A Reflection by Dixon
Anne Squire’s story made me think about how much strength and courage many allies and g/t [gay and trans] people in the church had. I’m...
A Prayer, by Dan Peace
God help us to be slow to chide and swift to bless To help us confess Our foolishness. God forgive us as we know not what we do When we...
Diane's Story about 1988
I was there in 1988 and I remember the intensity of how people in the pastoral charge I served grappled with this issue and the General...
Being in community with people
I’d like to tell gay, lesbian or trans Christian people… That we don’t — and won’t — always get it right. We need to make the same kind...
Lose donors or lose gay Christians?
After the 1988 vote, in the rush to clarify what the decision didn’t signal, it failed to hold up what the vote was about. The emphasis...
I Lament
I lament 1988 but for the wrong reasons. I lament those Education and Students Committees that squashed like bugs rainbow folk and their...
Amy from Comox United
I grew up coming to Sunday School in the United Church. I married and had a family, we attended United Church along the way. When my...
A reflection from Keltie van Binsbergen
What I remember about 1988 is actually 1989, because that’s when I attended Alberta and North West Conference as the delegate from my...