- A Brief Moment
- A Dog's Lament
- A DOG'S LAMENT (2)
- A New Day...
- A New Morning - Early...
- BREATHING PEACE
- CHRISTMAS, 2000
- CLARITY
- COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE
- DUMPING...OR SHARING?
- EACH ONE IS ALL
- EVERYONE SCAMPERS PAST
- FLIGHT...
- IF WE DIDN'T WAIT
- IMAGES
- It's The Simple Things
- Labels Tend To Stick!
- LIVE AID
- MOTHER EARTH
- MY DREAM!
- ONE DAY IN AFRICA - T.V.N.Z.
- See the Beauty of a Rose
- SIGNPOSTS
- Sitting with a Convalescent Blackbacked Gull
- SOLILOQUY...While Walking
- SPARROWS...AND SEAGULLS
- SUNRISE
- THE FAR CALL
- THERE IS A WAY
- THINKING OF...e.g.,...NORMAN KIRK
- TOWARDS BALANCE
- UNIVERSAL RHYTHM
- View from Higher Up
- WHAT PRICE AUTOMOBILES?
- WOMAN'S WORK
About the Author
Noelene Sanderson: I'm a New Zealander, a retired nurse,
having trained at the Princess Margaret and Christchurch Hospitals.
Over the years of marriage, and since becoming widowed in 1980, I have
nursed people part-time; taken part in the Vegetarian and
Anti-Vivisection Societies and Animal Defenders' League in Christchurch;
written dozens of letters to the daily and weekly papers - usually regarding
our treatment of animals; aspects of religion; social matters and so
on, and for a few years, written for a local community newspaper. I
have five brothers, one daughter and son-in-law; and a (at this time,
15-year-old) grandson.
Forty-three years ago, at the age of 35, upon reading Rev. John Todd-Ferrier's book, "On Behalf of the Creatures", I realised the terrible injustices inflicted upon the animals, (and also the indignity of humans), in using God's Creatures for food and other indulgent purposes; and so I became a vegetarian, at which an overwhelming feeling for their suffering manifested itself!
I grew up within the Methodist Church - with the Banner: "GOD IS LOVE", on the front wall in Sunday School. And of course that now has much more meaning as I see that the spirit of God is within all; and within all life. Perhaps my favourite quotation is, "We are never apart from God, as we are forever a part of God.." I believe that every soul has the spark of God's spirit - often lying dormant - (i.e unexpressed!) - within; and that we are all on a long journey towards becoming that which God made us to be. The precious, innocent animals have their own spark - as souls also - and great LOVE can, (and must) be expressed, between us and them - and our Father-Mother, GOD.
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