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Vegetarian Friends .net is the publisher of the monthly journal, The Peaceable Table. We are dedicated to providing inspiration and support for Quakers and other people of faith in the practice of love for animals and a vegetarian diet. Members receive announcements when new issues are published.
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The November issue of THE PEACEABLE TABLE is now online
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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... more »
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The October Peaceable Table is Now Online
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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... more »
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The September PEACEABLE TABLE is now online
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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... more »
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The July-August Peaceable Table is Now Online
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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.... more »
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The June Peaceable Table is now online
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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... more »
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The May Peaceable Table is now online
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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... more »
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The April Peaceable Table is now online
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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... more »
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The March Peaceable Table is now online
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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... more »
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The February Peaceable Table is now online
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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... more »
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The January issue of The Peaceable Table is now online
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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... more »
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