Author: Arnie Wierenga

REIGN OF CHRIST

I weep
for our world.
I pray for God’s intervention.

Rev. Moira Dodsworth

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PENTECOST 26

“that
will be
disappearing.
Don’t trust that”.

Rev. Heather den Houting

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PENTECOST 25

“Grannie,
tell me the story
of the man and the bread,” she begged.

Rev. Jennie Gordon

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PENTECOST 24

The impact
of ‘discovery’ is still
felt by indigenous people globally,
including First Nations people in Australia.

Rev. Arnie Wierenga

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PENTECOST 23

In a
world currently
straining on a global scale
under the weight of so much pain,
suffering and sorrow, it would
be remiss to gloss over
the challenges.

Rev. Amanda Nicholas

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PENTECOST 22

Status
is judged
by your car,
your clothes,
perhaps even the code
of football you
follow or
team.

Rev. Moira Dodsworth

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PENTECOST 21

I’m tempted
to judge him because
that makes me feel I’m not like him.
And if that, I can distance myself
from his mess.

Rev. Arnie Wierenga

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PENTECOST 20

I think
about Mary
and her undeserved
suffering, and their
victim blaming,
and I still feel
angry

Rev. Sandra Houghton

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PENTECOST 19

it’s a
communal
responsibility to notice
that some of us have wandered
into all kinds of hell, and
to go there and bring
them back
home.

Rev. Jennie Gordon

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PENTECOST 18

each child
brought their own
ride-on vehicle and stroller
as these were the centre
of most quarrels
and disasters

Rev. Moira Dodsworth

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