![]() ![]() ![]() When I finally met this God, I was thrilled to see that all beings were embraced. Allison explains, “As a queer person, I spent my life search for an image of God that was bigger and more inclusive than the one I was given as a youth. The Consortium is also a welcoming and affirming community. Participants in the Compassion Consortium come from a wide variety of religious and secular backgrounds, including Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, New Thought, Interfaith, Interspiritual, as well as the unaffiliated and “spiritual-but-not-religious.” Within the community, they ascribe to a shared set of ten “Tenets of Agreement” based on the values of compassion and service. Fletcher Harper, an Episcopalian priest, about his book GreenFaith: Mobilizing God’s People to Save the Earth. The Compassionate Book and Film Club will debut on May 11 at 8 pm also through Zoom. People interested in attending can register at. Each service includes immersive spiritual practices-such as musical reflection, meditation, prayer, and lovingkindness-as well as a conversation with a special guest.įor the first service on April 25, 2021, Moran will interview Bruce Friedrich, a Roman Catholic who is the co-founder and executive director of The Good Food Institute, a nonprofit organization that focuses on reforming the global food system while protecting the environment, promoting global health, and preventing food insecurity and animal cruelty. All services are held on the fourth Sunday of the month at 4 pm ET through Zoom. Humans of all religions and spiritual traditions are welcomed, and their animal companions are encouraged to attend, as well. Monthly spiritual services are not only interfaith but also interspecies. The Compassion Consortium is a warmhearted, understanding community where we want you to feel comfortable sharing all the facets of your being-head, heart, and spirit-as expressed through your personal spirituality, advocacy, and activism.” It can be lonely, though, if you feel unsupported. “Luckily, across the globe, many people are waking up to the challenges facing other-than-human animals and the planet. “We were perplexed that many of our friends who value the justice, unconditional love, and mercy called for in the world’s wisdom traditions and social justice movements often don’t extend those values beyond humans,” reflects Rev. Sarah Bowen, a Dean at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary Interfaith ministerial candidate William Melton and Victoria Moran, author, podcaster, and producer of Thomas Jackson’s 2019 documentary, A Prayer for Compassion. Its founding members are Interfaith minister Rev. The Compassion Consortium is a new spiritual community created to serve the needs of vegans, vegetarians, animal rights activists, and others who care about and advocate for animals and the planet. Amidst the global suffering of a worldwide pandemic, environmental ecocide, and industrialized abuse of animals, there comes a call for compassionate action.
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