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The November issue of THE PEACEABLE TABLE is now online

2009-11-04T21:08:27Z

In this issue:

* The best way to communicate to some people the message of
compassion for farmed animals is via their love for their animal
companions. The November Guest Editorial, by Connecticut radio show
host Bruce Zeman, describes the Guardian Campaign of In Defense of
Animals, for which he and his dog friend Nathan are working. The

The October Peaceable Table is Now Online

2009-10-04T02:41:26Z

In this issue:

Wearing the editor's hat this month, Benjamin Urrutia writes about a
professional animal-rescuer in "Avi Kuzi: Compassion in Action."
Most of Avi's adventures to free trapped animals would be applauded by
all, but how about his underwater dives to slash fishing-nets?

One of the Unset Gems gives us a word from transcendentalist Ralph

The September PEACEABLE TABLE is now online

2009-09-04T04:12:59Z

In this issue:

* The Editorial by Robert Ellwood looks into some of the foundational
causes--especially poor diet-- of the health-care crisis in the US.

* In one of the Unset Gems by Pearl Buck, we are reminded that young
people throughout the ages have achieved the "impossible."

* The NewsNote "Out of the Mouths of Babes" reports on a

The July-August Peaceable Table is Now Online

2009-07-04T16:31:36Z

In this issue:

* Few readers turn to Jane Austen's novels for guidance on issues
such as experiences of mystical union or the mystery of evil and
suffering. But the July-August Editorial, "Neither Wickedness Nor
Sorrow," finds just such insights suggested in the stargazing scene in
MANSFIELD PARK.

The June Peaceable Table is now online

2009-06-01T01:57:36Z

In this issue:

* The Guest Editorial, originally from a Jain pamphlet entitled
"Ahimsa," relates the reverence for life underlying vegetarianism with
world peace.

* Norman Cousins penned one of the Unset Gems, which speaks of the
power of an individual, acting out of conscience, to awaken the

The May Peaceable Table is now online

2009-05-12T03:54:33Z

In this issue:

* The Editorial, "The Practice of Peace," presents some basic
principles from a number of spiritual disciplines, which work to
enable the practitioner to hold in mind her/his ultimate goal and
respond to hostile opposition with compassion.

* The Unset Gem, by Howard Lyman, is a variant on the old saying "You

The April Peaceable Table is now online

2009-04-05T04:39:58Z

In this issue:

* The Editorial, "What Color Are Your Thoughts?" continues the
exploration of the concepts of blessing and cursing, borrowing from
accounts of the perceptions of gifted children who see variously
colored auras around other people and animals. What they see evidently
corresponds to the others' thoughts and feelings, whether benign or

The March Peaceable Table is now online

2009-03-05T06:34:13Z

In this issue:

* The Editorial, "All Blessings Flow," explores further the concept
of ki mentioned in the February issue, and compares it to the Biblical
ideas of blessing and cursing.

* In one of the Gems, Charles Darwin compares the enslavement of
animals with that of humans.

* One of the NewsNote reports that legislation has been introduced in

The February Peaceable Table is now online

2009-02-03T00:21:42Z

In this issue:

* The Editorial, "See It My Way," uses concepts from the martial art
aikido to suggest ways that we who are committed to liberation, love
and peace can respond to attacks from supporters of the status quo.

* The Gem is from the founder of aikido, Morihei Ueshiba.

* Of the five Letters, several comment on the January editorial

The January issue of The Peaceable Table is now online

2009-01-02T01:52:02Z

In this first issue of 2009:

* Our Guest Editorial, "Rambo the Sheep: My Greatest Teacher" is by
the founder and director of Catskill Animal Sanctuary (CAS), Kathy
Stevens. Because Rambo, an abused sheep rescued by CAS, was so
aggressive, a sheep breeder urged Stevens to have him euthanized. But

The December Peaceable Table is now online

2008-12-01T02:57:42Z

As befits the season, the December issue of The Peaceable Table has a
theme of mother and child, symbolic of Divine compassion for the
helpless and vulnerable.

* The Editorial, "Wound Round with Mercy," reflects on a nursing
mother's sudden perception of the presence of God as an all-loving,

The November issue of the Peaceable Table

2008-11-02T03:45:40Z

The November issue of the Peaceable Table is now online.

In this issue:

* The Guest Editorial, "Perils of a Peaceable Kingdom," describes the
work of a wild animal sanctuary in Bolivia, and the danger it
presently faces from local authorities planning to build a road
through it and make other drastic changes.

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