The Jan-Feb Peaceable Table is now online

[Gracia Fay Ellwood]

Dear Peaceable Friends,

In this issue:

• In the Glimpse of the Peaceable Table we hear the story of a young leopard and a cow who showed impressive tenderness toward one another.
• Must we choose between accepting the Christmas story as sacred, and regarding it as a parable of God's word for us today?  The Editor's Corner Essay shows reasons why both are valid.
• One of the NewsNotes shows how far the sales of cow's milk have declined in the US.
• "Blessed are the Merciful" tells of the wonderful Christmas gift that a rescue dog gave to an elderly bereaved man.
• In a Letter and a Poem, reader Lisa Kay Adam tells of a strong intuition she once had that God is a river.
• Our Pioneer for the Jan-Feb. issue is the remarkable Henry S. Salt, a British reformer of the 19th and 20th centuries who worked for compassionate justice for animals and other beings.
• The redoubtable (and funny) Michael Greger, M.D., is the author of How Not to Diet, a big book packed with scientifically-grounded information about diet, Reviewed by Robert Ellwood.
• This month's Recipe, by Jane Esselstyn, is for the best red lentil soup you've never tasted--yet.  Wait till you try it!  Modified and contributed by Nancy Campeau.

To read, or read in this issue, go to http://www.vegetarianfriends.net/issue159.html.

Toward a World of Enchantment and Compassionate Justice--
Gracia Fay Ellwood
Editor

"You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt."--Lev. 19:34