The heart and love
What is it about this organ that has inspired so many powerful prayers and symbols? Reflecting on the anatomy and physiology of the heart provides some insight.
Diving into the diet
It may take years to develop the technology and implement the policies needed to create a more sustainable livestock industry on a global scale, but we can change our eating and waste habits today.
Shedding light on “Livestock’s Long Shadow”
Church leaders have been urging us to support the United Nation’s mission to eradicate hunger for decades, yet we have not made nearly enough moral and social progress to do so. Livestock have a bad reputation for their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change. This is partly based in fact, but also reinforced with harmful misinformation. We need to work with – not against – the livestock industry to mitigate climate change and protect food security.
Introducing: Food and Faith Article series
This article series is an invitation for people in the United States who are food-secure to examine their current eating habits and consider how food choices can empower their physical and spiritual health.
Spiritual Wellness in Veterinary Medicine
The more I network, the smaller the veterinary medical community seems to be. That is, until I networked within the International Veterinary Students’ Association (IVSA) and discovered just how expansive our support system is worldwide…
The heart and love
What is it about this organ that has inspired so many powerful prayers and symbols? Reflecting on the anatomy and physiology of the heart provides some insight.
Empowerment through prayer
Amid all the routines of veterinary school, maintaining a routine of prayer seemed to take more discipline than I had to give. This was a clear sign I was prioritizing school over God. One of the best commitments I made was attending weekly Bible study at the campus Catholic Center…
Christmas Reflection by Kayla Huemer
I’m so happy to share this reflection written by my friend Kayla Huemer. I met Kayla during my first year of veterinary school through Bible study, and what a blessing that was. I seem to learn something new from every conversation I have with Kayla. She is brilliant and so inquisitive as to how God …
The Meaning of Merit
The word “merit” has starkly different connotations when referred to in the secular world versus the church… While the secular world insists merit is brought about through effort and skill, the Christian world maintains that merit is “itself due to God.”
We are all parts in the Bone Box: a reflection on One Body, Many Parts
We would spend the rest of the semester exploring how all of those parts in the Bone Box, in the beginning without name and without proper place to us, fit together… And so we also explored how each of us as veterinary classmates fit together.