From Eileen: "A painful time for all but a proud time too"
Living in Ottawa, going to school in Kingston, a mature student commuting. The "Community of Concern" was popular in Ottawa, rallying...
In conversation with Rev. Jack Spencer
Robyn of Iridesce: I’m with Rev. Jack Spencer at Berwick Camp. Thank you Jack, for taking the time to share this story. Jack began by...
We should have been friends.
Full disclosure: I am a white-straight-male in my 60's. The most vilified and blamed group for all the problems that have come to be in...
Like Paul, A Conversion
I was there in ’88 and ’84 and before, and I remember… grace. Yes, there was fear, lots of it. I’d been captive to it earlier, but I was...
I was amazed at how ‘cool’ we were, but then…
At first I was very proud of my church. I was amazed at how ‘cool’ we were. Then I went to worship in my local congregation and the...
Family does not accept, but know the United Church does
Dear United Church, I am pleased that 1988 happened. It led to a lot of controversy. Glad of the apology. Have young people in my church...
On the sub-committee
I was there in 1988 and I remember that there were only three of us on the sub-committee of the Church Board who studied the issue to...
Gay and Able to Minister
The story made me remember what my father said about ministers who were gay even before 1988 and in ministry with a congregation who did...
I am still here. I am still faithful.
I remember... Theological school... ...the last semester and reading/hearing about the movements against the church if it accepted...
The hurts of white patriarchal culture
I was not ‘there’ in 1988, wherever that location was; neither General Council, pastoral charges, boards or sessions. I was not in a...
