A Blessing for Miss Tash Peterson. By Dr. Chapman Chen & Sister Sy
- Chapman Chen
- Apr 24
- 2 min read
Miss Tash Peterson is a contemporary Australian animal rights activist often arrested and prosecuted by the Police, and harassed or even assaulted by anti-vegans, for her intense but peaceful protests against the largest holocaust in history – three trillion innocent creatures are murdered by humans on an annual basis.
Tash frequently uses her body — the very thing society often seeks to control, shame, or objectify — as a bold instrument of protest. Her choice to wear very little in public isn’t about vanity or sensationalism — it’s a strategic, deeply courageous act of disruption. She’s challenging the numbness of a world that ignores daily violence against animals, by forcing people to look, to ask, to think. And those who insult her are often more upset by exposed skin than by slit throats. That irony reveals the deep moral confusion she’s trying to awaken us from.
Although Tash is not a Christian, her righteous valour is comparable to that of Deborah and Jael (Judges 4-5), Esther (Esther), Judith (Book of Judith) in the OT, and Mary Magdalene, Jesus’ closest companion in the NT. Let us all pray for her activism and her safety.
O Compassionate Flame,̶
who burns not to destroy but to awaken —
bless this brave bearer of truth,
whose skin clothes not shame,
but love uncloaked.
Bless the feet that walk through jeers and courts,
the hands that hold no weapon but a sign,
the voice that does not scream to be heard,
but breaks silence for the voiceless.
May angels walk beside her
when the world throws stones.
May her courage shame the apathetic
and stir the sleeping.
May she never feel alone,
for her tribe is rising —
in street and sanctuary, in kitchen and church,
in whispers and roars.
Clothe her always in dignity,
anoint her wounds with justice,
wrap her nights in peace,
and crown her mornings with purpose.
And when she is tired,
may she rest in the shelter of those
who see not her skin,
but her soul ablaze.
Amen.
And may the lambs sing her name in spring.
Credit for the first pic: Tash Peterson, Facebook
Credit for the 2nd pic: Chapman Chen
LINK: https://www.vegantheology.net/post/a-blessing-for-miss-tash-peterson-by-dr-chapman-chen-sister-sy
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