From 1988, Fear and Anger at the Institution and Its Representatives
I have resisted the invitation to participate in Iridesce. After 35 years of ministry and on the cusp of retirement, I am surprised at...
I wish I could rewind the spool of time
I wish I had known how to support young people who were struggling with rejection, depression and hopelessness because they were not free...
1988 signalled the end of the Metropolitan Community Church I loved
I was there in 1988 when a minister we had sent from the Western Canadian District of Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) reported back...
Our society and culture remain trapped
I wish I knew how to say to people of other faiths, other religions, other cultures, that we’re all equal. Equal in the eyes of God,...
I was told I would go to hell for saying God loved us all
I was there in 1988 and I remember the anger, the challenges, the disrespect on both sides of the issue. I did not leave the United...
Dear Anne, Words rising up off the page…
Dear Anne, I heard your story. I heard your pain. I heard your stunned amazement at the hate-filled words. Words rising up off the page...
The Bridge (a word collage)
This word collage portrays the schism of this issue. On one side: anger, horrified, silenced, let down, confused, rejected, upset,...
One story, one gesture, one response
Where do we go from here Changing hearts and minds One story, one gesture, one response at a time To each of us, May we find peace in who...
He quoted the bible, so I picked it up and read it
In 1982 or 1983, I was in church in Newfoundland as the minister was telling us about the United Church wrestling with the ordination of...
What if?, by Pam Rocker
We get open invitation every day to self-exclude, self-harm, self-annihilate and these messages come from pulpits and pews things said...
