The overarching theme for the month of October is POWER and privilege and we’ll begin our exploration by thinking about how humans have conceptualized our relationship with all other animals. Many cultures have defined the relationship as one of dominion, or human power over other animals. Does it have to be this way? What if, instead of dominion, we focused on a relationship based in compassion? This Sunday, we’ll celebrate the non-human animals who have given us so much comfort, especially during the pandemic, and we’ll consider how we, in return, can and do give comfort to our animal friends and to other humans. In what ways can we, too, be “comfort animals?”

 

Topics: All Souls Are Sacred, Animals, Power