🎙️ Tails of Hope | Season 2 Episode 5, Part 1 — “Reverence for Life: A Faith Beyond Species” featuring Bob Echols

A sacred whisper calls from the heart of creation — will we listen?

In this deeply moving episode of Tails of Hope,we sit with Bob Echols, an award-winning author, Army veteran, cancer survivor, and steward of God’s creatures, whose life is an anthem of compassion in action.

Through his writings and speaking, Bob revives atruth humanity has long forgotten: reverence for life is not an ideal — it is our divine duty. Drawing from Christian spirituality, the teachings of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, and his own journey through pain, faith, and purpose, Bob reminds us that every creature is a reflection of divine love — and to harmthem is to silence a fragment of God’s voice.

🐾 “God’s creation is not ours to dominate, but to protect.”
With this powerful conviction, Bob challenges the cultural and theological blindness that separates spirituality from stewardship. His story is not merely about animals — it is about rediscovering the sacred in all life.
A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, New York University, and Emory University, Bob once served as an Army JAG attorney and ethics officer before turning his focus toward faith-driven advocacy. As the founder of the For Our Friends the Animals Foundation, he transformed belief into tangible compassion — funding shelters, supporting sanctuaries, andinspiring communities to act.

But what makes Bob’s voice extraordinary is not onlyhis intellect — it’s his intimacy with suffering and survival. Having faced cancer, he carries the quiet authority of one who understands that life’s fragility is what makes it holy. His reflections bridge scripture, science, and soul,inviting us to live the commandment of love in its fullest, widest sense.
This episode is an awakening for every listener who’s ever felt the dissonance between faith and action — between prayer and practice. Bob invites us to close that gap.
To extend love beyond pews and people, toward paws and wings.
To see Christ not only in the face of humanity, but in the eyes of every living being that breathes, trusts, and hopes beside us.

This conversation becomes a mirror — revealing howfaith without compassion is hollow, and how true worship lies in kindness without conditions.
Let this episode stir your spirit.
Let it make you rethink what it means to follow faith, to serve life, to truly love as Jesus loved.

Listen now to Tails of Hope — Season 2,Episode 5, Part 1 — streaming on Spotify, YouTube, iTunes, Amazon Music, and Castbox.
🎧 Because every life, no matter how small, is a sermon of God’s grace.

This is the Amazon link to my book.  It is available from all book e-tailers as well. https://www.amazon.com/Our-Friends-Animals-Cultivating-Reverence/dp/B0D5PDTRFP.

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