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Category: Faith, Compassion, and Friendship

Reflections on faith, compassion for animals, and the friendships that shaped this place.

Illustration of a log house in green hills with gardens and rescued animals, with golden circles of light spreading outward across a globe to small glowing homes around the world, all connected by threads of light.
October 18, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Creatively Writing What Could Happen in the Future: How Living Springs Log House Became the Heart of a Compassionate World

Painted illustration of a sunny Ozark meadow where an older man hugs a cow, a young couple laughs with a goat, children run with a piglet, a teen pets a lamb, chickens wander and a golden retriever trots along
October 12, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Part 1: Helping Animals Helps People: Why the Supposed Trade-Off Is a False Choice

A couple smiling as they eat meat at a dinner table, while their reflections in the window behind them look sad, and a cow and a pig look in from outside
October 12, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Part 2: The Psychological Impact of Eating Animals and Animal Products on Consumers

A child rests her forehead against a baby goat's while a grandmother and boy gently greet a lamb and a piglet in a sunny meadow
October 12, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Part 3: The Psychological Mechanisms of Empathy

A weary worker sits alone on a bench at dusk with his head bowed, while faint glowing images of cows and pigs appear in the sky above him
October 12, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Part 4: Moral Injury in Slaughterhouse Workers

People of all ages happily choosing colorful plant-based meals in a sunny community cafeteria, with a cow and pig grazing outside the window
October 12, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Part 5: Meat Paradox Interventions: What Actually Helps

Storybook illustration of two little girls of similar height seen from behind, holding hands in a sunny meadow with a small Maltipoo, a big white fluffy dog, a cow, pig, sheep, goat and chickens
October 11, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

You’ve Got a Friend: A Tribute to My Friend Barbara

Watercolor of two brown-haired women seen from behind on a wooden dock at sunrise, arm in arm, with a big white fluffy dog beside them.
October 2, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

A Dream That Waited: The Hearts Behind Living Springs Log House

Watercolor of an older woman's hands washing dishes at a sink beneath a window looking out on green hills, with children's cups in the drying rack
October 1, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Washing Dishes as an Act of Service in a Multigenerational Family Homestead

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