Peace and Love of Christ be with you
Arlene, I read your story and I wanted to tell you that a cloud of sadness surrounded my being. Although the message was written eight...
Love Will Shine Through the Blinds
Dear UCC of Tomorrow, Seeing, touching and feeling the reality that nothing has really changed in the “real world” since 1988 is a fact....
Context does not justify wrongs
As I read the stories, I learned about a part of church history of which I had very little knowledge. While I was present for the...
To Anne Squire, Love never dies
To Anne Squire, I read your story and I wanted to say how horrified I felt, reading what one of your congregation members wrote to you,...
Jesus welcomed everyone
Dear United Church, It saddens me to think that we as a faith community need to go through any of this. Jesus welcomed everyone and went...
Work from consensus
Dear United Church, The thing that hurts the most is how we have neglected Christ. We rarely refer to him, in our purported national...
The importance of listening, acknowledging hurt and reconciling, by Carolyn
It is a source of great disappointment to me that the United Church has not managed to universally put into concrete action the often...
I’m so sorry, from Gary Tompkins
God help us. It’s been hard for me to understand how so many people who call themselves Christians can be so judgmental, unaccepting and...
A response to Kai from Robin: You chose the narrow path
I read your two stories, and I am sorry, most of all, that I can’t say this to you in person: To me, you seem like an honest person,...
Erika Offers a Compassionate Presence
I’d like to tell gay, lesbian or trans Christian people that I am offering my compassionate presence. Dear Anne, I read your story and I...
