U.S. spent $55 billion + on pets last year
March 13, 2014
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The U.S. (pop. 313.9 million+) spent an all-time high of $55.7 billion on their pets in 2013 and is on track to spend close to
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Prodigal cat
November 8, 2013
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by Linda Ryan One of my boys went walkabout for a bit this morning. I had held the door open for just a few seconds
Do animals grieve?
October 6, 2013
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Something on the emotions of animals for all who have been celebrating their animals companions and all other animals this weekend. What did your church
Do dogs go to heaven?
January 7, 2012
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The Bible is noncommittal on whether animals have souls, or whether they’ll be in heaven.
Carmina the cathedral cat: RIP
November 6, 2011
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We are saddened to tell you that the Cathedral Choral Society’s beautiful kitty, Carmina Chanté Schumann, was fatally struck by a car on Woodley Rd. on Tuesday evening, November 1.
Churches serving four legged friends
October 16, 2011
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More and more congregations are ministering to animals as well as their humans.
Slugs and suffering
June 11, 2010
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On the eve of Pentecost in gorgeous Northern Californian spring weather, we were in the midst of dinner when my wife noticed a small slug munching silently on a potted succulent outside on our apartment deck. Before we had thought things through, we were encouraging our six-year-old son in the age-old biology experiment involving slugs and salt.
Freaks for Christ: Mourning Brother Squirrel
October 8, 2009
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Some time back as I drove to work, I noticed a dead squirrel in the middle of the opposite lane. Two other squirrels were trying to rouse him, shaking his body to and fro without success. A third was chattering from the bank on the side of the road, clearly agitated. They were all running back and across the road. Should I stop? Keep going?
Mourning Diamond
June 13, 2008
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When she was gone and lay lifeless on the floor, we agonized over whether we had made the right treatment choices: to amputate her leg after the diagnosis of OS six months ago or to put her to sleep right then and there; to gauge almost on a daily basis how much pain she was in, and how much medication to give her; to assess when to live and when to die. Is not the power of life and death even over family pets an awful responsibility?
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