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...
About minorities
Dear United Church, As a person who identifies as part of the LGBT community, I want you to know how much I appreciate the efforts taken...
We Have Not Listened, Not heard
Dear LGBTQ people, I’m so sorry for the way we in the church have not listened not heard not understood not stood with you not become...
Church on fire: a poem remembering 1988
I was there in 1988 and I remember… the congregational meeting and my shock that my dear congregation could rise up with words of hatred...
We all need hugs
I do not understand. I am willing to learn. Some things just are — no explanation needed. We are all created from the same source. No...
The voice of reason and of love
I was there in 1988 and I remember that the “homosesxual issue” divided our church. I was largely ignorant of what the fuss was all...
All my relations
How to accept… difference How do we grow love, challenge with love… How to stand with… How to be an ally… Shame. Protect. Guilt. Anger....
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...
I am an unbeliever
Canada has had the political will to support, for instance, gay marriage, since 2005, despite the largely small-c conservative voting...
You were my dream church
Dear United Church, I want you to know that you were my dream church. I remember in 1998 I was a high school student overseas* and many...
