“First live a compassionate life. Then you will know,” a quotation from the Buddha, passes across the screen as the film starts. Thomas Wade Jackson was in Unity of New York – a metaphysical, new-thought church. He had been vegan eight years and happened to see the 2014 documentary Cowspiracy. Cowspiracy reviewed environmental concerns including water use, deforestation, global warming, and ocean dead-zones. It suggested animal agriculture is the main cause of this planet’s environmental destruction. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) felt that film’s conclusions ran counter to scientific consensus, which laid the blame at the feet of fossil … Continue reading Grace Abounding: A Review of “A Prayer for Compassion” Screening for Winnipeg VegFest