Embracing Kingdom Hope for a Broken World
Meatless Monday
Watch this video. Its starts off with some Obamatics, so don’t let your political leanings influence the overall message it’s communicating. From meatlessmonday.com
As a regular meat eater (I’m not supposed to admit that but I am) the thought of going “full veggie” seems like too big a change to my normal diet and would be a massive disruption to my taste preferences. That being said, this movement has inspired me to take Mondays off of meat.
Meatless Mondays is an organization that is trying to inspire people to take one day a week and take meat out of our diets. As individuals, as a society and as stewards of God’s creation, cutting down our meat intake would have massive benefits.
What I like about Meatless Mondays is that the change is significant but doable. Often when it comes to changing the world, the change required is overwhelming. So much so that it gives us change-paralysis. We don’t do anything at all because what is required is so great.
To care for God’s creation, to live with hope, to live healthier lives, all require many small steps and numerous individual commitments. Think about what is doable for you and start doing it today.
The only way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time (except on Mondays). The only way to change our would and our lives is one choice at a time.
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about 6 months ago
Funny. This is the same stuff that the PETA crowd and Animal Liberation Front where peadaling around in the mid to late 80′s. Of course, it had nothing to do with God but was a vehicle for promoting their socialist agenda.
Is it back in style again?
about 6 months ago
Go Meatless Mondays. Each one of us can make a difference!!!! And this is one way how we can.
about 6 months ago
I like this! I don’t do Meatless *Mondays* but, out of habit, I have 2 or 3 meatless days a week. This choice has nothing to do with politics; it’s a matter of conscience.
about 5 months ago
Excellent post, Jon, thank you for it. My wife and I are vegetarian, and welcome this form of discussion in the Christian community. Even going without meat one day a week is tremendously life-giving as you mentioned – Ben (Not One Sparrow)