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The October Peaceable Table is now online

2008-10-04T01:14:58Z

This issue features, among other things, a minor theme of sowing and
reaping, both literal and metaphorical.

* The Editorial, "Whatever One Sows," continues the exploration of
life after death begun in a three-part editorial in 2006. In this
essay we focus on the implications of the Empathic Life Review, a

The September issue is now online

2008-09-02T01:55:24Z

Those of us who love our animal cousins and seek to defend them do not
ordinarily think of the Middle Ages as providing us inspiration.
However, this issue of THE PEACEABLE TABLE has something of a medieval
theme.

* The Editorial, "Taking the Adventure," draws upon the tales of King
Arthur's Knights of the Round Table and the Quest for the Holy Grail

The August Peaceable Table is now online

2008-08-05T07:55:49Z

Dear Animal Kin,

In this issue of The Peaceable Table

* The Guest Editorial by psychologist Rachel MacNair explores the
likelihood that slaughterhouse workers and others who kill animals may
suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

* One of the Gems, a quotation from The Threepenny Opera, comments on

The June-July Peaceable Table is now online

2008-06-04T01:26:08Z

Dear Animal Kin,

With this joint issue we begin our fifth year of publishing The
Peaceable Table.

* The Editorial, "The Hidden Paradise," explores the topic that might
be called the foundation for our prophetic work to help liberate our
non-human cousins from enslavement and violence. especially for human

The May issue of The Peaceable Table is now online

2008-05-02T03:34:34Z

In this issue:

* With this issue we launch an irregular column to be entitled
"Glimpses of the Peaceable Kingdom," stories of extraordinary cross-
species relationships of love and friendship. PT has occasionally
featured such accounts in the past, but our Guest Editorial this month
tells a particularly wonderful story of a reptile and a mammal. Read

The April Peaceable Table is now online

2008-04-02T02:34:48Z

In this issue:

* In the Guest Editorial, Pam Ahern of Victoria, Australia tells of
two animal handlers she encountered who "looked into the heart of an
enemy and found there love and understanding."

* The NewsNote describes a rescue of two whales by a smart and
compassionate dolphin.

* One of the Gems, by ancient Pharaoh Akhenaten, praises compassion.

The March issue of The Peaceable Table is now online

2008-03-02T03:22:33Z

In this issue:

* The Editorial, "Save the Quakers," discusses a problem facing a
community of our cousins in Washington state, and its implications for
us who seek peace and justice.

* One of the NewsNotes tells of a short animated film that can educate
viewers of any age about how "downer" cows turn into hamburgers.

The February Peaceable Table is now online

2008-02-12T02:33:51Z

The February Peaceable Table is now online. My apologies for its
lateness, which is due to another deadline I faced at the same time.

In this issue:

* The Editorial, "Quakers and Abolition," sketches the history of the
Quaker struggle to end the massive cultural evil of human slavery,
first within the Society of Friends itself, and then in English-

The January Peaceable Table is now online (with link)

2008-01-02T00:51:53Z

Dear Friends,

We forgot to include the link to this month's issue in our
announcement email. You can read the issue online at
[link]

Peace,
Gracia Fay Ellwood

The January Peaceable Table is now online

2008-01-02T00:45:07Z

Dear Friends of Animals,

We at The Peaceable Table wish you--and all beings--a free, happy, and
peaceful New Year.

About this January issue:

* In the Guest Editorial, Clark Tibbets recounts his experience of
finding that he did not need to kill so-called pests in his organic
garden and compost heap--they had already worked things out.

The December PEACEABLE TABLE is now online

2007-12-06T06:32:59Z

In this issue:

* The Editorial, "The Sins of the Fathers," deals with the threat of
lethal bird flu that has been gathering in the last ten years as a
result of human enslavement of ducks, chickens and other birds.

* Our Gem this month is the passage from Boswell's LIFE OF JOHNSON
describing the Doctor's fond interaction with his cat friend Hodge.

The November PEACEABLE TABLE is now online

2007-11-03T17:33:21Z

In this issue:
* The Guest Editorial, by Maru Vigo, tells of her group's campaign
to stop plans for a bullring in a Mexico-US border town, and what she
learned about the close links between bullfighting and Roman Catholic
piety.
* NewsNotes includes an account of the evacuation of an animal
sanctuary threatened by the California fires.

The October Peaceable Table is now online

2007-10-03T23:32:34Z

In the October issue of THE PEACEABLE TABLE:
* The Editorial, "There . . . Go I," suggests that the widespread
human inclination to blame the victim may have a significant part in
people's resistance to the message of compassion for farmed animals.
* One of the NewsNotes reports on "Paws for Kids," a new

The August-September issue of The Peaceable Table is now online

2007-08-13T06:19:12Z

In this issue:
* The Editorial, "Speaking to the Heart," presents the biblical
image of Wilderness to express pains and spiritual possibilities in
the lives of those following the prophetic call on behalf of animals.
* Among the NewsNotes is an account of the remarkable hospice
ministry of a young cat named Oscar.

The July issue of THE PEACEABLE TABLE is now online

2007-07-08T02:55:54Z

With this issue we begin the fourth year of publishing our online
journal "for the mutual support, education, and inspiration of people
of faith, in the practice of love for our fellow animals and
observance of a nonviolent diet."
In this issue:
* The Editorial, "The Spirit, the Light, and the Animals," Part II,