Our son found ‘Cat’ outside his apartment a few years back and called to see if we could give her a home.  He named her ‘Sheba’–but I’ve never quite settled into that name, so for me she remains – ‘Cat.’ I’m […]

Green Mom: Caring for God's Creation
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Green Mom: Caring for God’s Creation

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by on May 03, 2013 in Cooking & Food, Featured, Parenting
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“…let us be protectors of creation, protectors of God’s plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment.” – Pope Francis, March 19, 2013 Our new Holy Father spoke about our responsibility to care for and protect the environment several times in his homily on the day he was formally installed as […]

In Kiki's Eyes
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In Kiki’s Eyes

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by on Feb 26, 2013 in Featured, Live in Christ, Women
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She’s 14 years old.  Still active, she is gray in the muzzle; everywhere else she is completely white.  She is the older dog; the wise one.  You can see how her bones ache by how she moves.  It is different from when she swam ten miles behind my kayak without any effort.  But even though […]

The Elephant and the Human Baby
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The Elephant and the Human Baby

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by on Aug 29, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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A headline caught my eye recently. It read, “Why Elephants Require Legal Personhood,” and was written by Steve Wise, the president of the Center for the Expansion of Fundamental Rights. He was expressing his concern over a zoo’s treatment of three Asian elephants—Billy, Tina, and Jewel. According to a lawsuit, these elephants seem to be routinely […]

A Turtle’s Path to Jesus
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A Turtle’s Path to Jesus

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by on Dec 01, 2011 in Featured, Parenting
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During the Sixties, dime stores sold baby painted turtles. The little green sea creatures were displayed in a big open tank just next to the tropical fish. Children could pick them up or just watch them climb all over one another.  I loved those little turtles and still to this day, they evoke a nostalgic […]

<em>Dolphin Tale</em> and Rethinking Dominion
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Dolphin Tale and Rethinking Dominion

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by on Sep 30, 2011 in Featured, MyChurchParish.com, On TV and Movies
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There are all kind of theories floating around about what life must have been like between Adam and Eve and the animals in the pre-fall Garden of Eden, but I wonder if it looked quite a bit like what I saw at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium last week. This impressive facility is the real-world setting […]