The December Peaceable Table is now online

[Gracia Fay Ellwood]

Happy Holydays, dear Animal Kin!

In this issue:

• In the Glimpse of the Peaceable Kingdom, a dog and a cat, fast friends from day one, love to hike in the mountains together with their two human friends.
• The Editor's Corner Essay considers the famous Milgram experiments on obedience to authority, in which about two-thirds of the subjects obeyed orders to shock another person all the way to the highest level, despite the fact that many of them felt they were doing wrong.  There are analogies to the situation of many flesh-eaters, who continue despite their belief that it is wrong to harm animals.  But there is also encouragement and hope to be gained from the comparison.
• One good result of the 2018 elections is that a measure in Florida to ban greyhound racing passed by a large majority.  See the NewsNotes.
• The December Unset Gem is a judgement-day joke about three deceased animals, two dogs and a cat, being questioned by God.
• Holly Roberts, author of Vegetarian Christian Saints, also wrote an inspirational book entitled Compassionate Vegetarians, containing insightful aphorisms and drawings.  This potential Christmas gift is Reviewed by Robert Ellwood.
• Last month our Pioneer (Part I) was world-class novelist Leo Tolstoy.  In this issue we present Part II, which sketches Tolstoy's reflections on the iinseparability of nonviolence toward  humans and towards animals.
• For the Holydays, try the Recipe for this "Nut Roast With Gravy" by vegetarian chef Ivan Baker.
• The Poetry selection is the Christmas-themed hymn "Father Eternal," written shortly after WW I by Laurence Housman.

God bless us, every one!

To read this issue, go to http://www.vegetarianfriends.net/issue152.html.

Gracia Fay Ellwood
Editor