Author: Arnie Wierenga

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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PENTECOST 17

The issue
at stake here
is not making errors
in the way we put words together,
stumbling over our grammar,
but what we communicate

Rev. Ian Brown

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PENTECOST 16

This
is a pivotal
and emotional story
for me because I have been this woman

Rev. Deacon Wendy Elson

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PENTECOST 15

We like
to hold onto
traditions. The
familiarity provides comfort.

Rev. Moira Dodsworth

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PENTECOST 14

If truth
be really told,
do we even understand
what it is that we have been hearing? 

Rev. Amanda Nicholas

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PENTECOST 13

When
there’s a gap,
a space, a lacuna,
an emptiness within us,
we find it disturbing and our
tendency is to fill up with things
that give us quick comfort,
a feeling of fullness.
This is how
addiction
begins.

Rev. Jennie Gordon

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PENTECOST 12

it’s a
natural
response to being
hurt, to injustice or abuse,
but don’t let it lead you into doing
something bad, like a fight or a war!

Rev. Ian Brown

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PENTECOST 11

we
need to
always be … testing
all the pronouncements
of politicians, leaders, the media,
our friends, and neighbours by that barometer
before we decide whether
we should support
them.

Rev. Sandra Houghton

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